The Sopranos 5x07 - In Camelot 英文筆記

• hit below the belt (用拳擊手偷襲對手下盤來比喻) 人身攻擊、惡意中傷
  例：You hit below the belt yourself, Jan, not to mention you started it.
• gas 用毒氣毒死、一種動物安樂死的方式
  例：Tippy was gassed, Tony. Daddy took him to the pound.
  
• pound 動物收容所
• divine 神聖的、非凡的
• maudlin 易感傷的、易流淚的、情緒化的
  例：Five hours, they let me out for these funerals. I gotta spend it being maudlin?
• uptake 拿起、理解、消化、吸收
• inhibitor 抗化劑、抑制器、約束者
• sceptical 懷疑的、猶豫的、質疑的
• vain 虛榮的、驕傲的、自戀的
  例：I'm too vain.
• lapel (位於西裝胸前的) 翻領
• biz = business 生意、業務
  例：15 years ago, I moved from Jersey to Hollywood, broke into the biz. It was a dream come true.
  
• churn out 大量生產、如機器般運作
  例：I had all the flake I needed to keep me churning out that snappy dialogue.
• snappy 機智的、精煉的 (對話)
• guild 行會、公會
• infidelity (感情上的) 不忠誠、背信、無信仰 
• cream oneself 射精 (在褲子上)，可比喻過於興奮。
  例：Don't cream yourself. (不要太得意)
• housedress (主婦的) 居家穿著，通常是簡單的連身裙。
• clean slate 改頭換面、重新開始、新的開始
• bicentennial 兩百週年紀念
  例：I think I met him at a barbecue for the bicentennial.
• whoremaster 嫖客
• midget auto/car 一種小型賽車
• skulk 躲藏、潛伏、偷偷摸摸地行走
  例：He used to skulk outside my building, all hours.
• statuesque 雕像般的、輪廓清晰的、又高又美的 (通常形容女人)
  例：She was a handsome woman, your mother. Not sexy, exactly, but statuesque.
• jonesing 渴望、想要 (通常指毒癮犯了)
  例：You ran out of IHOP like you were on fire and jonesing like a motherfucker.
• residual 剩餘的、殘留的 
• trollop 妓女、蕩婦
• assume 承擔、負擔
  例：I would appreciate it if your tell Leotardo he should assume part of that burden.
• bagpipe 風笛 
• parlay 連本帶利地賭、使增值
• clientele 顧客、客戶群
• games of chance 光靠運氣的遊戲
• caulk 填補 (漏洞)
  例：My super came by this morning to caulk around the toilet.
• piece of change 一大筆錢
  例：When the sale goes through, you're looking at a nice piece of change.
• handkerchief = hanky 手帕、紙巾
• grammar school 初級中學 (美國)、大學預備學校 (英國)
• crawling with 擠滿、聚集了很多人
  例：We go in the suite. It is crawling with models, celebrities.
  
• be an item 戀愛、有性關係
  例：So were you two an item?
• club foot 小兒內翻足 (一種疾病)
• tenuous 纖細的、貧乏的、稀薄的
• stir-crazy (因被監禁而) 精神異常、瘋掉
  例：I've gotta get out of here. I'm going stir-crazy.
• incidental 雜費、雜項、附帶事件
  例：I'll cover this, give you three grand for incidentals.
• peephole (門上的) 窺視孔 
• right-hand man/guy 副手、最重要的助手
• get a load of 注意 (看或聽)
  例：Get a load of these. (看看這個)
• go downhill 走下坡
  例：It turns out my Uncle Zio's going downhill.
• succumb 屈服、讓步、死
  例：In the two weeks that followed, Nicolo struggled without her, finally succumbing to irredeemable loss.
• irredeemable 不能挽回的、不能贖回的
• enormity 巨大、嚴重性、滔天罪行
  例：The enormity of his grief can hardly be imagined.
  
• trespass 罪過、侵害、侵入
  例：Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
  
• gold-plated 鍍金的
• nod out (因為服藥而) 睡著
  例：He's hitting the vein. Nodding out.
• filet mignon 菲力牛排
• oxygen tent 氧氣帳，罩住病床的醫療儀器。
• water chestnut 荸薺 (chestnut 是粟子)
  
• duck sauce 酸梅醬
• change of life 更年期、絕經期
• tied up 忙碌的、脫不了身的
  例：I'm tied up, but I'm gonna get over to the hospital right away.
• auto-da-fe (天主教、西班牙) 對異教徒或異端的判決儀式、火刑
  之前的相關字：burning at the stake
  
• book value 帳面價值
• lapse 流逝、過失、使失效、失敗、錯誤
  例：Was any of this accompanied by a lapse in memory?
• in one's prime 在某人最高峰、狀況最好的時候
  例：You had to see this woman in her prime.