ESL杰夫的一天 第113期:睡前准备和睡觉讲解(5)(在线收听

 To hamper, as a verb, means something different. 动词“hamper”的意思又有所不同。

To hamper someone means to get in their way — to prevent them from doing something. “To hamper someone”的意思是“阻碍某人”——阻止某人做某事。
But as a noun, a hamper, or a clothes hamper, 但是作为名词,“a hamper”或“a clothes hamper”,
is a place, usually it's a big plastic box with a top on it, or it could be made of wood, and that's where you put your dirty clothes. 指的是一个地方,通常它是有盖的大塑料箱子,它也有可能是木制的,那是你放脏衣服的地方。
And then, at some point during the week, I hope, you wash your clothes so you can have clean clothes again. 然后,我希望在一周的某一天你会洗你的衣服,这样你又能有干净的衣服穿了。
Unless, of course, you're not married, in which case, if you are a man and single, you may not wash your clothes that much. 当然,如果你没有结婚,那样的话,如果你是单身男士,你可能并不会经常洗衣服。
Well, I have "my dirty clothes in my hamper," and since I don't have any clothes on, remember I have undressed, "I put on my pajamas." 嗯,我把“脏衣服放进脏衣篮里,”因为我一丝不挂,我把衣服脱了,所以“我穿上了睡衣。”
Pajamas, "pajamas," are sometimes abbreviated as PJs, "PJ" PJs. 睡衣(pajamas)有时缩写为“PJs”.
Your pajamas, or PJs, are the clothes that you wear when you are going to bed. 睡衣或“PJs”是睡觉时穿的衣服。
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