Episode 4 A Piece of Cake ACT III 【单词列表】

grocery

🇬🇧/ˈɡrəʊsəri/ 🇺🇸/ˈɡroʊsəri/
A grocery or a grocery store is a small shop that sells foods such as flour, sugar, and canned goods. 食品杂货店

noun [具体名词] 食品杂货店,食品杂货业;食品杂货(groceries)

Groceries are foods you buy at a grocery or at a supermarket. 食品杂货

steak

/steɪk/
A steak is a large flat piece of beef without much fat on it. You cook it by grilling or frying it. 牛排

noun [物质名词] 肉排,(尤指)牛排;鱼排,鱼块;(常指切成块出售、供炖焖用的)牛肉

What's the best way to cook steak? 牛排怎么做最好?

cucumber

🇬🇧/ˈkjuːkʌmbə(r)/ 🇺🇸/ˈkjuːkʌmbər/
A cucumber is a long thin vegetable with a hard green skin and wet transparent flesh. It is eaten raw in salads. 黄瓜

noun [专属名词] 黄瓜;胡瓜

Cucumber is good for soothing tired eyes. 黄瓜对缓解眼睛疲劳很有效。

onion

/ˈʌnjən/
An onion is a round vegetable with a light brown skin. It has many white layers on its inside which have a strong, sharp smell and taste. 洋葱

noun [专属名词] 洋葱,洋葱头

You grind the onion and the raw cranberries together. 你把洋葱和新鲜越橘一起磨碎。

broccoli

🇬🇧/ˈbrɒkəli/ 🇺🇸/ˈbrɑːkəli/
Broccoli is a vegetable with green stalks and green or purple tops. 花椰菜

noun [专属名词] 花茎甘蓝,西兰花菜

Cucumber and broccoli are green. 黄瓜和西兰花是绿色的。

noun [专属名词] 【名】 (Broccoli)(意、美)布罗科利(人名)

Tom doesn't like broccoli. 汤姆不喜欢吃花椰菜。

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shop

🇬🇧/ʃɒp/ 🇺🇸/ʃɑːp/
A shop is a small store that sells one type of merchandise. (卖一种商品的) 店

noun [具体名词] 商店,店铺;作坊,工场;<美>手工课,工艺课;<美>手工课教室;<英,非正式>购物,采购;<非正式>有关工作(或公事)的谈话;<非正式>工作室,办公室

He and his wife run their own antiques shop. 他和他的妻子经营他们自己的古董店。

verb [vi. 不及物动词] 购物;<英,非正式>举报,告发;<美>试图说服(公司出版或生产);<非正式>(用软件 Photoshop)修(图)

...some advice that's worth bearing in mind when shopping for a new carpet. … 一些在买新地毯时值得记住的建议。

breathe

/briːð/
When people or animals breathe, they take air into their lungs and let it out again. 呼吸

verb [vi. 不及物动词] 呼吸;呼出,吐出;吸入;低声说;透气;(酒)通气透香;将…注入

He couldn't breathe. His chest was on fire. 他无法呼吸。他的胸部火辣辣地疼痛。

hop

🇬🇧/hɒp/ 🇺🇸/hɑːp/
If you hop, you move along by jumping on one foot. (人) 单脚跳行

verb [vt. 及物动词] 单脚跳行;齐足(或双足)跳行;快速移动,快速前往;登上(飞机、火车等);(尤指搭乘飞机)短途旅行;换来换去;<非正式>速递,快运;用啤酒花调味

I hopped down three steps. 我单脚跳下3级台阶。

noun [具体名词] 单脚跳;(鸟、小动物)双脚跳;短途旅行;忽布,啤酒花;舞会;霍普舞;毒品(尤指鸦片)

"This really is a catching rhythm, huh?" he added, with a few little hops. “这节奏可真有感染力,是吧?”他补充说道,单脚小步跳了几下。

noun [专属名词] 【名】(Hop)(美)合(人名)

Rabbits hop in the grass. 兔子在草地里跳。

scissors

🇬🇧/ˈsɪzəz/ 🇺🇸/ˈsɪzərz/
Scissors are a small cutting tool with two sharp blades that are screwed together. You use scissors for cutting things such as paper and cloth. 剪刀

noun [专属名词] 剪刀;(英橄)交叉配合,交叉移动;(跳高)剪式跳法

He told me to get some scissors. 他叫我去拿几把剪刀。

verb [vt. 及物动词] 用剪刀剪;使(腿)作剪式运动(scissor 的第三人称单数形式)

Snip, snip, went the scissors. 剪刀咔嚓咔嚓地剪着。

pony

🇬🇧/ˈpəʊni/ 🇺🇸/ˈpoʊni/
A pony is a small or young horse. 小马

noun [专属名词] 矮种马,小型马; <美,非正式>赛马(the ponies);<非正式>小酒杯,一小杯酒;<英>25 英镑;马尾辫; <非正式>小酒杯,一小杯酒

