+ plus 加号；正号 - minus 减号；负号 ± plus or minus 正负号 × is multiplied by 乘号 ÷ is divided by 除号 ＝ is equal to 等于号 ≠ is not equal to 不等于号 ≡ is equivalent to ...

视力是 sight 还是 site 啊？ 怎么唸起来都一样？ 同音词是指那些具有相同的发音，但是拼写不同的词。这些词很容易让人感到困惑。一些最基本的同音词包括像its 和it's; there, they'r...

team buying/group buying   With limited pocket money in hand, many Chinese college students are increasingly opting to live life 'low cost.' One way to do that, it seems, ...

不知你小时候是否玩过花花绿绿的贴纸？伸出舌尖舔一下，然后把花样印在书本甚或皮肤上…在英语中'贴花纸'可以用decal来表达，而我们今天讲的cockamamie（荒谬的，疯狂的）看似与'贴纸'毫不相干...

浏览网页时看到这么一则广告：“The whole shebang. Music, food, location, decoration... planning your wedding can be instantly overwhelming”，因为旁边附有各种有关婚庆的图片，如婚宴...

你是不是也曾经被“sometimes”、“some times”、“sometime”和“some time”这四个词搞得晕头转向？它们看起来如此相似，但意义却大相径庭。今天，...

  We‘ll live to be a thousand, scientist claims It‘s a milestone that few, if any, of us expect to reach. But the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has...

“松树”pine 来源于拉丁语中的pinus一词，指的是松树富含的一种汁液，而pine作“憔悴”讲时，它的源头就是另一个词了，poena，意思是“惩罚”。 例如：She pined away with grief. （她因悲...

  1.drop somebody a line = contact somebody 通常指写信，留纸条或者电话联系某人 I know you'll be busy enjoying yourself, but please, drop me a line on your trip. 我...

    1 rose: love at first sight,you are the only one 1 朵玫瑰：一见钟情，独一无二。 2 roses: Mutual feelings,a commitment, an engagement or coming marriage 2朵 玫瑰：两...