喜新厭舊

fickle
(a.)變幻無常的,浮燥的,薄情的
???

蛤蜊 （讀作格利）

clam
mussel
cockle
pipi
scallop

bivalve
shellfish
mollusk

[ref] http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4a9b56f20100832s.html

蹄

hoof 人腳 獸蹄 ～ foot

trotter
trotter
1: （食用的）豬腳/蹄 羊腳/蹄
2: trotting horse

trot 快步走

gang and gangster

gang: a group, a number of persons going in company for a certain purpose
gangster == mobster（黑幫成員） ～ bad guy == criminal
a criminal who is a member of gang

a gang of thieves.
a gang of robbers
a gang of gangsters.

gang
n
1: 黑幫 犯罪團體
2: an informal body of friends;夥伴
3: an organized group of workmen [syn: {crew}, {work party}]
4: 一組工具

v : 組織化的行動

停損 停損點

停損 ： stop loss, sell at loss
停損點：stop-loss point

停利： lock in gain, lock in benefit
停利點： lock-in-gain point

藥檢

藥檢: drug test (on atheletes, ...)

metabolized traces(新陳代謝追蹤)

偽

偽鈔: counterfeit
counterfeit: 贗品(驗)
[synonym]:
(a) false, fake, forged, bogus, phony, fraudulent, bastard
(n) phony, fake, counterfeit
(v) falsify, forge, counterfeit

潑冷水 澆冷水 掃興

潑冷水 澆冷水 掃興
pour/throw cold water on


打鐵趁熱
Strike while the iron is hot


一石兩鳥
kill two birds with one stone

知了 蟬 相思樹 夏天尾聲

cicada /sək'edə/
A kind of insect with large membranous wings.
Male cicada has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone.

cicala /sɪk'ɑlə/

cicala= cicada

locust
蝗蟲,蚱蜢,蟬

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台灣相思樹.豆科
英文: Taiwan acacia.
學名: Acacia confusa Merr

印度相思樹的查詢結果：Indian licorice
licorice /l'ɪkɚɪʃ/ : 甘草 ( not /l'ɪkɚraɪs/)


acacia /ək'eʃə/
洋槐,刺塊
locust tree
any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia


The epilog of the summer, the diminishing cicadae's drone

horn and thorn

horn
thorn

xxx unihorn xxx
-> unicorn

corn: grain,
The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used
for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats



horny
thorny

hoof 蹄, mammal's foot

絕食 禁食 空腹

Hunger Strikes 絕食抗議

禁食 空腹
fasting
(n) : abstaining from food
(a)

fast
(v) to abstain from food
(n)

fasting day, fast day, a day of fasting

飢餓三十: to fast for 30 hours

抽血(檢查): hemospasia, haemospasia
捐血： blood donation?
輸血： transfusion

串通的英文

(v) collude, 串通 合謀 == conspire
(n) conspiracy, collusion

Take care to join new club.
The old members may collude to trap you.

仙人跳 金光黨 美人局 美人計 ？？？
片名： 仙人跳 英文名： Puff Puff Pass

矮化

belittle 使渺小
derogate 貶損
diminish 使減少
depreciate 貶值
deprecate xxx過氣 過時xxx -> 反對 不贊成
deprecated 不適用的 不宜使用的

中暑

heatstroke or sunstroke

The weather is so hot that we should take care of ourselves
to escape from heatstroke.

speaking English or speaking in English?

speaking English or speaking in English?

writing English or writing in English?

好勝的 好強的 倔強的

unyielding：不屈服的 不退讓的

unwilling to lose

？？？

最低消費額

a place where there is no limitation on the minimum spending

a place where no minimum spending is required


Minimum Spend, Minimum Spending
Minimum Consumption, Minimum Charge


加油 Minimum Consumption 2 Litres
餐廳消費 Minimum Spending 10 pounds

Minimum Charge 最低收費
通常用在水電 電信 帳單


[ref]
http://www.hellouk.org/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t114315.html

fili- prefix

filial
filiation

filibeg 蘇格蘭男用短裙

filibuster (n) 海盜 掠奪者 阻礙議案通過的議員 (v)掠奪,阻礙議案通過

filicide


filiciform 羊齒狀的
filiform 絲狀的
filicoid 羊齒狀植物

filiety /ai/ what children do to parents

虱目魚的英文

milky fish?

水餃包子饅頭 的英文

水餃 dumpling, Chinese dumpling
水餃皮 dumpling pastry
leek dumpling 韭菜
cabbage dumpling 高麗菜
prawn dumpling 蝦仁
squid dumpling
celery 芹菜
芹菜花枝水餃 celery squid dumpling
蒸餃 steamed dumpling
鍋貼 fried dumpling
煎餃 potsteaker???


包子
天津的老字號「狗不理」包子有了正式的英文名字——Go Believe。
Gold Bling

包子 (steamed)bun
bun 小麵包

饅頭
steamed bread
steamed roll

蔥 scallion, green onion
花捲 steamed scallion bread??


韭菜盒