• draw in one's horns 打退堂鼓

    22-03-23 打退堂鼓,中文俗语,本意是指封建官吏退堂时打鼓。现在比喻在达到目的之前先退缩、放弃(give up a pursuit without attaining the goal),与英文习语draw in ones horns意思相近,可以表示make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity。 例句: 镇长想要...

  • to take the bull by the horns 当机立断、大胆应对困难

    21-07-02 To take the bull by the horns 的字面意思是抓住公牛的角,这个表达源自典故传说,当遇到公牛袭击时,应该面向它跑去,再握住它的双角,与其对峙并制服它。这个表达现在被用来形容大胆地面对困难或险境,当机立断,临危不惧。 例句 Ok, everyone, lets take the bull...

  • lock horns 争论不休

    21-05-22 两只鹿在打斗的时候,会顶住彼此头上的角,直到其中一方败下阵来,争斗才得以罢休。表达 lock horns 锁住角 指 卷入激烈的冲突或争执中,没有一方愿意先妥协或认输。 例句 My father and brother locked horns last night over whether my brother could use the car!...

  • 公羊触篱

    16-01-05 There was a sturdy ram with a pair of thick horns upright on its head. It strutted about proudly and saw a fence built with bamboo and wood in front, which blocked its way. It cast a sidelong glance at the fence, lowered its neck and lunged at the f...

  • 三角恐龙家族鼻角的进化史

    15-07-09 Scientists have discovered Wendiceratops pinhornensis, a new species of horned dinosaur based on fossils collected from a bone bed in southern Alberta, Canada, according to a study published July 8, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by co-aut...

  • The Ram Butts Against the Fence 公羊触篱

    15-03-19 There was a sturdy ram with a pair of thick horns upright on its head. It strutted about proudly and saw a fence built with bamboo and wood in front, which blocked its way. It cast a sidelong glance at the fence, lowered its neck and lunged at the f...

  • The wily lion

    14-10-08 A lion watched a fat bull feeding in a meadow, and his mouth watered when he thought of the royal feast he would make, but he did not dare to attack him, for he was afraid of his sharp horns. Hunger, however, presently compelled him to do something:...

  • 美国犹他州发掘出新种多角恐龙

    10-09-24 A giant rhino(犀牛) with a ridiculously supersized head. Fifteen long, pointed sideways oriented eye horns: one over the nose, one atop each eye, one at the tip of each cheek bone, and ten across the rear margin of the bony frill. A horned face: l...

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