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Odie的英语课 646 Verbs on the brunch menu | Toast


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638~645 复习
brunch menu 早午餐菜单
breakfast menu 早餐菜单

egg 
[名词](鸡)蛋,卵,蛋状物
[动词] 把……裹上蛋液;向……扔鸡蛋
egg on someone's face 丢脸,难堪,窘迫的样子
I don't want to end up with egg on my face. 我不想最后很丢脸。
If you do that, you'll end up with egg on your face. 如果你那么做,最后会很难堪。
egg someone on 怂恿,煽动,鼓动
Don't egg him on! 别怂恿他了!


ham 
[名词] 火腿
[动词] ham it up 表演过火,举止做作
The actor was hamming it up for the camera. 这位演员正对着镜头装腔作势。
[名词] 演技拙劣的演员
业余无线电台操作人员


waffle 
[名词] 华夫饼
[动词](美语)犹豫不决,很难下决心
I waffled a lot. 我犹豫了很久。
(英语)絮叨,胡扯,废话连篇
He waffled on for hours. 他絮叨了几个小时。
[名词] 絮叨,胡扯,废话连篇
It's pure waffle. 纯粹是胡说八道/废话连篇。

pancake 
[名词] 煎饼
[动词] 平降,平坠着陆
pancake landing 平降,平坠着陆

butter
[名词] 黄油
[动词] 涂黄油
butter up 拍马屁,奉承
You're always buttering up the boss. 你总是拍老板马屁。

jam 
[名词] 果酱
[动词] 挤压,压碎,按压,塞入,塞满,堵塞,卡住(不能动,不能运转)等动作
He jammed everything into one suitcase. 他把所有东西塞进一个行李箱。
People jammed the exit. 人们堵住了出口。
The paper jammed the printer. 纸卡住了打印机。
Mike jammed his finger in the door. 迈克的手指被门卡住了。
[名词] 拥挤,堵塞;交通堵塞 = traffic jam
堵在机器中的东西,让机器不能正常运转的东西
即兴演奏音乐(爵士乐或摇滚乐)
干扰(无线电信号)

sugar
[名词] 糖,蔗糖,糖类(总称)
[动词] 给……加糖
sugar the pill 让坏消息或不愉快的情况看起来没那么不愉快,变得比较容易接受
Faster service may sugar the pill of higher fees. 更快的服务可能会缓和人们对更高收费的不满。
I need to find a way to sugar the pill. 我得想办法让坏消息容易接受一点儿。

toast 吐司,切片面包,烤面包片

作动词,烤,烘(面包等)
使暖和,给……烤火


Do you want this bread toasted?
你要把这个面包烤一烤吗?
* 如果是问对方ta要不要自己烤这个面包,就说 Do you want to toast this bread?

He's just toasting his feet by the fire.
他正在火旁烤脚。

French toast 法式吐司


Toast 还有个意思是
[名词] 干杯,祝酒
[动词] 为…干杯

We toasted the happy couple.

我们为这对幸福的夫妇干杯。

The guests drank a toast to the happy couple.
客人们举杯为这对幸福的夫妇干杯。
drink a toast 干杯

French toast 法式吐司 ↓


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