绝望的主妇第一季01集英语学习笔记

Desperate housewife
S01 E01
1.I performed my chores. 做家务
2.in fact= in truth
3.gleam v. 发光，闪烁
例句：everything in the kitchen is gleaming with perfection.
4.retrieve my revolver (左轮手枪）
5.drop in on sb 拜访某人
6.motionless adj. 一动不动的，静止的
例句：Mrs. Huber stood motionless in her kitchen.
7.strike —stricken （此形式可）
8.pay one’s respects 表达哀思
9.move up the corporate ladder 攀爬事业阶梯
10.hectic adj. 忙碌的，繁忙的
例句：her life became so hectic that she had no time to dress up.
11.你今天要乖。

（翻译成英文）
you must behave today.
12.elf n.精灵
13.live down the block 住在这条街上（down表示沿着）
14.merger and acquisition 合并和收购
15.close a deal 完成一笔交易
16.breakfast type things 早餐之类的东西
17.confront sb/sth 对峙，面对
18.zen look on one’s face 禅（源于日本词汇），玄妙的表情
19.We all have moments of desperation, but if we can face them head-on (adj. 迎面的，正面的）, we will realize how strong we really are.
20.没煮熟的：under-cooked
煮过头了：over-cooked（burnt 糊了）
稀的：watery
21.下水道堵了：I have a clog.
22.泳衣：swimsuits
23.温锅：housewarming
24.eligible：合格的，称心如意的
例句：He is an eligible man to marry.
25.predatory adj. 掠夺性的，捕食的
26.divorcee n. 离异女人
27.radius 半径，周围，方圆
例句：She is the most nosy person in a ten-mile radius. 她是方圆十里最八卦的女人。

28.throw together 仓促做成的，随便做的
例句：It’s just something i throw together.
29.正有事在忙: in the middle of something
30.rivalry n. 竞争（同competition）
31.一个小口子：a small cut
32.玩不起，丢不起，离不起，输不起
can't afford to do sth
例子：我是一个中年妇女，我丢不起工作。

i am a middle-aged woman, so i can’t afford to lose my job.
33.sullen adj. 闷闷不乐的
34.as fresh as paint 容光焕发，精神饱满
35.indignation n. 愤慨，义愤填膺
36.run for 参加竞选
37.家庭生活：domestic life
38.dread v. 害怕，恐惧dreadful adj. 害怕的
39.Can i have a drag? 我能吸一口（烟）吗？
40.别磨蹭了：stop stalling
41.抚养权：custody
42.整形手术：plastic surgery
43.冰糕棍：popsicle stick
44.回归正常：return to normal
45.frazzled adj. 疲惫而烦躁的
46.mistake 疏忽，马虎的错误
47.mow v. 修剪（花草等）
例：mow the lawn 修草坪
48.cling (clung, clung) to sb/sth 依恋，依附，寄托clingy adj. 依恋的，粘人的
49.mourn v.哀悼mourn her loss
50.like a phoenix rising from the ashes 像凤凰浴火重生
51.skeleton in one’s closet 丑闻，秘密
52.be burned with 负担着。

53.你能小点声吗？can you keep your voice down?
54.She brought baskets of muffins she baked from scratch. (从头到尾都是自己亲手做的）
55.death wish 遗愿
56.screw up sth=(ruin) 口语：搞砸了
57.一家之主：the head of the household
58.dissolve v. 溶解，解除（婚姻关系），解散（会议等）dissolution 例句：If you think i am going to discuss the dissolution of my marriage in a place where the restrooms are labeled“chicks”and“dudes”，you are wrong. (原句）
59.worm n. 虫子（形容卑鄙小人）v. 做卑鄙的事情
例句：You just worm your way into my family.。