23-01-29 科学家首次破解了马铃薯这种作物的全部基因组。这一成果刊登在最新一期的《自然》期刊上。这一突破将有助于提高马铃薯产量。 The humble potato is in fact the worlds fourth largest food crop, with a global annual yield of around 330 million tonnes. In an int...

22-06-14 hot potato 烫手山芋（喻指棘手的问题） They will do anything they can to drop her like a hot potato. 他们会想尽办法把她这个烫手山芋给甩掉。 in hot water 遇到麻烦 I needed to be at the airport early, and as I got into a taxi I was worried that I might...

22-03-22 我们常说的宅男可以是homebody，Sam Hunt的那首《House Party》就唱到： If you wanna be a homebody 如果你想宅在家 Were gonna have a house party 我们就来场家庭派对 【敲黑板】宅男、宅女还可以怎么说？ ①homebody／indoors-man／indoors-woman ②stay-at-home...

22-03-22 6. couch potato和mall rat是两个和美国人生活习惯有关的俗语。 couch potato指一有时间就坐在沙发上看电视的人，一声不吭，一动不动，就像一个圆滚滚的土豆。而mall rat当然不会是购物中心的真老鼠，而是指没事儿老喜欢到mall(大商场)里去逛的人。 7. backseat driver...