Desperate housewives season 4 episode 5
1. I have seen a lot of cable.
cable=cable television:有线电视,电视
2. I hope we can live up to your stereotype.
live up:快乐的过日子
stereotype:印刷用的铅板;固定的,老套的
3. The odd-looking boxes.
odd:奇数的,单个的
odd-looking:古怪样子的
4. It's a pain-in-ass job.
吃力不讨好的工作
5. It's an eyesore.
eyesore:丑东西,眼中钉
6. Not to brag...
并非自夸,。。。;不是吹牛,。。。(一般用在要吹牛的时候吧)
7. Maybe you'd like it better if we covered it with a gingham throw.
gingham:有条纹或方格纹的棉布(像被单一样的),第二个g不发音
8. Have a nice day, philistines.
philistines:腓力斯人——俗人;俗气的,无教养的
9. We are not gonna turn it off because we need it to drown out all the stuff we hear coming from your house.
drown out:淹没,压过(另一种声音)
10. grunt
vi.(猪等)作呼噜声, (表示烦恼、反对、疲劳、轻蔑等)发哼声
vt.咕哝着说出
n.呼噜声, 咕哝;步兵(兽族的步兵,咕噜兽,学名“大G”,快捷键:g)
11. heir 继承人
heiress 女性继承人,两个词h都不发音
12. This is about you wanting to take on Katherine.
take on:骑在。。。头上;压过。。。(的风头)
13. This is about personal freedom. Specifically, my personal freedom to take down that jackbooted hausfrau.
jackbooted:残忍粗暴压迫的
hausfrau:主妇
14. You know those animals who eat their young? Even they have more maternal instinct than Danielle.
maternal instinct:母性
15. You still haven't figured out how that lentil she calls a brain works?
lentil:小扁豆
这样insult妹妹,是太刻薄了,还是太厉害了
16. If you want that baby, you're gonna have to outbid grandma.
outbid:出高于。。。的价钱
17. Let's just say, I've recently learned how loving someone makes you forget the difference between right and wrong.
isn't it a good excuse?
18. You've mounted a crusade against a metal thing shoots out water.
mount:v-乘马,爬上,设置——沉溺在。。。
crusade:十字军东征,宗教战争——圣战
19. Six months? Nobody takes that long to heal anymore. It's a breakup, not a face-lift.
face-lift:整形手术,整容
20. It's the same for all of us. We try not to get too close to the people who live next door. It's easier to give them a plite nod than ask what's wrong. It's safer to keep walking by than to get involved. Ture, we sometimes do get to know the people we share a fence with, and end up lifelong friends. But mostly we keep our distance because we'd rather our neighbors know nothing about us than know too much.
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