The Sopranos 2x10 - Bust Out 英文筆記

• windshield 擋風玻璃
  例：The light was reflected off the windshield.
  
• heavyset 體格魁武的
• ragweed 豕草
• be fed up with sth. 受夠、厭煩
  例：I'm so goddamn fed up with crime.
• cadet 軍隊新鮮人、剛入伍的菜鳥
• bow tie 蝶形領結
• tonnage 噸位、噸位稅
• township 鎮區
• picnic cooler (bag) 野餐籃
• raise a red flag 亮紅燈、出現警訊、可能有危險
  例：Won't it raise a red flag with travel agency?
• in bulk 大批、大量
  例：A sports store charges airline tickets in bulk?
• horn 話筒
• backboard 籃板、靠背板
• cabana 小屋
• cap 殺、開槍射殺
  例：Tony capped the Bevilaque kid.
• boar 公豬、野豬
• husky 高大健壯的
• accomplice 幫兇、共犯
• throw away the key 把牢房的鑰匙丟掉，即處以無期徒刑。
  例：I ought to burn you right now and let the judge throw away the fucking key!
• nose blowing 擤鼻涕
• coinage 幣制、創造新字詞
• procrastinate = postpone 延遲、耽擱、拖延
• get one's ducks in a row 妥善處理或安排
  例：Let me get our ducks in a row.
  
• midlife crisis 中年危機
• scavenger hunt 一種找尋事先藏好物品的遊戲
• count noses / heads 點名
• fence 擊劍、劍術
• tie up 完結、完成
• loose end 未完成的事
  例：All right. Next week, my house. We'll tie up the loose ends.
• glare 照得刺眼、怒視
  例：The light bulb glares the "one" ball when I rack.
• felt 毛毯、毛布
• erotic 性感的、挑逗的
  例：I find powerful men erotic.
  
• "When your opponent gives you an opening, be swift as a hare." 出自孫子兵法：「敵人開戶，後如脫兔。」
  
• lamb chop 羊助骨肉
• bygone 過去的 (事)
  例：Bygones are never bygones.
• infested  泛濫的、蔓延的、大批出沒的
  例：That poor prick he had five minutes to run and ended up in some rat infested motel down in Elvis country.
  
• lien 留置權、抵押權
  例：I open my mail and it's a lawsuit. It's a lien on the building!
• preoccupied 出神的、忙碌的、迷住的、心事重重的
  例：Dave's been even more preoccupied than usual lately.
• wait on one's hand and foot 全心全力照顧某人、服伺
  例：When his wife was dying, he waited on her hand and foot.
• hostile womb 一種不孕症，有敵意的子宮，免疫系統會攻擊胎兒。
• rod and reel 釣桿和捲線器
• back order 賣完了，等待補貨。
  例：You wanted it for Christmas last year, remember? We couldn't get it because it was back-ordered?
• bittersweet 又苦又甜的、苦樂參半的
• brat 頑童、搗蛋鬼
• barricade 阻擋、設置路障、築柵防禦
  例：Do you remember they caught you up at Garret Mountain and had you barricaded in your old man's car, and I whipped that rock and hit that guy in the eye?
  
• reminisce 回憶、回想
  例：Don't reminisce on me.
  
• The Scorpion and the Frog 寓言故事，蠍子要求青蛙載他過河，並保證不會螫青蛙，但在過河途中，蠍子還是螫了青蛙，結果兩人都死在河裡。死前青蛙問蠍子為什麼這麼做，蠍子回答："I'm a scorpion, it's my nature."
• bang 撞擊、猛擊
  例：If I wouldn't have banged my foot, I would've came in second. 如果我沒撞到腳，我早就是第二名了。
  
• gourmet 美食家
  例：My wife was a gourmet cook.
• powder room 化妝室、女廁所、洗手間 (比較高級的)
• duct tape 膠帶 (銀色的那種)
• in no shape for 沒有本錢、沒有能力、沒有好的狀況
  例：You're in no shape for disharmony.
  
• disharmony 不和諧、不一致
• tight-lipped 閉緊嘴巴的、保守祕密的、口風緊
  例：Officials close to investigation are keeping tight-lipped as it may involve a high-ranking Mafia member.
• twist in the wind 在外受風吹雨打，比喻孤立無援，沒有人幫助。
  例：Where were you when I dropped out in the first place? I was twisting in the wind out there.
• get a broom up/in one's ass/tail 賣命地做、拼命做，例：your broom-up-her-ass sister。
  
• saving 存款、儲蓄
• liquidator 清算人
• termite 白蟻
• flip-flop 夾鞋拖鞋
• controversy 爭論、議論
  例：General George Patton knows that the controversy that have swirled about him have tarnished his reputation. He desperately wants to vindicate himself in the only way he knows how: In battle.
  
• tarnish = darken 玷汙、使變暗
• vindicate = justify 維護、表白、辯護
• fierce 猛烈的、強烈的、兇猛的
  例：Patton's hatred for the enemy is matched only by his fierce concern for his men.
• cliché 陳腔濫調、老生常談、老套
  例：That's kind of a cliché, isn't it?
  
• disparaging = belittling = derogating = denigrating 輕視的、蔑視的
  例：I didn't mean to sound disparaging.
• dodge a bullet 成功避開危險
  例：I dodged a very big bullet, and I'm feeling pretty good about it.
  
• spinal cord 脊髓
• poster boy / child 公益活動 (如某疾病基金會) 宣傳單或海報上的人或小孩，以鼓勵人捐款或發起某活動。
• harbor master 港口的管理員
• horsepower 馬力
• starboard 右舷、船的右側；larboard 左舷