20-11-20 1 Heebie-jeebies 焦躁不安 These unusual words are used to express a feeling of fear and being uncomfortable. 这些不寻常的词语用来表达恐惧和不舒服的感觉。 That movie gave me the heebie-jeebies. 那部电影让我焦躁不安。 2 Make your blood run cold 胆战心...

20-10-16 1. Im speechless. 我哑口无言。 形容词speechless的意思是因为震惊、惊讶而说不出话的。 2. Im lost for words. 我震惊得说不出话来。 表达be lost for words的字面意思是失去了单词，它比喻因震惊、震撼而不知道说什么好。 3. Im dumbstruck. 我惊讶得目瞪口呆。 形...

20-09-28 Amys lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward. Men seldom do, for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation dont take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended...

20-09-28 Whatever his motive might have been, Laurie studied to some purpose that year, for he graduated with honor, and gave the Latin oration with the grace of a Phillips and the eloquence of a Demosthenes, so his friends said. They were all there, his gra...

20-09-27 In the cold gray dawn the sisters lit their lamp and read their chapter with an earnestness never felt before. For now the shadow of a real trouble had come, the little books were full of help and comfort, and as they dressed, they agreed to say goo...

20-09-26 Compulsive highlighter refers to a person who, when reading text on a computer screen, cannot help but constantly select, deselect, and reselect the text. 高亮强迫症指的是一个人在阅读电脑屏幕上的文字时忍不住要选中自己正阅读的文字，让它呈高亮显示，然...

20-09-11 A Finnish tech company is hoping to create a kinder virtual space with a font that covers profanity in text-editing software, such as Word or Outlook, with a blur. 芬兰科技公司TietoEVRY希望通过一种礼貌字体来打造更友善的虚拟空间，该字体可以在Word或Ou...

18-05-28 National standards for sign language in China have been released after seven years of study by the State Language Commission, reports the Beijing News. 新京报报道，国家语委经过7年的研究近期发布了手语国家标准。 The National List of Common Words for U...

17-12-11 A shortlist of the 20 hottest Chinese words and Chinese characters of 2017 has been announced. 2017年度最火的20个中国字已出炉。 Words and characters on the list related to domestic topics include share, cloud, new era, and kindergarten, while those...

17-09-26 Verbicaine refers to soothing words used to calm or distract a patient who is awake during a surgical procedure. 话语可卡因指的是在外科手术过程中，用来安抚病人或者让病人转移注意力的使人宽心的话语。 Many patients are anxious about anticipated procedu...