English | Chinese |
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breathe down someone's neck (to follow or supervise too closely) verb | 密切监视某人 /mìqiè jiānshì mǒurén/verb 密切監視某人verb 紧盯着某人 /jǐn dīng zhe mǒurén/verb 緊盯著某人verb |
cat got someone's tongue (why are you not saying anything?) phrase | 你成了哑巴了吗? /nǐ chéng le yǎba le ma?/phrase 你成了啞巴了嗎?phrase |
centrosome [centrosomes] (organelle that controls the organization of its microtubules) noun [UK: sˈentrəʊsˌəʊm] [US: sˈentroʊsˌoʊm] | 中心体 /zhōngxīntǐ/noun 中心體noun |
change someone's mind (to convince someone to make a decision) verb | shuìfú/verb 說服verb 说服 /shuōfúverb |
chromosome [chromosomes] (structure in the cell nucleus) noun [UK: ˈkrəʊ.mə.səʊm] [US: ˈkroʊ.məˌsoʊm] | 染色体 /rǎnsètǐ/noun 染色體noun |
come to someone's aid (to assist and rescue someone) verb | 帮助 /bāngzhù/verb 幫助verb 救援 /jiùyuán/verb |
cumbersome (hard, difficult, demanding to handle) adjective [UK: ˈkʌm.bə.səm] [US: ˈkʌm.bər.səm] | 麻烦的adjective |
drink someone under the table (drink more alcohol than) verb | 酒量 /jiǔliàng/verb |
fearsome (frightening, especially in appearance) adjective [UK: ˈfɪə.səm] [US: ˈfɪr.səm] | 可怕的adjective |
fix someone's wagon (punish) verb | 給...點兒顏色看verb |
foursome [foursomes] (sex act between four people) noun [UK: ˈfɔː.səm] [US: ˈfɔːr.səm] | 四P /sì-P/noun |
geometric isomerism (form of isomerism) noun | 幾何異構noun |
get on someone's case (lecture, berate or complain to somebody) verb | 找岔子 /zhǎo chàzi/verb 挑剔 /tiāoti/verb 挑錯verb 挑错 /tiāocuò/verb |
give someone a hard time (cause difficulty or make trouble for someone) verb | 为难 /wéinán/verb 為難verb 給……帶來麻煩verb |
give someone a hard time (tease, kid or rib someone) verb | 取笑 /qǔxiào/verb 戏弄 /xìnòng/verb 戲弄verb 欺負verb 欺负 /qīfù/verb |
give someone five (to slap someone's hand) verb | 击掌 /jīzhǎng/verb 擊掌verb |
give someone the cold shoulder (snub) verb | 不理不睬 /bùlǐbùcǎi/verb |