皋sir学英语

英语小词:每天一个地道英语小词,解锁母语表达!

每个英语小词很多用法详解,所配例句生动活泼。可以帮助听众一次利用多个语境掌握不同用法,避免死记硬背,想用的时候又不会正确使用的尴尬。

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皋sir学英语

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

每朵乌云,都镶着银边——别怕那片云 CLOUD 30.03.2026

a small cloud on the horizon:地平线上的一小片云 → 预示麻烦将至; every cloud has a silver lining:每朵乌云都有银边 → 黑暗中总有希望; have your head in the clouds:脑袋在云里 → 不切实际,想入非非; under a cloud:笼罩在云下 → 蒙受怀疑,名誉受损; cloud on one’s happiness:幸福中的一片阴云 → 美中不足; be lost in the clouds:迷失在云中 → 茫然无措,如堕五里雾中; wait till the clouds roll by:等乌...

别总盯着钟——时间不在表盘上,而在你手里clock 29.03.2026

我们探讨了“看钟”这个词的深层含义,揭示了在职场和学习中,盯着钟表的人为何常常无法成功。我们讨论了时间管理的重要性以及如何避免拖延,成为一个掌控时间的人。通过“看钟”与“掌控时间”的对比,节目提醒听众珍惜每一刻,让自己的每一秒都充满意义。最后,我们分享了与时间赛跑的策略,鼓励大家不仅要关注时间,更要成为时间的主人。

肩上那片刨花,别轻易让人碰。蓝筹股好不好赚?chip 28.03.2026

a chip off the old block:老木头上削下的一片 → 子承父性,酷似父母; let the chips fall where they may:让木屑落 wherever → 不管后果如何,坚持做该做的事; when the chips are down:当木屑落定 → 危急关头,见真章之时; bargaining chip:谈判筹码 → 可交换的利益或优势; in the chips:在木屑堆里?不!→ 非常富有(美式俚语); pass in one’s chips:交出筹码 → 去世(源于赌场,结束游戏); little chips light g...

生物中人类独有的器官-- chin 27.03.2026

keep your chin up:抬起下巴 → 别灰心,振作起来; take it on the chin:正面挨打 → 坦然承受失败或责难; stick your chin out:把下巴伸出去 → 主动冒风险,挑战权威; lead with your chin:用下巴打头阵 → 言行鲁莽,自找麻烦(源自拳击,暴露要害); have a chin wag:晃下巴 → 闲聊几句; jerking chin music:下巴抖出的音乐 → 空谈,废话连篇(幽默俚语); held up by the chin:被托住下巴 → 在困境中得到关键支持。

Hi,Chick.你才是ji你全家都是。麦克无头鸡,一只无头鸡活了18个月的传奇 26.03.2026

1. as fussy as a hen with a chick:为无谓的小事操心。 2. chicken head:笨蛋。3. chicken-and-egg situation 不知孰为因果的处境。 4. chicken feed:小钱。5. chicken heart:胆小鬼。6. chicken switch:逃生按钮,飞行员逃生时紧急弹的按钮。7.go to bed with the chicken:早睡。8. like a chicken on a June bug:费力(June bug:金龟子)。9. like a chicken with its head off:疯狂地。10. play chicken:比试胆量。  11 .ch...

别信“大好机会”——有些“chance”,只是幻觉 25.03.2026

a game of chance:靠运气的游戏 → 人生如赌局; as chance would have it:碰巧 → 命运的奇妙安排; fighting chance:奋斗的机会 → 虽难但值得一搏; even chance:五五开 → 公平对决; leave nothing to chance:不靠运气 → 周密准备,万无一失; long chance:渺茫希望 → 高风险,低胜算; have an eye to the main chance:紧盯主要机会 → 精于算计,唯利是图。

小心那个“catch”——有些好事,藏着陷阱 24.03.2026

there’s a catch:有猫腻 → 表面美好,实则有隐藏条件; catch on:被抓住 → (指潮流、歌曲等)流行起来; catch someone’s eye:抓住某人目光 → 引起注意; catch it:挨骂/受罚 → 因做错事被训斥; catch someone off guard/napping:趁其不备 → 抓个正着; catch forty winks / catch some Z’s:打个盹 → 小睡片刻; catch fleas / flickers with someone:

猫不跳,就别逼它——有些事,得看它自己愿不愿意 cat 23.03.2026

agree like cats and dogs:像猫狗一样相处 → 水火不容;   play cat and mouse:玩猫鼠游戏 → 欲擒故纵,反复试探;   like a cat on hot bricks:像热锅上的猫 → 坐立不安;   no room to swing a cat:连甩猫的空间都没有 → 地方极其狭小(源于旧时水手惩罚,非真甩猫);   fat cat:肥猫 → 指靠权势敛财的富豪或政客;   cool cat:酷猫 → 时髦、从容的人;   t...

