22-11-09 The next morning Arlo woke to Spot running in his sleep, making growling noises, and pounding into Arlos nose with his feet. The dinosaur snapped awake and lifted his head away from the barrage of toes and heels. Then Spot woke up; he looked up at A...

22-11-07 PSHHHHHH! The sound of shooting geysers woke Arlo up. Groggy, he looked around, trying to remember where he was and what had happened. When he finally did remember, he looked down at his foot. All of the rocks had been pushed away. He was no longer...

22-02-22 1. rise above 这个动词短语表示不受的影响；克服；摆脱，和overcome意思差不多。 He rose above his pain/bad luck/difficulties. 他战胜了疼痛／厄运／困难。 2. come down on 的意思和punish、criticize差不多，但是语气更强烈些，表示严厉处罚；斥责；训斥。 Theyr...

21-08-13 所谓偷走别人的雷声 steal someones thunder, 实际上意思是窃取别人的成果和荣誉从而达到利己的目的。 例句 Sam stole my thunder when he said hed done all the work. Its not true I did most of it! Please dont steal my thunder by announcing your engagement t...

20-12-02 表达 have a face like thunder（有一张雷公脸） 用来形容某人极度愤怒、火冒三丈的表情；with a face like thunder 可以形容某人一脸怒容，在生气地做某事时的样子。 例句 My father is a very patient man, but he was furious with my little brother when he crash...

20-10-10 雷声大，雨点小，中文俗语，字面意思是loud thunder but small raindrops，比喻言语上夸大其词，但是却无实际作为（much said but little done）。与英文俗语much cry and little wool意思相近。 例句： 形式主义的特点是走过场，雷声大，雨点...

16-05-05 我们为什么要谈stealing someones thunder（抢别人的风头，直译为偷走某人的雷声）？ steal someones thunder短语释义为：win praise for oneself by pre-empting someone elses attempt to impress，意思为先发制人地打动别人，为自己赢得赞誉。这个故事来自于18世纪...

14-10-23 Cloud No Bigger than a Man's Hand Dick Allen It approaches from the sea, too small for thunder and lightning but ominous as a closed fist and what it will bring nearing us, growing larger, is completely unknown. Beware the leaves blowing, beware the...