- A-list 最喜愛的人的名單,跟 black list 相反。
例:Debbie, you gotta put her on the A-list. - Willie Shoemaker 美國騎師
- homestretch 最後一段跑道、最後階段
- Mop 'N Glo 清潔用品品牌
- dermatologist 皮膚科醫生
- rail 樓梯扶手、欄桿
- bust up 打碎、突擊、破壞
例:If I wanted to bust up card games, I'd have a doughnut in my mouth. - potluck 家常便飯
- raid 襲擊、突擊、搜捕
例:I think it was a potluck raid. - out of breath Ving 做什麼事喘不過氣
例:He's out of breath lifting his dick to take a leak. - Your ears must be ringing.
我們常說打噴涕代表有人正在說你壞話,但美國人並不是說打噴涕,而是說耳鳴。所以 your ears must be ringing 就是在告訴某人:我們正在談論你,你的耳朵一定正在響吧。 - riot 搞笑的人或物
例:You guys are such a riot. - draw straws 抽籤,通常用吸管做為籤,看誰抽到唯一一支較短的吸管。
例:We were gonna draw straws to see who's gonna bail you out. - strangle 勒死
例:I nearly strangled her on the ride home. - throw out 丟掉、扭到、扭傷
例:I threw my back out again. - dash 衝撞、衝刺
- charity 慈善
例:You're not doing charity work, remember? - blinder (馬的) 眼罩、眩目的人或物
- cut a deal 談生意、協調
例:He was in a federal building, cutting a deal. - resisting arrest 拒捕
- low-ball 很便宜的、價錢很低的
例:Who walks away from a thing like that with low-ball bail? - open house 在家舉辦非正式、歡迎所有人來的聚會
- negative attention-getting 用負面情緒 (如生氣) 來吸引別人的注意
- gather dust 因太久沒使用而生灰塵
例:This piano has been gathering dust here for three months. - tub = bathtub
例:I'm thinking about going home, sitting in the tub. - be not oneself 身體或心理有問題
例:There's something wrong with him. He's not himself. - easy mark = sitting duck 容易瞄準的目標、易受騙的對象
- Percs 藥物品牌
- pool cue = cue stick = pool stick 撞球桿
- front line 第一線、前線
例:This doctor works on the Jets front line when they get hurt. - Jonas Salk 沙賓小兒麻痺口服疫苗 (Salk vaccine) 的發明人
- CAT scan 電腦斷層掃瞄
- safe 保險箱
- pending doom 即將來臨的災難
- interfere with sth. 干擾
例:Every time I offer my opinion about any of your friends it seems to interfere with our therapy. - burden sth. 施壓於、加重量
例:Psychologically, a secret is a heavy load. It leads to feelings of guilt, which further burden the mind. - badge 徽章、警徽
- pisser 惹人生氣的人
- getaway 逃離、逃走 (名詞)
- pocketful 一口袋的、很多的
- shitfaced 喝醉酒的
- They have absolutely no class, and they're always on the hustle. 他們不僅沒品味,而且總是草草了事。
- ricotta 一種義大利起士
- Are you wearing makeup? 你化了妝?
- cholesterol 膽固醇
- low-fat 低脂的
- disrespectful 不尊重的
例:I don't care if you think it's disrespectful, but I want you to cut the drama. - shut-in 被圍住的、被監禁的、病痛纏身的人
- check up on sth. 檢查、拜訪
例:He can't check up on me once in a while? - hint at sth. 暗示
例:I know what you're hinting at. - can't carry one's socks 連替誰提鞋子都不配
例:Junior couldn't carry Johnny's socks. - blacken 抹黑
- get mixed up with sb. 跟誰有一腿
例:Do you think I'd blacken my Johnny's memory by getting mixed up with his brother? - beached 上岸的、擱淺的,例:beached whale。
- withdrawal 名詞,領錢、收回、退回、戒除 (某種藥物上癮)。
例:I figured you'd be having a cannoli withdrawal by now. - Stop & Shop 美國的大賣場
- astronomy 天文
- take up space 佔空間、佔有一席之地
例:- You dad tells me you're taking astronomy in college. - No, business. - How come he keeps saying you're taking up space in school? - get hooked on sth. 上癮
例:I think I'm getting hooked on these painkillers. - painkiller 止痛藥
- walk into walls 走路都會撞牆,表示精神不好,昏昏沉沉。
例:I've been walking into walks all week. - stripe 條紋、軍服上用來代表軍階的 V 字臂章
例:You waited a long time for the stripes. 你為了這個位置 (階級) 等了好久。 - perk 津貼、外快、振作、活躍
- strap 捆、紮、皮帶、用皮帶鞭打
例:I want you to see that fucking wire strapped on his body. Otherwise, all bets are off. 我要你親眼看到他身上纏著竊聽器,否則就取消計劃。 - all bets are off 取消所有計劃、之前說的都不算
- Mario Lanza 40~50 年代的美國男高音
- half-assed 事情做一半的、不完整的、草率的、隨便的
- tenor 男高音;baritone 男中音;bass 男低音
- escrow 給第三方 (escrow company) 持有的契約文件,go into escrow 表示交易 (通常是房屋交易) 快完成了。
- aqua therapy 水療
- bathing suit 泳裝
- Neptune 海王星
- counteroffer 反提議、還價
- rubdown 按摩、馬沙雞
- schvitz 俄國的三溫暖
- sauna 蒸汽浴
- no-no 嚴禁、不可以做的事
例:My doctor mentioned stream and sauna specifically as no-noes. - with a capital A/B/C/... 強調某個單字字首是大寫的,表示「非常」或「真的」。
