clock change daylight-saving time - the practice of advancing clocks during the lighter months so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. summer time winter time (standard time) spring forward - fall back - This term is meant to trigger your memory to set your clocks forward 1 hour in the spring at the start of DST, and 1 hour back in the fall when DST ends. gain...

white people ☑️ black people ☑️ yellow people??? Asian people tan pale

finger 手指 little finge/ pinky 小拇指 - pinky swear 拉钩 ring finger 无名指 middle finger 中指 index fingle/ forefinger 食指 thumb 大拇指 - thumb up 点赞

chocolate cocoa beans 可可豆 cocoa powder 可可粉 cocoa butter 可可脂 dark chocolate - produced by adding fat and sugar to the coca mixture - extra-dark chocolate white chocolate - formed from a mixture of sugar, cocoa butter and milk solids milk chocolate - sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk unsweetened chocolate - pure chocolate liquor, also known as bitter or baking chocolate almond 杏仁 hazelnut 榛子 raisin 葡萄干

suck 吮吸 - suck the thumb - She was sitting on the grass sucking lemonade through a straw. 吞没 - The waves came crashing over my head and I could feel myself being sucked under by the currents. 糟糕透顶 - It sucks! - Man, this job sucks! sucker - They really took advantage of her, she turned out to be a real sucker. 上当受骗的人

banking withdraw/ make a withdrawal 取款 deposit/ make a deposit 存款 - save money 省钱 transfer 转账 debit card 借记卡 credit card 信用卡 check 支票 balance 余额 bank statement 流水单 interest rate 利率 automatic teller machine 自动取款机 PIN = personal identification number 密码 - Press/ Enter your pin here please.

(WHO, 3.11）We have therefore made assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. pandemic （疾病）大流行 n. a pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease/ adj. - (Nature) Time to use the p-word? Coronavirus enters dangerous new phase. - But there is no need to assume that it is the next pandemic. - But the word pandemic was very much on the minds of the TED community. - But public health officials have also had to consider the risks if the public overreacts to a pandemic...

cataclysm 1. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface 2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune 【例句】 - The eruption of the volcano was an unexpected cataclysm. - The city has just experienced a cataclysmic flood. - Then followed a comparatively long hiatus due to completely understandable causes resulting from the sociopolitical cataclysms. 【近义词】 - disaster 普通用词，指大破坏，灾难 - misfortune 普通用词，外在因素导致的不幸 - calamity 个人的不幸，更严重 - catastrophe 语气最强

accessories 饰品 jewelry （珠宝）首饰 necklace 项链 She bought a necklace of crystals. bracelet 手链 - Whenever David saw the bracelet, he remembered his promise, and would reassure me that the time was coming soon when he would keep it. ring 戒指（finger ring） - She desires the golden ring for herself. - the Lord of the Rings 指环王 earrings 耳饰（耳环） - Her earrings and diamond watch were taken to make it look like a robbery. ear studs 耳钉 ear drops 耳坠

如何不卑不亢地拒绝别人？ 1. I’m good. A：Would you like some coffee? B：I'm good. Thanks. 2. I’ll think about it. A：You look so good with it on! I can give a discount if you really want one. B：Thank you, but I'll think about it. 3. I’d love to, but... A：Come and join the party！ B：I'd love to, but I've had a few things come up. 4 I don’t feel like... A：Isn't it time to go to home? B：I don't feel like leaving yet. P.S. 少说 Sorry - Pardon me, please. 没听清 - Excuse me. 引起注意 - Behind you!

上网课的那点事儿 E-learning 在线学习 online education 在线教育 - Chinese online education companies are stunned at their good fortune. homeschool 在家教育 - Millions of parents across China are forced to share space with their children schooling from home as campuses from the elementary to university level extend closures through March. online courses 网课 live stream 直播 live-streamed lessons 直播课程 - Some students are napping while live-streamed lessons play in the background. virtual classrooms 虚拟课堂 -...

女生节！聊聊女生每月那几天的英语表达… menstruation 月经（最正式） period 月经期 - I am on my period. - I am having my period. - My period is coming today. - My period is over. - Except that month, her period was late. Aunt Flo 大姨妈 - My Aunt Flo is visiting. - My friend has come. - My friend is visiting. sanitary pad（sanitary napkin/ sanitary towel）卫生巾 tampon 卫生棉条 panty liner（panty shield）护垫

发霉的食物、令人作呕 mold 霉菌 moldy 发霉的 rot 腐烂 - Candy will rot your teeth. - A bruised pumpkin rots quickly. nauseating - nausea (n.) 恶心，反胃 disgusting unappetizing - Instead of a massive pot of unappetizing-looking soup, you can buy fried chicken with chips or rice. revolting - The bloody scenes in the movie were positively revolting. preservative 防腐剂 additive 添加剂 - The burger is preservative-free. - I eat only additive-free food.

