趣味青春英语电台 第250期:Push the envelop

 　　Idiom:

　　Push the envelop¹ ( exceed the limit )

　　Hit the book:

　　Substitute

　　Drizzle²

　　Awning³

　　Quintessential

　　Murky⁴

　　Autograph

　　Patronize

　　5. Magazines are good substitutes for umbrellasSudden drizzles⁵. Who hasn't been caught in one, without an umbrella? If you're a guy, you can suck it up and run to the nearest awning, no fuss. Women, on the other hand, won't do that, if they had a choice. Well, they have nothing to fear if they have the latest issue of Elle in their Stam. They simply shield their head with it as they (fashionably) run over puddles⁶ in their high heels to catch a cab in a quintessential New York moment. Newspapers won't give you the same effect, unfortunately. The Post will leave ink stains on your hands, and murky fingers were never in style.

 

1 envelop   

vt.包，封，遮盖；包围

参考例句：

• All combine to form a layer of mist to envelop this region.织成一层烟雾又笼罩着这个地区。
• The dust cloud will envelop the planet within weeks.产生的尘云将会笼罩整个星球长达几周。

2 drizzle   

v.下毛毛雨；n.毛毛雨，蒙蒙细雨

参考例句：

• The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。
• Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨，今天果然下起来了。

3 awning   

n.遮阳篷；雨篷

参考例句：

• A large green awning is set over the glass window to shelter against the sun.在玻璃窗上装了个绿色的大遮棚以遮挡阳光。
• Several people herded under an awning to get out the shower.几个人聚集在门栅下避阵雨

4 murky   

adj.黑暗的，朦胧的；adv.阴暗地，混浊地；n.阴暗；昏暗

参考例句：

• She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。
• She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。

5 drizzles   

蒙蒙细雨，毛毛雨( drizzle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• "Grain lain" day-bringing gentle drizzles-was not far off. “谷雨”节一天近一天了。 来自汉英文学 - 春蚕
• It drizzles sometimes, moistening the thirsty fields lightly and selflessly. 它大多是毛毛细雨，轻柔而又无私地滋润着干涸的大地。

6 puddles   

n.水坑， （尤指道路上的）雨水坑( puddle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The puddles had coalesced into a small stream. 地面上水洼子里的水汇流成了一条小溪。
• The road was filled with puddles from the rain. 雨后路面到处是一坑坑的积水。 来自《简明英汉词典》