2023.10.25

straight guy直男

He is a straight guy.他是一个直男

trench coat风衣

A woman in trench coat穿着风衣的女士。

sleeve袖子

roll up the sleeves.卷起袖子。

fabulous 极好的

This is fabulous!太赞了！

cape披风

A rain cape一件雨披

spare留出

Could you spare just one little pear?你能不能留一个小梨？

feud世仇

There was a long-running between two families.这两个家族家有世仇。

gander公鹅

Well, what's good for thegooseis good for thegander.

适合母鹅的也同样适合公鹅。

stand me up放我鸽子（非正式）

Katie, close the patio doors, will you? That noise is driving me mad.

Katie，把露台门关上，可以吗？这噪音要把我逼疯了。

take a message帮人留言，捎个口信:主语是帮别人留言的人

leave a message留言，主语是留言的人

I'll leave a message on his desk.

我会在桌子上给他留个便条。

Hold on,please,No answer.Shall I take a message for you?

请稍后，没人接听，要我帮你留言吗？

no wonder难怪

No wonder I wasn't fellling well.

难怪我感觉不舒服。

It's a wonder that令人惊奇的是

It's a wonder that many people support her.

奇怪的是很多人支持她。

get sth over with马上结束，赶紧做完

The sooner we start,the sooner we'll get it over with.

我们越早开始，我们就会越早做完这件事。

get over从（不快或疾病中）恢复过来

It took her a long time to get over the sadness.

她花了很长时间从悲伤中走出来。

get over克服，战胜

They got over that problem with the help of the teacher.

在老师的帮助下他们克服了那个问题。

口语:

I personally would prefer one that goes past the knee.

我个人比较喜欢过膝的。

go past the knee过膝的

go above the knee膝盖以上的

想买到合适尺码:

Do you have sth in a size+尺码？

如果想要大一码/小一码的:

Do you have sth in a larger/smaller size.

如何买到自己心仪的颜色/尺码:

Does sth come in any other colors/sizes?

dry-clean干洗 hand-wash手洗 machine-wash机洗

Shoule this be dry-cleaned or hand-washed?

这件衣服是干洗还是手洗？

询问是否可以机洗:

Can sth be machine-washed?

Can you iron out the creases?褶皱可以用熨斗熨？

iron out还可表示消除

iron out the kinks(隔阂) in their marriage.

You can rock that!

潜台词:你不仅能穿，穿上还很酷。

You look great!

Don't be too quick to judge.

先别急着评价。

sb be born to do sth某人生来就是做某事的料

I was born to wear this coat.

我就是为这件衣服而生的。