21-06-04 1. Window shop 橱窗购物 形容你只是去看看，并不会真的去买。是真正名义上的逛。 例句： I like to window shop for antiques. 我喜欢去逛古董。 2. Rip-off 偷窃 虽然这个字面的意思是偷窃，实际上就是我们中文口语上经常说的抢钱啊！就是形容这个东西的价格超出了它...

21-05-26 Take French Leave 不告而别；不辞而别 英国人觉得法国人特别傲慢，极度自我，以至于参加一些party要离开的时候都不会跟主人打一个招呼。 例句： - Did she take French leave at the party last Sunday? -她在上周日的派对中不告而别了吗？ - Why did you take French...

21-02-24 More than once during the next ten minutes Buck cursed himself inwardly for not having brought along the small but powerful pair of field-glasses that were tucked away in his bag. He had picked them up at the Divisional Headquarters only a week or t...

21-02-24 When the fact is chronicled that no less than three times in the succeeding eight days Buck Stratton was strongly tempted to put an end to the whole puzzling business by the simple expedient of declaring his identity and taking possession of the Sho...

21-01-24 A FORTNIGHT later, and Christie was off. Mrs. Flint had briefly answered that she had a room, and that work was always to be found in the city. So the girl packed her one trunk, folding away splendid hopes among her plain gowns, and filling every co...

20-09-27 Laurie lay luxuriously swinging to and fro in his hammock one warm September afternoon, wondering what his neighbors were about, but too lazy to go and find out. He was in one of his moods, for the day had been both unprofitable and unsatisfactory,...

20-09-16 It was well named; and the Muses seemed to be at home that day, for as the newcomers went up the slope appropriate sights and sounds greeted them. Passing an open window, they looked in upon a library presided over by Clio, Calliope, and Urania; Mel...

16-11-30 Sick of getting temporarily blinded by drivers using their high-beam headlights at night, more and more Chinese are equipping the rear windows of their cars with scary reflective decals featuring ghosts, vampires or monsters. 因为受不了夜间其他司机...

16-06-22 From the window of my room, I could see a tall cotton-rose hibiscus. In spring, when green foliage was half hidden by mist, the tree looked very enchanting dotted with red blossom. This inspiring neighbor of mine often set my mind working. I gradual...

16-05-08 A window looker refers to someone who compulsively looks into windows of buildings, stores or parked cars to check out their hair, their teeth, and everything about their appearance. People who usually behave like this are either having a strong sen...