Where do you stable your pony? 你的矮种马养在哪儿?

verb [vt. 及物动词] <美,非正式>(为……)付款(pony up)

She hitched the pony to the gate. 她把小马拴在大门上。

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pick up

/pɪk ʌp/
When you pick something up, you lift it up. 拾起

verb [vt. 及物动词] 抬起,拾起:指从地面或其他位置抬起或拾起物体。

He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head. 他从地板上捡起帽子,重新戴在头上。

verb [vt. 及物动词] (跌倒或被击倒后) 慢慢站起身

Tony picked himself up and set off along the track. 托尼慢慢站起,沿道跑起来。

verb [vt. 及物动词] (开车) 接; 取

She was going over to her parents' house to pick up some clean clothes for Oskar. 她正要去父母家为奥斯卡取几件干净的衣服。

verb [vt. 及物动词] 逮捕

Rawlings had been picked up by police at his office. 罗林斯在他的办公室被警察逮捕了。

verb [vi. 不及物动词] (不费力地) 学会; 获得

Where did you pick up your English? 你是在哪儿学得英语?

verb [vt. 及物动词] 勾搭

He had picked her up at a nightclub, where she worked as a singer. 他是在一家夜总会勾搭上她的,她在那儿当歌女。

verb [vt. 及物动词] 染上 (疾病)

They've picked up a really nasty infection from something they've eaten. 他们因食用某物而染上非常严重的传染病。

verb [vt. 及物动词] 接收 (信号或声音)

We can pick up Mexican television. 我们可以接收到墨西哥电视。

verb [vt. 及物动词] 发现; 识别

Some groups of consumers are slow to pick up trends in the use of information technology. 有些顾客群对信息技术应用方面的潮流反应迟钝。

verb [vt. 及物动词] 接起 (某观点、话题)

Can I just pick up that guy's point? 我能接着谈一下那个人的观点吗?

verb [vt. 及物动词] 整理 (房间、房子)

She decided to start picking up the house from the top down. 她决定开始彻底收拾那房子。

verb [vt. 及物动词] 加速(picks up speed)

Brian started the engine and pulled away slowly, but picked up speed once he entered Oakwood Drive. 布赖恩发动引擎,慢慢驶离,但上了奥克伍德大道后就开始加速。

barely

🇬🇧/ˈbeəli/ 🇺🇸/ˈberli/
You use barely to say that something is only just true or only just the case. 仅仅; 几乎不

adverb [程度副词] 勉强才能;几乎不,几乎没有;刚刚;仅仅,只有;贫乏地,光秃秃;<古>公开地,不加掩饰地

If you say that one thing had barely happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second. 刚刚

jogging

🇬🇧/ˈdʒɒɡɪŋ/ 🇺🇸/ˈdʒɑːɡɪŋ/
running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise 慢跑

noun [具体名词] 慢跑锻炼

It isn't the walking and jogging that got his weight down. 不是散步和慢跑使他体重下降了。

verb [vt. 及物动词] 慢跑;轻推,轻撞;(多指缓慢地)颠簸着行进(jog 的现在分词)

Avoid jogging the camera. 不要碰摄像机。

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very

/ˈveri/
Very is used to give emphasis to an adjective or adverb. 很

adverb [程度副词] 很,非常;极其,完全地

They will be helped by the very latest in navigation aids. 他们将得到最新的导航设备的帮助。

adjective [原级] 同一的,恰好的,正是的;(加强名词的语气)仅仅的,唯独的,甚至于;

At one stage his very life was in danger. 有一个阶段甚至连他的生命都处于危险之中。

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shape

/ʃeɪp/
The shape of an object, a person, or an area is the appearance of their outside edges or surfaces, for example, whether they are round, square, curved, or fat. 外形; 形状

noun [专属名词] 形状,外形;形态,特征;状况,身体状况;健壮;(朦胧的)影像;(事物平常或本来的)样子;有序的排列,条理清楚;伪装,假装;特定形状的东西,模型;身材

Each mirror is made to order and can be designed to almost any shape or size. 每面镜子都是定制做的,而且能设计成几乎任何形状或规格。

verb [vt. 及物动词] vt. 形成,影响;使成形,塑造;计划,思考出;产生(声音,词);使适合,使符合;(运动员)摆姿势,做动作

Like it or not, our families shape our lives and make us what we are. 不管喜欢与否,我们的家庭塑造我们的生活并铸就我们的个性。

noun [专属名词] 【名】 (Shape)(瑞典)沙佩(人名)

The knives were bent out of shape. 那些刀已经弯曲变形了。