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masked ball (n.)化裝舞會
Are you escorting me to the masked ball?
(你要陪我去化裝舞會嗎?)
mask (n.)面具、口罩
masked (adj.)戴面具的
escort (v.)護送、陪同 (n.)陪女性赴宴會的男士
tab (n.)帳款、費用
We’ll put in on Blair’s tab.
(我們會記在Blair的帳上。)
tab (n.)易開罐拉環
Please pull the tab for me.
(拜託幫我開罐。)
ware (n.)商品、貨物
Why not show off my latest wares?
(我幹嘛不秀一下我最新的商品呢?)
custom-made (adj.)定製的
That dress is custom-made.
(那件洋裝是定製的。)
ready-made (adj.)現成的 ready-to-wear (adj.)現成的、做好的、立即可穿的
Those are ready-made clothes.
(那些都是成衣。)
hand-made (adj.)手工的
Would you like to try some of my hand-made cookies?
(你要不要試試我的手工餅乾？)
ready-to-eat (adj.)現成的、即食的、速食的
I don’t really like those ready-to-eat products.
(我不是很喜歡那些速食產品。)
TV dinner (n.)微波食品
所謂的電視餐，冷涷微波食品加熱後即可食用，不需中斷看電視。
scavenge (v.)在...中找有用之物、拾荒
scavenger (n.)拾荒者
It’s a game. It’s a scavenger hunt.
(這是個找尋獵物遊戲)
deprive (v.)剝奪
Don’t deprive me of freedoms.
(不要剝奪我的自由。)
exploit (v.)剝削
He is accused of exploiting his employees.
(他被指控剝削他的員工。)
bold (adj.)大膽的
The window for bold gestures is officially closed.
(大膽表現的機會已經沒了。)
bald (adj.)禿的
Is your teacher bald?
(你的老師禿頭嗎?)
front (n.)舉止、態度
Serena is putting up a strong front, but I can see how hurt she is.
(Serena裝得很堅強，但我可以看得出來她很受傷。)
front (n.)鋒
Cold front will come Taiwan next week.
(冷鋒下星期會籠罩台灣。)
front (n.)陣線
We should form a united front.
(我們應該組成一個聯合陣線。)
stoner (n.)吸毒失神的人
Is it a bong, mom? I didn’t take you for a stoner.
(媽，那是大麻煙斗嗎？我不知道你有吸毒。)
stone (n.)此字為石頭的意思，在這引申為吸毒呆滯恍神猶如石頭。
marijuana (n.)大麻
joint (n.)大麻煙
Do you fancy having a joint?
(想要來根大麻煙嗎？)
pot (n.)大麻煙
Are you smoking pot?
(你在抽大麻嗎？)
snort (v.)用鼻子吸毒品 sniff (v.)
Jason snorted a line then started moaning and convulsing.
(Jason他吸了一些就開始呻吟抽搐。)
opium (n.)鴉片
amphetamine (n.)安非他命
ecstasy (n.)迷幻藥，也就是搖頭丸。
cocaine (n.)古柯鹼
glue (n.)強力膠
morphine (n.)嗎啡
play the field (phr.)不對某人做出承諾、劈腿
At your age, you should be playing the field.
(在你這個年紀就應該多看看。)
fit (n.)發作
Alison would have a fit if she knew you were accompanying me to this party.
(如果Alison知道你陪我去那個派對，她一定會大發雷霆。)
fit (v.)合身
The jeans fit me perfectly.
(這牛仔褲完全合身。)
fit in (phr.)相處融洽，適應環境
That’s the party I don’t fit in.
(那是個我覺得格格不入的派對。)
deceiving (adj.) 欺騙人的
On the upper east side, appearances are often deceiving.
(在上城東區，外表都是騙人的。)
deceive (v.)欺騙
I was deceived.
(我被騙了。)
gull (v.)欺騙
gull (n.)易受騙的人
gullible (adj.)易受騙的
It was all a little bet we made to see just how gullible you could be.
(這只不過是我們的一個打賭，看看你有多容易受騙。)
deprogram (v.)放棄被灌輸的信念
I’ll deprogram you later.
(我晚點再幫你洗腦。)
whereabouts (n.)行踨、下落
I’m just keeping track of his whereabouts.
(我只是一直在注意他在那裡。)
pompous (adj.)浮誇的
What a pompous speech!
(多麼誇大的說詞啊！)
couture (n.)女時裝業、女裝設計(此字為法文)
corset (n.)束腹
canape (n.)開胃小菜(法文)
bong (n.)抽大麻用的煙斗
hookah (n.)水煙筒
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