例:He's into Pussy, big. And I mean with a capital B. 他欠 Pussy 很多錢,不是普通的多。 - be into sb. 欠誰的錢
- Pussy must be burying this prick in vig alone. Pussy 光用利息就可以淹死他了。
- If my vote counts for anything, ... 如果我說的話算數…
- get the show on the road 開始、著手、上路、登場
- superfecta 一種賭博方式,排出前四名的選手。
- in question 考慮中的、討論中的
- administrative leave 暫時停職但留薪,用法通常是 be placed on administrative leave。
- hearing 聽證會
例:A spokesman says that the officer in question will be placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome of the hearing set for this morning. - bordello = whorehouse 妓院
- light years behind 落後很多
例:This country is light years behind the rest of the world. Most civilized countries have legalized prostitution. - Monica Lewinsky 柯林頓外遇的對象
- punishable offense 應被懲罰的罪過
例:I don't think sex should be a punishable offense. - did / take a header 一頭栽入、一頭跳下去
例:The jerk did a header off the Route 1 bridge. - jam 困難、困境
例:He helped me out of a lot of jams. - straw 稻草、導火線
- have sb. in one's corner 支持、站在自己這邊
例:As long as he had you in his corner, there was nothing to worry about. - know where one stand 知道自己所扮演的角色、知道自己身在何處
例:At least with Tony Soprano, you know where you stand. - mohair 安哥拉山羊 (Angora goat) 毛
- shoe lift = shoe insert 鞋墊
- pleurisy 胸膜炎,劇中 Junior 把複數 (plural) 講成一種疾病 (pleurisy)。
- safe house 避難或藏匿用的房子
- joint 房子、地方、地盤
例:I told him the pool table was there when I first rented the joint. - calling 職業
例:You missed your calling. You should've been a lawyer. - put the screws on / to 施壓
例:They were putting the screws to me like I was a school kid. - conspiracy 同謀、陰謀
- lasagna 義大利菜,焗烤多層片狀的義大利粉。
- off the hook 從困境中解脫、逃離陷阱
例:I gotta show my face or they'll think they're off the hook. - get sth. crossed 搞錯
例:Makazian's guy got his facts crossed. - jump the gun 槍還沒響就起跑、太早開始
- appliance 用具、設備,例:kitchen appliance。
- loading dock 貨車卸貨處
- Braun 家電品牌
- line up 整隊、排隊、備妥
例:I already lined up childcare, so I don't want to hear it. - bump up 擴大、小程度地放大、升職
例:I may be getting bumped up, a notch or two! - on one's way out 外出、出局
例:Tony Soprano's on his way out, and I mean as in "forever." - breathe a word 洩密
例:If you breathe a word of this to anybody, they're gonna be burying me and you right next to Tony Soprano. - belittle = denigrate = derogate 輕視、貶低
例:You don't belittle a man like Junior Soprano. - cunt lap 幫女人口交、jerk、mama's boy
- add insult to injury 火上加油、激怒別人使得情況更糟糕
例:To add insult to injury, he was planning a move against Junior! - brew 釀造、沖泡、煮
2008/10/26
The Sopranos 1x11 - Nobody Knows Anything 英文筆記
2008/10/20
The Sopranos 1x10 - A Hit Is a Hit 英文筆記
- hinky 猜疑的、緊張的
- refried beans 一道用豆泥做的墨西哥菜
- Pablo Escobar 哥倫比亞大毒梟
- carton 紙箱、紙盒
- small bill 面額較小的鈔票
- token 象徵、紀念品、意思意思的
例:This is just a little token of my appreciation for recommending Dr. Melfi. - Montecristo 雪茄品牌,也是一個義大利的小島。
- dreamy 夢想的、夢幻的
- referral 推薦、介紹
例:I'm a doctor. I make referrals all the time. - no biggie 沒什麼大不了
- come by 取得、經過
例:I bet these were hard to come by. - putter 推桿 (高爾夫球)
- golf course 高爾夫球場
- wicked 壞的、邪惡的,口語上可表「非常」,相當於 very 或 really。
- back nine 高爾夫球場的最後九洞
- live off 依靠什麼為生
例:He lived off his parents. - IPO = Initial Public Offering 企業首次發行股票的過程
- Jacuzzi 按摩浴缸的品牌,也可指「大型按摩浴缸」。
之前的相關字:whirlpool jets - weepy 哭哭啼啼的、淚汪汪的
- loft 閣樓、頂樓
- hum 哼 (歌)、嗡嗡聲
例:I'm humming the scenery. - welfare (社會) 福利、幸福
例:Whose welfare check you gotta cash to get a burger around here? - breast-feed 哺乳、照顧嬰兒
- rugrat 還在學走路的嬰兒 (有貶意)
- stretch mark 皮膚上像被鞭打的紋路,如:妊娠紋。
- hairnet 髮網,戴在頭上以防頭髮掉到食物上。
- bold statement 大膽、勇敢的話
例:Bold men make bold statements. - converted rice 改造米,因為事先煮過,所以只要泡熱水就可以吃了。
其他相關字:brown rice 糙米、white rice 白米 - burger basket 漢堡餐,因為薯條等其他配菜都裝在一個小籃子裡,所以叫 basket。
- Black Eyed Peas 黑眼豆豆
- crib 嬰兒床
- sight to behold 形容一個東西很特別 (美、醜或噁心),值得一看。
例:Isn't that a sight to behold? - firearm 槍
- F-note F 音符,音符稱為 musical note。
- quasi 類似的
- seminal 精液的、生殖的、原創的
