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off the wall 荒诞离奇
21-09-10 表达 off the wall 的意思是一件事物 有点奇怪、不同寻常，甚至意想不到，可以用来评价影视、戏剧作品或笑话等 离奇，荒诞。用在名词前时，需要在这个表达的词语中间加上连字符，即 off-the-wall（离奇的，怪诞的）。 例句 I like the comedian, but his jokes are a b...
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tastes differ 众口难调
21-09-02 众口难调，汉语成语，本意是吃饭的人多，很难适合每个人的口味。比喻不容易使所有的人都满意。可以翻译为it is difficult to cater to all tastes，tastes differ等。 例句： 羊羔虽美味，但众口难调。 Though lamb may be good, it is difficult to cook it to suit e...
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to go down like a lead balloon 不受欢迎或起反效果
21-08-13 如果你说的话或做的事 goes down like a lead balloon, 这就意味着起不受欢迎，激起了他人的不满或反感。 例句 Davids joke was in very poor taste. It went down like a lead balloon! The news of Jennys engagement went down like a lead balloon when she told t...
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to acquire a taste for something 开始喜欢某事物
21-07-21 短语 to acquire a taste for something 常出现在谈论饮食的语境中，尤其是在某人喜欢上了一种新的或不寻常的食物时。除了用来表达对新食物的喜欢之外，这个短语也能用来谈论对不寻常的经验或活动的喜爱。 例句 I first visited China ten years ago and I found the f...
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to tickle your taste buds 刺激你的味蕾
21-06-16 美味可口的食物能让我们胃口大开，那么你会用地道的英语表达形容令人唇齿留香、回味无穷的美味佳肴吗？英语表达to tickle your taste buds的字面意思是挑动你的味蕾，实际用来描述食物味道可口，就如同在挑动舌头上的味蕾一般，让人吃得津津有味。 例句 This is my fav...
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文创雪糕五一火出圈
21-05-08 刚刚过去的五一假期，不只是各地的景点火爆异常，一些景区的文创雪糕也火出了圈。 The Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan, southwest Chinas Sichuan province, has rolled out ice cream bars in the shape of Sanxingdui bronze masks unearthed at the sacrificial pit...
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背井离乡
21-03-16 I feel a bit sad today because Im homesick. I miss the delicious plates of pasta with a special sauce my mother used to make. She was a great cook! But I work abroad and I have to cope with the occasional feeling of nostalgia. The footballer Jesus N...
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血液
21-02-27 I have always enjoyed black pudding for breakfast. Nothing can compare with the taste of the rich black sausage made of pigs blood. However, even I might draw the line at making black pudding from my own blood. Thats exactly what the BBCs Michael Mo...
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甜味剂是否真的安全又健康？
21-02-27 你喜欢吃甜食吗？你担心糖的摄入量过高吗？你也许听过甜味剂这个东东但对它真的了解吗？甜味剂真的像传说中那样又甜又健康吗？在英国，甜味剂产业估值约为六千万英镑。但甜味剂能有效帮助缓解英国肥胖人数增长的趋势吗？ For many of us, the relationship we have wit...
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为什么我们喜欢不同的口味？
21-02-25 为什么有些人喜欢某些口味，而有些人却受不了？在本期《随身英语》中，我们听名厨赫斯顿（Heston Blumenthal）和神经学家查尔斯朱克（Charles Zucker）对口味的分析。他们说，我们的偏好根植于记忆、基因和用餐的环境中，不过口味也会随着时间而改变。 Whats your favo...
