英美人天天都在说的4000句 135:pipe dream

[00:00]R：I've just gotta get him into a zoo.
[00:03]J：How do you get a monkey into a zoo?
[00:05]C：I know that one! ...No, that's Popes¹ into a Volkswagen.
[00:08]R：Well, we're applying to a lot of them.
[00:10]And naturally our first choice would be one of the bigger state zoos, y'know, like, uh, San Diego... right?
[00:17]But that might just be a pipe dream, because, y'know, it's out of state.
[00:21]Uh, my, my vet², uh, knows someone at Miami, so, so that's a possibility.
[00:25]C：Yeah, but that's like two blocks away from the beach. I mean, it's a total party zoo.

1 popes   

n.罗马教皇( pope的名词复数 )；主教；蒲柏(1688-1744，英国诗人)；大腿上要害部位

参考例句：

• In 160 years, there were near hand 50 popes. 在160年里，大约有五十们教皇。 来自互联网
• That is what popes normally do. 但那正是教皇们的职责所在。 来自互联网

2 vet   

n.兽医，退役军人；vt.检查

参考例句：

• I took my dog to the vet.我把狗带到兽医诊所看病。
• Someone should vet this report before it goes out.这篇报道发表之前应该有人对它进行详查。