例:Two seminal hit records was his legacy. - oldie 老歌、老片、老人
- a long line of 一長排的
例:He's just another in a long line of white motherfuckers stealing royalties from the black man that made him the money in the first place. - OG = original gangster
- lawn jockey 穿著賽馬服的小人像,草地上常見的裝飾品。
- Alec Baldwin 美國演員
- moldy 陳腐的、發黴的
- bankroll 資助
- drum machine 模擬鼓的電子樂器
- dropout 被退學的學生、中輟生
- chairman of the board 董事長
- brochure = booklet = leaflet = pamphlet 小冊子
- sum up 總結
例:That really sums it up. - We had our little phase. 我們有過一段感情。
- defiler = polluter 汙染者、汙染源
- headbanging 搖頭的 (舞或音樂)
例:I'm into that headbanging music. - hair band = glam metal band 一種重金屬搖滾樂團
- ego 自尊、自負、自我意識,big ego 表示很自我的人。
- flavor 味道、氣味、氣氛
- gelding 去勢的人或動物
- the other way around = vice versa 反之亦然
例:Did you write the music and him the lyrics or was it the other way around? - target audience 目標對象 (消費者或觀眾)
- mounted cop 騎警
- MAC 10 一種小型機關槍
- pillage 搶劫、掠奪
- hard-nosed = practical 實際的、現實的
- ghetto 隔都,少數民族的集聚區。如二戰時猶太人的隔離區稱為 Jewish ghetto。
- stroll 散步、漫步、流浪
- Memory Lane 回憶、往事
例:Ordinarily I'd be more than happy to stroll down Memory Lane with you, but It's reparations that I seek. - reparation 賠償
之前的相關字:restitution - silent partner 秘密合夥人、隱名股東
- airplay 在電視或收音機上播放
- fizzy 發出嘶嘶聲的、起泡沫的
- mogul 大人物、重要的人物,字首大寫 Mogul 為蒙古人。
- germane = related 有密切關係的
- grievance 抱怨、不滿、怨恨
- Louis B. Mayer 早期的製片,是米高梅 (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM) 的創辦人之一。
- cashier's check = bank check 銀行開的支票,支票必須在銀行領,而非個人支票簿。
- put / set the record straight 澄清問題、糾正問題
例:A cashier's check made to a Mrs. Idella Willis will set the record straight. - no neck 胖到看不見脖子的
- every other 每隔
例:There's a new car in the driveway every other week. (即每兩週有一部新車) - erode 腐蝕、侵蝕
例:The Sopranos are eroding the neighborhood values. - property value = real estate appraisal 房價
- boardroom 會議室,上司、主管開會的地方。
- goombah 義大利人 (輕微貶意)
- Murano glass 一種玻璃飾品
- Matchbox 20 搖滾樂團
- personnel 人員、職員
- mullet 前短後長的髮型
- miscellaneous 綜合的、混合的、多方面的
- vise / vice 一種用來固定、夾東西的工具
- grill 烤、拷問、盤問
- trout 鮭魚
- downed 掉下來的、落在地上的
例:Richie had third-degree burns from trying to grill that trout with a downed power line. - sports betting 運動賭博,如 football betting。
- bore 令人感到無聊的人
- millionth 百萬分之一,形容極小。
- wonder bread wop 已經融入美國社區生活的義大利人
- Sunday gravy = tomato gravy 蕃茄肉醬
- branch out 擴展 (人際關係)
例:You seem to want to branch out. - phallic 陰莖的、陽物崇拜的
例:Sausage is a kind of a phallic thing. - stockbroker 股票經紀人
- buyout 買下整個公司的股票來控制它
- for once 就這一次
例:It's a beautiful day. Let's not talk business for once. - bionics 仿生學,將生物知識應用在機械上的學問。
- hit a / the brick wall 遇到瓶頸
例:I'm sure we're all trying our best here. I just think we hit a brick wall. - I'm beat. = I'm wiped. 我快累死了。
- slam 猛力關上、用力撞擊
- FedEx Kinko's 現名 FedEx Office,提供影印、裝訂等服務的連鎖店。
- hats off 脫帽以表尊敬、佩服之意
- introspective 自省的、反省的、自我檢視的
- spike up 準備吸毒
- our of one's depth 超出某人的能力、理解範圍
例:Hey, King of Rock, you're our of your depth. - verse 韻文、詩
- ukulele 夏威夷的四絃琴
- 5000 share 五千股 (股票)
- nurturer 養育者
- unforeseen 無法預料的、意外的
例:What if something unforeseen should happen? - individuality 個性、獨立
例:A woman's got to keep her sense of individuality. - faun 半人半羊的農牧神
- W. C. Fields 美國 20、30 年代的喜劇演員
- A&E (Arts & Entertainment) 一家美國電視台
- step on (one's) toes 激怒、冒犯某人
例:Tony, let me ask you a question. If I'm stepping on toes, tell me. - authentic = reliable = genuine 可信的、真實的
- gridlock 卡在十字路口造成死結,也可以指一般的塞車。
- worsen 惡化
例:You notice traffic in Manhattan's worsened since "don't block the box"? - don't block box 常見於交通標誌,意思是不要在十字路口停留,以預防前面所提到的 gridlock。
- Bungalow Bar 冰淇淋品牌,冰淇淋車的屋頂是尖的 (bungalow roof)。
- Good Humor 冰淇淋品牌
- fold 倒閉、垮台
例:When the Bungalow Bar folded and they were auctioning off the last Bungalow Bar truck, I wanted it as a souvenir. Gotti outbid me. - auction off 拍賣掉
- souvenir 紀念品
- outbid 開更高的價、在開價上戰勝
- Jimi Hendrix 在搖滾史上最有影響力的吉他手之一
- charisma 魄力、領袖魅力