别往纽卡斯尔运煤——有些事,真没必要。暗恋又是啥呢? CARRY 22.03.2026

carry the can:扛下罐子 → 替人背锅,代人受过;   carry the day:扛起这一天 → 赢得支持,取得胜利;   carry weight:有分量 → 说话有影响力;   carry it off well:把事情“扛过去” → 装作若无其事,从容应对尴尬;   carry something to extremes:把某事推向极端 → 走火入魔;   carry a torch for someone:为某人举着火炬 → 长久暗恋,痴心不改;   carry t...

你手里攥着几张牌?——从信用卡到人生底牌,川普牌又是啥牌?card 21.03.2026

hold all the cards:手握全部好牌 → 掌控全局; play your trump card:打出王牌 → 使出最强手段; lay your cards on the table:把牌摊在桌上 → 坦白立场,开诚布公; hold your cards to your chest:把牌紧贴胸口 → 守口如瓶,不露底细; have a card up your sleeve:袖子里藏一张牌 → 暗中留有后招; a house of cards:纸牌屋 → 看似辉煌,实则脆弱不堪; fling up your cards:扔掉手里的牌 → 认输,放弃; fix the cards...

别把帽子扔过磨坊——有些界限,不能越 CAP 20.03.2026

throw up one’s cap in the air:把帽子抛向空中 → 欣喜若狂(常见于毕业庆典);   cap in hand:帽子拿在手里 → 卑躬屈膝地恳求(源于过去乞丐见主人时脱帽示敬);   set one’s cap at someone:把帽子朝向某人 → 试图吸引异性注意(18世纪女性用此动作暗示好感);   pull caps:互相拉扯帽子 → 激烈争吵,甚至动手打架(旧时男孩斗殴前常先抢对方帽子);   blow one’s cap:帽子被...

风中之烛——微光虽弱,亦照人心 CANDLE 19.03.2026

burn the candle at both ends:两头点蜡烛 → 过度劳累,透支身心;   be worth the candle:值得点这支蜡烛 → 某事值得付出代价(源于过去蜡烛昂贵,点蜡需慎重);   can’t hold a candle to someone:连给人提灯都不配 → 远不如某人;   hold a candle to the sun:拿蜡烛去照太阳 → 多此一举,徒劳无功;   hide one’s candle under a bushel:把灯藏在斗底下 → 埋没才华,不显露能力...

别急着“叫”——有些召唤,得悄悄回应 CALL 这是一期有味道的节目^_^ 18.03.2026

a close call:千钧一发 → 死里逃生;   at someone’s beck and call:随叫随到 → 唯命是从;   call a halt:叫停 → 及时刹车;   call it quits:算了吧 → 停止争执或关系;   call a spade a spade:直呼其名 → 说真话,不粉饰;   call someone on the carpet:叫去训话 → 当面申斥;   port of call:停靠港 → 旅程中的中转站;   “Don’t call us, we...

蛋糕很甜,但人生不只有蛋糕和啤酒 cake 17.03.2026

a piece of cake:一块蛋糕 → 非常容易的事;   take the cake:拿走蛋糕 → 登峰造极,无人能及(常含讽刺);   the icing on the cake:蛋糕上的糖霜 → 锦上添花的额外奖励;   a slice of the cake:分一块蛋糕 → 分享利益或利润;   you can’t have your cake and eat it:不能既留蛋糕又吃掉 → 鱼与熊掌不可兼得;   his cake is dough:他的蛋糕还是面团 → 计划未成熟,...

