corner指的是角；拐角处，角落。你想想直角三角形，比起走直角，两点之间最短的距离更短。cut corners形容抄近路，走捷径，也表示用最简捷的方式做事。Mr. Cocks always cut corners in the arrangements that he made.卡克斯先生所做的安...
funny bone 指的是（肘上）尺骨端，不小心戳到的话，会有酥麻的感觉。引申为人的笑点，也形容某人的幽默感。The 2010 Emmy Award winner for best comedy continues to tickle the funny bone with its second ...
fake out在美国口语里表示：①用欺骗(或讹诈手段)胜过某人；②(在比赛中)用假动作迷惑对手。fake作形容词可以形容矫情、做作”：a fake smile/laugh虚情假意的微笑／大笑She's so fake, pretending to be everybody...
screw作动词可以形容：<1>拧紧：Screw down the lid fairly tightly.把盖子拧到很紧。<2>把(脸、眼睛等)扭曲成(某表情)He screwed his face into an expression of mock pain.他把他的脸扭...
hypocrite ['hɪpəkrɪt] n.伪君子，伪善者这个表达大家可能更加熟悉，美剧中也经常出现，比如《生活大爆炸》里Leonard曾说：What are you looking at? You’ve never seen a hypocri...
大家都知道咱们常说的二皮脸”的意思是脸皮厚”，我发现英语中有一个表达字面意思与二皮脸”很像：two-faced。如果有人说She is a two-faced person. 你会不会就想当然理解为她脸皮很厚。”呢？这是不对的哦~Two-faced其实...
blind可以指（司机看不到的）盲点的，盲区的，偷袭是不是都是从看不见的地方出手呢？blindside的意思是偷袭；出其不意地打击”，通常都是被动用法哦。He complained about being blindsided by the decision.他抱怨该决定让他感到意外。d...
slap together的意思是草率仓促地建造；拼凑”：临时抱佛脚”还可以说：swot up，尤指在考试前刻苦学习，用功学习。She's at home, swotting up on her maths.她在家埋头复习数学。slap相关的短语还有slap sth ...
6. befuddled 迷惑的；糊涂的fuddle有酗酒的意思，所以befuddled多表示因为喝酒而导致大脑昏昏沉沉。I'm so tired, my poor befuddled brain can't absorb any more.我太累了，可怜的大脑昏昏沉沉的，再也记不住...
1. perplexed 困惑的；不知所措的；纠缠不清的perplex是动词，本意是使困惑”，指各种复杂的事物令人伤脑筋，感到费解或难以解决。We were perplexed by his failure to answer the letter.他为何不回信，我们十分迷惑。2. pu...