- go against 反對、違反
例:You're just pissed that I went against you at the sit-down. - There's one constant in the music businesses. 音樂這一行有一個不變的定律。
- comprehend 領會、理解、包含
- codify 編成法典、有系統地歸納
- schlepper 懶人、蓬頭垢面的人
- whatchamacallit = what do you call it 不知道名字的東西
例:He wasn't retarded, but we thought he was because he had one of these whatchamacallit. - cleft lip / palate 唇 / 顎裂 (兔唇)
- amusement 消遣、娛樂
之前相關字:amusement park - dancing bear 馬戲團常見戲碼之一,可用來形容被人捉弄、利用的人。
- You live, you learn. 當你發現一件以前不知道的事,可以說這句話表示感嘆。
- bank teller 銀行出納員
- altruistic 無私的
例:You're gonna find another schmuck to have your altruistic moment with. 你去找別的笨蛋去展現你的善心。 - in way over one's head 讓自己陷入窘境或危險之中,此片語源自游泳,若水淹過頭,可能會被溺死。
例:You're in way over your head. Why don't you think about backing up a little bit? - Let sleeping dogs lie. 不要吵醒睡著的惡犬,即不要打草驚蛇。
- sociology 社會學
- urban planning 都市規劃
- The pen is mightier than the sword. 諺語,文的比武的厲害,即尋求法律途徑比用暴力解決問題來的有效。
- dictate 命令、支配
例:Now, when it comes to which is mightier, the pen or the sword, I let the situation dictate. - retainer 訂金、保留者
- tattler 告密者、大嘴色、長舌婦、長舌公
- riff = flick = flip 快速翻動、匆匆過目
- mentally prepare 心理準備
- be in one's pants 跟誰上床
例:He wants to be in your pants. - synagogue 猶太教會堂
- cantor (合唱團) 指揮
- scream one's head off 大喊大叫
例:Yeah, go silent. That's you, either screaming your head off or fucking dead. - tumescent 腫起來的、脹起來的
- chipper 高興、心情好
例:You're awfully chipper today. - hold / hang on to sth. 握緊、拿好、保管好
- connotation 隱喻、含意、內涵
2008/10/13
The Sopranos 1x09 - Boca 英文筆記
- weeds 雜草
- cemetery 墓地
- Hail Mary 萬福瑪莉亞
- neglect = disregard 不重視、忽視、怠慢
例:He should not neglect his elders. - skimp 節省、敷衍了事、不足的、做事不用心的人
- ride the waves 衝浪
- bodysurf 用身體衝浪,不用衝浪板
- foam 吐白沫、冒汗、起泡沫
例:Those dogs could start foaming at the mouth. - brick wall 磚牆,可用來形容有如銅牆鐵壁。
- couch potato 整天坐在電視機前的人
- rough play 犯規 (特別指打球時粗魯的動作)
- tackle 扭倒 (足球)
- forfeit 喪失、沒收
例:Get off the field, or your team is gonna forfeit the game! - falcon 獵鷹
- dimple 酒窩、漣漪
- crisp 清脆的、鮮嫩的
例:You got to come sample the salad bar. We got a chemical brightener. It keeps lettuce crisp. - artiste 藝術家 (跳舞或唱歌的表演者)
- division = section = part = unit 區
- boonie 蠻荒的、鳥不生蛋的
例:That's boonie state. - pawn 棋盤上的卒、兵
- up the ante 提高賭注、價錢或薪水
例:It's time for me to stop moving my wife and daughter like pawns every time somebody ups the ante. - deluxe 豪華的
- rear-view mirror 後視鏡
- PI = private investigator 私家偵探
- chatty 多嘴的、愛聊八卦的
- fiscal = financial 財務的
- I rest my case. 原是法庭用語,當辯護律師覺得別人陳述得已經很完整了,他不必再補充時,就可以說 I rest my case。在平時可用這句表示「你說到重點了,我不需再多做補充」,通常帶有反諷意味。
例:- If I was smart, I wouldn't be here. - I rest my case. (暗示他真的不聰明) - trim 裝飾
- scrape 刮、擦
- shoot pool 打撞球 (pool table 是撞球桌)
- rack up 用三角架把撞球擺好位置
- lay down the law 發號司令、下聖旨
- blister 皮膚起水泡、教訓、猛烈罵人
- different strokes for different folks 每個人有不同的生活方式
- prior conviction 前科
- jeopardy 危險、風險
例:Two prior convictions, that places you in jeopardy of sentence under the habitual offender statute. - habitual offender 慣犯
- eat one's insides 煩惱、頭大
例:I'm paying you four an hour to hear shit that's already eating my insides? - target letter 上庭受審前必須交出的信件,信的內容就是案件的相關資料。
- point blank 近距離開槍、直接地說、直言
例:I wasn't getting anywhere, so I asked them point blank what your status was. - fitter = machinist 機械師、修理工
- oversight 失察、遺漏
- attain 達到 (目標)
例:If you can't get your friends jobs, what's the purpose of attaining success? - tan 太陽曬成的古銅色皮膚
- crapper 廁所,源自沖水馬桶的推廣者 Thomas Crapper。
- stammer 口吃、結巴
例:Don't stammer around like a spastic. - spastic 抽筋的、痙攣的、麻痺患者
- skipper 船長、領導者
- metaphor 隱喻、比喻
- be born with a silver spoon (in one's mouth) 含著銀湯匙出生
- genuine 真實的、真誠的、真正的
- O.J. = Orenthal James Simpson 黑人演員、足球員,1994 年捲入殺妻案,成為知名人物。
- get knocked up 懷孕
例:Principal says girls in sports, they do better. They don't take the drugs. They don't get knocked up. - overstate 誇大、誇張