没门 英语怎么说？ No way! 1. 没门（口语中坚决否定） - No way, keep him away from me, please. - No way! 2. 不会吧！（表示惊讶） = Seriously? - No way！You got the ticket！ - No way! That's not a little something. That's, like, $500. 3. 没办法（表示否定） - His children and relatives might move away to another city, and there might be no way of earning enough money. - There is no way I can earn a living when I get out, he says. - For the other groups, there was no way to punish people who did not cooperate on the public project.

The Pritzker Architecture Prize 普利兹克建筑奖 “You need a client who has a dream, who has an ambition, who has a sense of generosity for the future user. We can’t make architecture without generosity spirit.” architecture 建筑，建筑学 architect 建筑师 civil engineering 土木工程 construction 建设，建造 space 空间 - Soul of architecture is space. foundation 地基 landscape 景观 bearing wall 承重墙 general plan = overall plan = general layout 总平面图 architectural elevation drawing 建筑立面图 architectural section drawing 建筑剖面图

underwear 内衣睡衣的各种说法 knicker 内裤（女） panty 女式运动短裤 panty hose 裤袜，连裤袜 lingerie 贴身内衣裤（女用） = women’s underwear and nightclothes pants/ underpants/ boxers 内裤（男） briefs 三角裤（男女通用） 睡衣 nightwear nightdress 女士睡袍 nightclothes nightgrown 晚上穿的长袍 pyjamas 裤装睡衣

favor 的不同用法 favour 英式/ favor 美式 n./v. 偏爱；赞成；帮助 - Of the two possible plans I favour the first. 【in favor of】 - I am very much in favor of your proposal. 赞成 - My parents are always in favor of all my decisions. 支持 - The general opinion is in favor of us. 有利于 【do sb. a favor】 - Would/ Will you do me a favor? - Please do me a favor by turning off that radio! 【beg a favor of sb.】 - He urgently begged a favour of me.

“油”的不同说法 oil 食用油、机油、润滑油 oily 油腻的 gasoline 汽油 gas （美）汽油；瓦斯 petrol （英）汽油 - The petrol in the tank is leaking out. - A gasoline engine drives the motorboat. - Stop here to gas up before crossing the desert. diesel 柴油 fill up the tank

kind of 的两种用法 种，这种，一种，几种 - Spending a number of hours together in that kind of environment,I think, can only help improve grit sense of cooperation. - What kind of exercise/ weather/ food do you like? 有点儿，表示委婉语气 = to some (great or small) extent = sort of = kinda - And these things are kind of funny in their own sort of bobo way. - Sorry but I kind of don’t remember what she said in the meeting. - How’s your new job? Is it better than the last one? - Yes, kind of.

“再见” 在不同场合怎么说 Bye-bye! 很小孩子气，一般不说 Bye! Good-bye! wave (sb.) good-bye kiss （sb.) good-bye See you next time! See you later! See you tomorrow! See you! See ya! farewell a farewell party a farewell dinner

feel like 都有哪些意思呢？ To have a particular sensation or tactile experience. - What does it feel like to win in your home town? - It feels like leather, but it's synthetic. - I've always wondered what weightlessness feels like. To feel as one usually does. In this usage, "like" is followed by a reflexive pronoun. - I'm finally starting to feel like myself again, after battling that cold for weeks. have an inclination for something or some activity 1. To desire to do something: - We all got...

鸡肉的各种说法 chicken drumstick 鸡腿 chicken thigh fillet 鸡大腿肉 hindquarter 后腿及臀部 chicken wings 鸡翅 chicken drumettes 鸡翅根 mid-joint wings/ mid wings 翅中 wing tip 翅尖 forequarter chicken breast fillet 鸡胸肉 free range chicken 走地鸡，放养鸡 baby chicken 童子鸡

牛肉的不同部位 beaf steak sirloin steak 西冷牛排（牛里脊） rump steak 牛腿排 T-bone steak T骨牛排 skirt steak 裙牛排（侧腹横肌） chuck steak 牛肩胛肉排 flank 后牛腩 brisket 前胸牛腩 beaf spare ribs 牛肋排 diced beef 牛肉块 sliced beef 牛肉片 beef mince 牛肉碎