第二页:巧学口语
1. interior designer: 室内设计师
2. stray cat: 流浪猫,stray在这里的意思是(常指宠物)走失的;无主的
stray还可以表示“零散的”,例如:
The streets were empty except for a few stray taxis.(除了偶然可以看到的几辆出租汽车外,街上没有人迹。)
3. veterinarian: 兽医
4. newscaster: 新闻广播员
5. passive-aggressive: 消极攻击的,被迫反抗
But it can also be a seething cauldron of power plays, resentment and passive - aggressive behavior.(但是,这里也可能充斥着权力之争、怨恨情绪和被动攻击行为。)
6. garden hose: 橡胶软管,花园浇水用的软管
7. rap: 谈话,畅谈,rap常用来指说唱音乐。
rap也可以表示“严厉批评”,例如:Gross has also given Jacobs a bad rap on his recent designs.(格罗斯也严厉批评了雅各布最近的设计。)