例:I might've been overstating the case a little bit. - ceramic 陶瓷的
- artichoke 洋薊,一種可以吃的植物。
- Water under the bridge. 往事 (通常指醜事) 別再提了。
- surveil 監視
例:The feds are never gonna surveil an old folks' home. - a truckload of sth. 一貨車的東西
- bootleg 走私 (的)
例:I got six truckloads of bootleg Polident coming in. - Polident 牙膏品牌
- supply chain 供應鏈
- minority 少數族群
- take a post 接受一份工作或職務
例:He has agreed to take a post at the University of Rhode Island in Providence. - sectionals 區域賽
- full ride = full scholarship 全額獎學金
例:They're giving my daughter a full ride! - mouth off 頂嘴、嗆聲、激動地大聲說
- eat sb. for breakfast 把誰當成早餐給吃了,比喻不把某人看在眼底,或對某人發脾氣。
- real estate 不動產
- shuteye 睡覺
例:He's catching some shuteye. - powerhouse 發電廠、精力旺盛的人
- get an instinct for sth. 對什麼有天份、直覺的反應
- break down in tears 大哭
例:Chiara broke down in tears when she heard the coach was leaving. - French horn 法國號
例:You lie like I play the French horn. - crumble = collapse 粉碎、摧毀、倒塌、崩潰
- bleacher 看台
- douche bag 一種用來清潔女性下體的用具、罵人的話
- go 10 rounds 拳擊賽打到十回合,意思是吵架、跟誰沒完沒了。
例:You discuss that with anyone, we're gonna go 10 rounds. - skim 撇去、去除表面上的東西、瀏覽
例:We just skimmed 20 thou off the development fund. - law enforcement 執法單位,如警察局。
- intimidate 威脅
- coral 珊瑚、桃紅色 (介於橘色和粉紅色)
- yak 閒聊、八卦、瞎扯
- piranha 食人魚
- giggle 咯咯笑、傻笑
- slit 切開、裂縫、女性生殖器的口語字
- Kurt Cobain 前美國樂團 Nirvana 的主唱,1994 年用散彈槍自殺。
- butt out 離開
- brink 邊緣
例:That coach pushes them to the brink. It's unhealthy. - get in one's face 跟誰面對面、騷擾誰
例:You better not get in that coach's face. - nail parlor 指甲美容院
- acquired taste 後天培養的喜好、品嚐過後才喜歡上
例:Your uncle has acquired a taste for her. 你叔叔「品嚐」她後就愛上她。 - give head 口交
- world-class 世界級的
- wheat field 小麥田
- Bushman 南非的原住民
- Kalahari 南非的一個沙漠
- hypocrite 偽君子
- urge 衝動、催促
例:I can resist the urge to gossip. - scrimp = skimp 節省、精打細算
例:We scrimp and save to send our kids to that school. - drag through the mud (名譽) 掃地、抹黑、誹謗
例:You have our name just dragged through the mud. - Golden Retriever 黃金獵犬
- collar 狗的項圈
- Catfish Hunter 前大聯盟投手
- accusation 指控、控告、指責、譴責
- sophisticated 老練的、歷久不衰的、複雜的、精密的
- solid 人情 (口語),用法如 do him a solid。
例:He owes me a solid. 他欠我一個人情 - after-school 放學後的 (活動)
- You're five time zones behind your own ass. 你聽到的消息落後太多了。
- filth 污穢、髒東西
- titty bar = strip club 脫衣酒吧
- swami 印度教導師、受人敬重的老師
- shank 用球杆根部打高爾夫球,造成失準。
例:You shanked it, Sil. - manatee 海牛
- tee off 發球 (高爾夫),tee 指的是 T 型的發球座。
- muff 一大叢陰毛
- sushi bar 壽司店
- run off at the mouth 信口開河、廢話說不停
- sedative 鎮靜劑
- Bug-B-Gone 殺蟲劑品牌 (音同 bug be gone)
- slob 懶散的人、粗俗的人
- molest (性) 騷擾、調戲
- weakling 虛弱的人、脆弱的人
- spill one's guts 吐露心事
例:The indictment's being prepared. He's spilling his guts! - ballpark 棒球場、某個範圍附近
例:Melvoin's our lawer. He's in the ballpark. Melvoin 是我們的律師,他是圈內人。 - judicial system 司法體制
- sexual predator 強暴犯 (正式講法)
- impeach = accuse = incriminate 控告、檢舉
- discredit = disrepute 懷疑、誹謗、批評
- savor 享受、品嚐
例:I'm savoring the moment. - Saskatchewan 加拿大西方的一省
- meringue 通常放在蛋糕的上層,蛋白和糖做成的東西,如 lemon meringue pie。
- blabbermouth 長舌婦、長舌公、大嘴巴
- happy trails 一路順風
2008/10/06
The Sopranos 1x08 - The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti 英文筆記
- mayo = mayonnaise 蛋黃醬、美乃滋
- write-up (新聞) 報導
例:This model got such a good write-up. 這個機型 (在報章雜誌上) 的評價很好。
- mingle 混合、社交
- rehearsal dinner 一種西方禮儀,結婚前夕的晚宴,由於通常排在婚禮預演之後,所以叫 "rehearsal" dinner
- indictment 起訴
- headquarter = HQ 總部
- OC = organized crime
- speculation 猜測、推測
- better safe than sorry 為了安全,寧可麻煩一點 (劇中是講 better be safe than sorry)
- duck 躲避、避風頭
- open season 解禁期、開放期、狩獵期
- g-note = grand 一千元
- boost 祝賀的行為 (如婚禮的紅包)
例:I just gave a g-note to Larry Boy's kid for the boost. - dupe 欺騙、愚弄
- call the shots = call the tune 掌握大權
- spring-clean (年度) 大掃除
- anybody who's anybody 任何人 (強調「任何一個」)
- engagement ring 訂婚戒指
- hysteria 歇斯底里
- squirrel 松鼠、儲藏 (食物、金錢)
- get the drop on sb. = get the jump on sb. 贏得先機、贏在起跑線、在一開始比誰佔優勢
例:I managed to get the drop on him.
