22-11-28 表达 paint a picture 用 画画 来比喻 以特定的方式刻画、构想或描述某事 或 暗示某种结果。比如，信息或数据可以 paint a picture (暗示了某种结果)。你也可以用 paint someone a picture 表示 向某人描述某事。 例句 The results of the survey paint a positive pic...

22-07-21 Next day Philip arrived at Blackstable. Since the death of his mother he had never lost anyone closely connected with him; his aunts death shocked him and filled him also with a curious fear; he felt for the first time his own mortality. He could no...

22-06-28 paint the Forth Bridge 永无止尽的任务 原指苏格兰中部的福斯铁路大桥表面刷漆的浩大工程，据说等到把桥梁全部油漆一遍之后，前面的已经褪色，就又得开始重新油漆了，所以paint the Forth Bridge意为永无止境的或艰巨的任务。 例： Keeping the countys roads in good...

22-02-07 At your mothers knee直译过来是在你妈妈的膝上，而实际要表达的是：幼年时或是儿时学到的技能，比如画画，钢琴，舞蹈这些启蒙技能。 举个例子，小白很小的时候就学会了画画，他就可以这样说： I learnt to paint at my mothers knee. 我在幼年时学会了涂色。...

22-01-07 If you dont mind my saying, you are a(n) excellent / outstanding / superb + (noun phrase) 如果你不介意我说的话，你是一个优秀的/杰出的/卓越的+（名词短语） I must say you really know how to + (verb) 我必须说你真的精通做+（动词） You are a fine + (noun...

21-07-01 watching paint dry无聊透顶 它的字面意思一目了然：是多么无聊的一件事啊！ Listening to his lecture is like watching paint dry. 听他的讲座简直无聊透顶。 twiddling thumbs无所事事 无聊的时候，也许你会摆摆手指头，彰显自己自带节奏，但这是非常无聊的动作。 t...

21-05-14 Cool, heat-reflecting white rooms are already an urban climate solution thats been embraced in cities around the world. 凉爽且能反射热量的白色房间已是一种城市气候解决方案，在世界各地的城市中得到了应用。 In New York, more than ten million square feet...

16-02-04 basket 篮子 egg 蛋 chocolate 巧克力 handle 手把 fake grass 人造草 dye 染料 marshmallows 棉花软糖 paint 油漆 bunny 兔子 paint brush 油漆刷 whiskers 胡须 plastics egg 塑料蛋 jelly beans 豆型软糖 ears 耳朵 paws 爪子...

15-07-06 An international research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa has discovered a milk-and ochre-based paint dating to 49,000 years ago that inhabitants may have used to adorn...

14-12-11 After a two-week vacation, a man returned to his office and one of his fellow workers asked him what kind of time he's had. I spent the whole two weeks helping my wife paint the rooms in our house, he groaned. Does she do that often? Well, came the...