22-05-24 1. expect 即期待婴儿出生。 His wife is expecting. 他妻子怀孕了。 She is expecting in March. 她预产期是三月。 2. have a bun in the oven 烤箱里有面包了。英式英语，诙谐用法。 Have you heard that Katy has a bun in the oven? 你听说没，凯蒂有啦？ 3. in th...

22-03-07 1 Its scorching weather. 这天真是要把人烤熟。 scorching来自于动词scorch（烧焦），scorching是形容词，表示灼热的，通常形容天气，表示极度炎热。 2 Its a sizzler. 真是个大热天！ 其实大热天还不足以表达出sizzler代表的天气。sizzler来自于动词sizzle（把烧得发...

16-02-14 microwave 微波炉 toaster 烤面包机 kitchen knife 菜刀 kettle 水壶 wok 锅 oven 烤箱 cleaver 切肉刀 frying pan 煎锅 range hood 抽油烟机 cutting board 砧板 sink 水槽 stove(range) 炉灶 blender 搅拌机 coffeemaker 咖啡机 refrigerator(fridge) 冰箱...

15-01-06 Once upon a time a man had a big house, and in the house there was a big oven, but this man's family was small -- only himself and his wife. When winter came, the man tried to keep his oven going all day, so that the entire stock of his firewood was...

10-05-26 There was a handful of clay in the bank of a river. It was only common clay, coarse（粗糙的，下等的） and heavy; but it had high thoughts of its own value, and wonderful dreams of the great place which it was to fill in the world when the time came...