- Tennessee William 《慾望街車》的編劇
- apply 迫使…專注於某事
例:I have never seen you apply yourself like this. 我從未看過你如此專注。
- empanel 徵召 (陪審團)
例:New Jersey Attorney General, James Ricci, stated at a fundraiser, that a grand jury has been empaneled to investigate possible mob activities in the Garden State with indictments to follow.
- syndicate 加入聯合組織、同時向各家報章雜誌發稿
- columnist 專欄作家
- all but = almost = nearly 幾乎
例:For years now the FBI has been telling us that the mafia is all but dead. - interject 插嘴、插入
- standing eight count 已廢除的拳擊賽規則,裁判必須在選手被擊倒後站起來倒數八聲,以評估選手的狀況能否繼續比賽
例:get a standing eight count 可引申為搖搖欲墜。
- inquiry 質詢、調查
例:Murder, truck hijacking, as well as money laundering are expected to be among inquiries. - money laundering 洗錢
- execution-style murder / killing / slaying 新聞媒體創造的新字,指近距離、處決式的殺人
- power struggle 權力鬥爭
- wind up = land up = end up = finish up = fetch up 最後以怎樣收尾、落得怎樣的下場
例:He winds up dead. - chitchat 聊天、八卦、閒聊
- guinso = guinea 義大利人,有歧視意味。Guinea 字首大寫為幾內亞,非洲西岸的一個國家
- care package 救濟包,或一般有包食物或生活必需品的包裹
- derogation 污衊、貶低、毀損
之前的相關字:denigrate、degrade
- crumb = scum bag = bum 人渣
- grate 摩擦、磨碎
- sociopath 反社會之人、極端的人
- bed-wetting 尿床
- People like him are the reason Italian-Americans have such a bad image. 他那種人是義裔美國人給人壞印象的原因。
- invariably 不變地、不約而同
例:Ask any American to describe an Italian-American in this country, invariably he's gonna reference The Godfather, Goodfellas, and the rest are gonna mention pizza. - Anti-Def = Anti-Defamation League (ADL) 反誹謗聯盟
- synergy 兩種東西 (如藥物或肌肉) 合力作用
- news item 報紙上的一則新聞
- Joe Colombo 前黑道老大
- discrimination 岐視、差別 (待遇)
- moan 抱怨、呻吟
- rustler 偷牲畜的賊
- gunslinger 帶槍的殺手
- exterminate 根除、滅絕、消滅
- sfogliatelle 一種義大利麵包,外型像貝殼,表面一層一層的如葉子,sfogliatelle 的本意正是 layer
- Neapolitan 義大利那不勒斯 (Naples) 的人
- loaf 麵包
- crust 外殼、麵包皮、地殼
- far-thinking 有遠見的
- bring up 培養、教育、養大
例:You brought up in a barn, or what? 你在穀倉長大的喔?(指沒教養)
- on the rag 鬧脾氣、月經
例:This is no time to go on the rag. - bug 竊聽器
- snooty = uppity 傲慢的、自大的
- shanty 簡陋的小屋、勞動工作歌
- unannounced 未經宣佈的
- in stride 輕鬆面對地、以平常心看待地
例:His father could take it in stride, but he can't. - to-do = disturbance 騷動
- quality time 珍貴時光、與家人或朋友相聚的時間
例:You and me get to spend some quality time.
- manor 領地、莊園
- flatter 諂媚、奉承、拍馬屁
例:Don't flatter yourself. 少臭美了。 - throw on 急忙穿上
- buckle 扣住、繫 (安全帶)
- step out = go out 出外
- broad = girl 年輕的女人
- sty 豬圈
- meter maid = meter Nazi 開停車罰單的警察 (有貶意),正式說法是 parking enforcement officer 或 parking attendant
- suggested by (在文章中) 輕輕帶過
- bullfight 鬥牛
- advocate 擁護者、辯護者、律師
- get turned on (性) 興奮
例:He gets all turned on by money, power, and the devil.
之前的相關字:get worked up
- make-believe 虛構
- can = jail = prison 監獄
- notch = nick = snick 刻痕,或形容很短的距離
例:I don't even move up a notch.