别急着“买”——有些东西,买了就退不了 buy 16.03.2026

buy a pig in a poke:买袋里的猪 → 盲目交易,上当受骗(poke = 袋子;旧时骗子把猫装袋冒充小猪卖);   buy off / buy over:收买 → 用钱利诱,让人背叛原则;   be bought and sold:可被买卖 → 形容人毫无尊严,任人摆布;   be on the buy:大量采购 → 商业术语,指积极收购;  

小小纽扣,大有乾坤——从拿破仑到情感按钮 BUTTON 15.03.2026

button up:扣紧 → 保持沉默,不说话;   have all one's buttons on:头脑正常清楚 → 思维清晰;   be a button short:少了一个纽扣 → 脑子不正常,半痴不呆;   take/seize someone by the button:抓住某人的纽扣 → 强留某人,用乏味的谈话拖住某人;   ready to the last garter button:准备好到最后一个纽扣 → 充分准备完毕;   take someone down a button-hole:打下...

黄油虽好,莫要贪多——从干面包到奉承BUTTER 14.03.2026

butter up:讨好 → 奉承某人;   butter-fingers:笨手笨脚的人 → 常掉东西的人;   lay the butter on sb.:巴结某人 → 奉承、讨好;   butter-and-egg man:土财主 → 易上当受骗的人;   butter ball:小胖子 → 形容胖乎乎的孩子;   Dutch butter:人造奶油 → 低成本替代品。

生意就是生意——但怎么也别忘了管好自己的事 BIZ 13.03.2026

“When Rick wanted to give John the business, Peter told him he had no business to do it. Rick said it was none of his business and told him to mind his own business. Rick said he meant business this time because a business is a business, or he would do Peter the business.” 就问你晕不晕?

别绕灌木丛了,鸟早飞了 BUSH 12.03.2026

beat around the bush:绕着灌木丛打转 → 说话拐弯抹角,不敢直说;   a bird in the bush:灌木丛里的鸟 → 不切实际的幻想(对比 “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”);   beat the bush for someone/something:敲打灌木 → 四处搜寻;   one beats the bush, and another catches the bird:一人惊鸟,他人捕获 → 为人作嫁,白忙一场;   bush telegraph:灌木电报 → 小道...

别烧房子赶老鼠——有些火,点不得 burn 11.03.2026

money burns a hole in one’s pocket:钱在口袋里烧洞 → 花钱如流水,留不住; burn your bridges/boats:烧掉自己的桥 → 断绝退路,破釜沉舟; burn daylight:白日点灯 → 浪费时间,多此一举;

不只是BULL——从飞人乔丹到瓷器店的灾难 10.03.2026

a bull in a china shop:闯进瓷器店的公牛 → 形容鲁莽笨拙的人; hit the bull's eye:击中靶心 → 一针见血,切中要害; shoot/throw the bull:胡说八道 → 瞎扯淡; show the bull-horn:举起牛角 → 反抗权威; milking the bull:挤公牛的奶 → 徒劳无功; Irish bull:爱尔兰公牛 → 逻辑错误或荒谬的言论; take the bull by the horns:抓住牛角 → 勇敢面对挑战; don't know B from a bull's foot:分不清B和牛蹄印 → 极度无...

“虫子”不只是虫子——从窃听到痴迷 BUG 09.03.2026

put a bug in someone’s ear:给某人吹风 → 暗示或提醒某事; go bugs:发疯 → 极度恼怒或疯狂; down with a bug:生病 → 感冒或感染病毒; think oneself a big bug:自认为重要 → 自视甚高; bug out:撤离 → 快速离开,溜走; bug sb.:烦扰某人 → 令某人厌烦; bug test:心理测试 → 评估心理健康; as snug as a bug in a rug:非常舒适 → 极其安逸;

张三李四王二麻子的英语?BROWN 08.03.2026

brown sugar不是一个能碰的东西!

连布鲁克林大桥都能卖给你?BRIDGE 07.03.2026

在本期播客中,我们深入探讨了“桥”这个词的多重含义,揭示了桥梁在文化和生活中的象征意义。从意大利的叹息桥到美国与加拿大之间的扎维康桥,每一座桥都有其独特的故事。我们讨论了桥梁如何代表时间、信任与和解,以及生活中的各种选择和挑战。你是否曾在生活中遇到过“桥”的隐喻?

别信“金砖”,你可能在撞墙 BRICK 06.03.2026

BRICS Brazil Russia India CHINA South-Africa

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