22-07-05 Corny jokes 老土的笑话 这种笑话太傻气，说了上句，你就能猜到下句，还喜欢用一些非常俗气的双关语（pun）。爱说corny joke的人，你可以形容他为corny或a cornball。 Lame jokes 冷笑话、蹩脚笑话 Lame joke比corny joke还糟糕，或许人们对着后者还能哈哈一笑，对前者...

21-05-28 1. catchphrase catchphrase的意思是流行语，尤指电视演艺名人等的名言。 一般我们说电视或网络上频繁使用的流行语会是buzzword： Diversity is the new buzzword in education. 多元化是教育领域里新的时髦词语。 2. lame 表示很烂、很逊可以用lame, crappy等，比如：...

14-08-19 A blind man, being stopped in a bad piece of road, met a lame man, and entreated（恳求） him to help him out of the difficulty into which he had fallen. How can I, replied the lame man, since I can scarcely drag myself along. I am lame, and you look...

13-07-30 Between Werrel and Soist there lived a man whose name was Knoist, and he had three sons. One was blind, the other lame, and the third stark-naked（一丝不挂的） . Once on a time they went into a field, and there they saw a hare. The blind one shot it...

09-09-07 Actor Tom Selleck has been awarded more than $187,000 (114,000) after a California jury found he was duped into buying a lame horse. 演员Tom Selleck曾被欺骗购买一头瘸马，这件事被加利福尼亚一个陪审团发现并奖励他18.7万美元。 Selleck had bought the hor...