- moonroof (汽車的) 天窗,早期天窗是不透明的,叫 sunroof,後來福特做了一種透明玻璃的天窗,叫 moonroof
- slug = bullet 子彈
- clean-shaven 刮過鬍子的
- infusion 注入、注入一劑強心針 (即幫助的意思)
- colleen 愛爾蘭姑娘
- be a sucker for sth. 被什麼吸引、迷住
例:We all know you're a sucker for those Irish girls. - freckle 雀斑
- bust one's balls = break one's balls
- Calabrese 義大利最南方的區域
- poverty 貧窮
- ethnic cleansing 種族屠殺
- dignity 尊貴、自尊
- Connie Francis 50~60 年代的歌手
- bear on 有關係、有關聯
例:You're worked up about my patient, a man who has no bearing on who or where you are in this world.
- psychotherapy 心理治療
- cheesy = cheap 品質粗劣的
- moral relativism 道德相對主義,主張道德倫理沒有一個絕對客觀的評價標準
- wipe one's ass 擦屁股
例:I wipe my ass with your feelings. 我用你的感覺擦屁股 (即我不在乎你的感覺)。
- be under a microscope 被用放大鏡檢視、被監視
- midget 侏儒、矮人
- serotonin 血清素,一種神精傳導物質
- skinny guinea pig 一種無毛天竺鼠,guinea pig 為天竺鼠
- traumatize 造成創傷、驚嚇
- bowl 碗、打保齡球
- klutz 笨手笨腳的人、冒失鬼
- sweep up 掃地
- frisk 搜身
例:They probably frisk him every night before he goes home.
- vowel 母音
- moo shu pork 木須肉,中國山東菜
- Michelangelo 米開朗基羅
- ethnic group 種族 (有相同血緣或文化)
- anarchist 無政府主者
- pour 傾瀉、傾盆而降
例:I don't appreciate feeling like I pour my heart out to a call girl. - faint 昏倒
例:He was gonna be a tree surgeon, but he fainted at the sight of sap.
- sap 汁液
- pace yourself 多出去走走
- light bulb 電燈泡
- relate 敘述相關事情
- bad apple 老鼠屎、內奸
- show of hands 叫台下的人舉手、自願
- Zapruder film 一段很有名的家庭影片,拍到甘迺迪遇刺的過程
- repercussion 反射、回響、彈回
- smoke-free 禁煙的
- subhuman 近似人類的、低於人類的
- revolt 反抗、叛亂、使…噁心、反感、厭惡
- on the grounds of 以…為理由
例:His issue is that I should distance myself from this man on the grounds of the stigma that he brings us.
- stigma 恥辱、汙名
- dilemma 困境、進退兩難
- dark sheep = black sheep 老鼠屎、害群之馬
- wheelman 很會開車的司機
2008/10/02
The Sopranos 1x07 - Down Neck 英文筆記
- take a swig 喝一大口
- backwash 逆流、後果
- nun 修女、尼姑
- rosary 天主教的念珠
- nth grade 幾年級
- sacramental 聖禮的
- Form it up! 列隊
- Hustle, hustle, hustle! 快快快!
- Shake a leg. 動起來、跳跳舞
- jumping jack 一種人形玩具或動作,跳上跳下,在空中時姿勢成大字形
- sync up 跟上 (拍子)
- get dust 搞得灰頭土臉、全身髒兮兮
例:I got dust up the crack of my ass.
- take pleasure in sth. 樂於其中
- rag 責罵、惡作劇、開玩笑
例:He's been ragging in my ear all day.
- stoppage 名詞,阻礙、中止
- deem 認為、相信、評估
例:He stays until the union deems this workplace is free of hazard.
- hazard 危險 (之物)
- pay up 付清
例:Give union a call and see if this gentleman here had paid up his union dues.
- union dues 工會會費
- pop in 進入一下子
例:Pop in these wheel covers and we'll check the brake pads. 深入檢查一下這些輪胎的金屬殼,看看煞車皮有沒有問題。
- wheel cover = hubcap = wheel trim 輪胎金屬殼
- brake pad 煞車皮
- vomit = puke = throw up 嘔吐
- affront 公然侮辱、冒犯
- have trouble Ving 做什麼事有困難
- deficit 名詞,缺失、缺少
- aggregate of sth. 總和
- inattention 不專心
- impulsivity 衝動
- hyperactivity 過動
- thorough 徹底的、完整的
- polio = poliomyelitis 脊髓灰質炎,又稱小兒麻痺
- tarantella 一種義大利舞蹈
- a battery of sth. 一組相關的東西
例:He'll be given a complete battery of testing.
- attend 照顧、侍侯
例:We attend every child according to his own special set of circumstances.
- shit a brick 嚇一跳、驚訝
例:I bet that gym teacher shit a brick when your little friend puked on his boots.
- boys will be boys 過時的諺語,用來說男孩子的頑皮
- vice principal 副校長
- hellion = troublemaker 搗蛋鬼 (通常指年輕人)
- condone = excuse = pardon 寬恕、原諒
- go off 爆炸
例:A bomb went off. - controversial 受爭議的
- line 填充
例:Is it a disease, or a way for these psychologists to line their pockets?
- intervention 介入
- out of the norm 不正常
例:You don't consider his behavior out of the norm? - pick up the pieces 災難後撿起碎片,比喻重新站起來、面對現實
例:You pick up the pieces and you go on from there.
- go easy on sb. 對某人寬容
- press sb. hard 對某人嚴厲
- raise 加薪
例:You want a raise to figure this out?
- rake 耙 (落葉)
- RBI 打點 (棒球)
- payoff 名詞,發薪
- Jefferson Airplane 60 年代的搖滾樂園,有兩首經典名曲:White Rabbit 和 Somebody to Love
- belt 皮帶
例:The belt was his favorite child development tool.
- clam 蛤蜊
- oyster 牡蠣、生蠔
- Worcestershire sauce = Worcester sauce 一種英國辣醬油
- He wasn't around much. 他時常不在 (家)。
- provision = supply 供應 (食物)
之前的相關詞:cater
- extortion 勒索
- loan-sharking = shylock 高利貸
- be engaged in sth. 從事
- feminist 女性主義的
- objectify 設立目標
- pull down 花錢花很兇
例:These girls pull down 1500 a week. - bear no weight with sb. 對誰來說不重要
例:This bears no weight with the principessa. - principessa 公主的義大利語
- lie through one's teeth 說謊說得誇張、睜眼說瞎話
- nitwit = dimwit = idiot 傻子
- information age 資訊爆炸的時代
- special occasion 特別的慶祝活動
- antique = old-timer 古董
- wide open 完全開放的
- broad daylight 大白天
例:You did this in broad daylight? - interstate 州際的
- commerce 商務、貿易
- I take a licking but keeps on ticking. 著名的鍾錶廣告詞,比喻東西耐用。
- Eric Cartman 《南方公園》裡的那個胖子
- anal probe 肛門探針檢查
- special ed = special education 特殊教育
- soloist 獨奏者、獨唱者
- choir 合唱團
- Like father like son. 有其父必有其子。
- daddy's little girl 被父親寵壞的女生
之前的相關字:mama's boy
- gene pool 一個物種身上所有的基因
- scrabble 拼字遊戲
- be wiped = be wiped out 非常疲勞、累死了
例:I'm kind of wiped.
- racket 噪音、喧鬧聲、非法企業
- on a silver platter 準備好好地 (即台語的「傳邊邊」)、垂手可得地
例:I gave my life to my children on a silver platter, and this is how he repays me.
- flat tire 漏氣的輪胎
- rip off 詐騙、詐取
例:He ran some union that ripped off these pension things or something.
- pension 退休金、養老金
- algae 海藻、藻類
- scrape off 刮除
- genetical 基因相關的
- acquaintance = familiarity 熟人
- Leopold and Loeb 兩個高學歷的殺人犯,他們殺了一個 14 歲的男孩,震驚 20 年代當時的美國
- cornhole 肛交
- omen 預兆
- be doomed to V 注定要怎樣
例:He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it.
- static 生氣的評論
例:They will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial.
- dot-head 額頭上有一個紅點的印度女人 (有貶意)
- gravy 肉汁
- red lead 鉛丹,可以用防鏽,化學式為 Pb3O4
- electric organ = electric keyboard 電子 (風) 琴
- high-strung 神經質的、高度緊張的
- toll 通行費、敲鍾聲、傷亡人數 (death toll 的簡寫)
- loot 搶劫
- agitator 煽動者
- favoritism 偏愛、偏袒
例:My father was showing favoritism. - in the pit of one's stomach 錐心之痛
打從心底愛某人可以說 love someone from the bottom of your heart,而痛苦的感覺 (害怕、傷心),則可以把它形容成痛到肚子下面。pit of stomach 是肚子下方,丹田的位置。
例:I still remember that feeling in the pit of my stomach.
- pertain 屬於、關於
例:How does this pertain to the situation with your son? - amusement park 遊樂園
- lint 棉絮、絨布
- clarabell 小丑 (如麥當勞叔叔)
- devastating 極度令人傷心的,原動詞 devastate 為毀壞
- handcuff sb. 給某人戴上手銬
- Ed Sullivan 50~60 年代的綜藝主持人
- vanilla 香草
- uppity 自負的、傲慢的
- undesirable 不良份子
- be in a bind 被困在兩難的局面、有困難
例:That's the bind I'm in. - salami 一種義大利香腸
- hereditary 世襲的、遺傳的
- predisposition 易患病的體質、預先的傾向
- preordain 預先注定
- possess 擁有
- Okie - Oklahoma 的工人的居民 (有貶意)
- misfit 適應不良的人、不稱職的人、不適合的東西
- grow by leaps and bounds 成長得很快速
- supper 比 dinner 早的晚餐
- albacore 長鰭金槍魚
- smother 使人窒息、悶住
- shoot the shit 隨便聊聊、閒話家常
- be full of oneself 自滿
- caporegime 簡稱 capo,義大利黑手黨的「堂主」,地位僅次 boss
- go-getter 事業發展迅速的人
- get sb. worked up 刺激某人,使其興奮或腦怒
例:Rocco just got him all worked up. - choirboy 合唱團男孩,或比喻道德高尚的人
- ruthless 無情的、殘忍的
- be eager to V 渴望想怎樣
- cognitive 認知的
- quote-unquote
在一個字加引雙號的唸法,或唸 quote endquote
- on the go 忙個不停
- fidget 慌張、坐立不安
- constitute sth. 組成、造成
例:What constitutes a fidget?
- be in puberty 正值青春期
- oppose 對抗
- in shape 處於良好狀態
例:Admiral Nimitz had no battleships in shape for the fight. - trump card 致勝王牌
- sprinkle 巧克力米,五顏六色,小小一粒一粒的
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