雜七雜八英文部落格

Pic CC-BY-NC by  Juan Carlos Mejía 答： tuition 劍橋字典解釋得還蠻清楚的： (mainly UK) ​teaching, ​especially when given to a ​small ​group or one ​person, such as in a ​college or ​university  (mainly US (UK usually tuition fees)) the ​money ​paid for this ​typeof ​teaching 簡單整理如下 英式英文： tuition：教學 tuition fees：學費 美式英文： tuition：學費 另外還有一些講法也可以表達，如： school expenses school fees his parents paid for his schooling ( oxford dictionaries: schooling )

CC BY-NC-SA by  Pavel P. ventilation the ​movement of ​fresh ​air around a ​closed ​space, or the ​system that does this. 圖片裡的通風窗，英文叫做 ventilation grill  (連結是 Google Image 搜尋，可以看到實際範例) 通風扇 (尤其是工業用那種大風扇或裝在牆上的排風扇) 叫做 ventilation fan ventilate to ​cause ​fresh ​air to ​enter and ​move around a ​closed ​space. air 當動詞 to ​become ​dry and/or ​fresh, or to ​cause to ​become ​dry and/or ​fresh. 例句 ( 來源 ) The room needs to be aired. 房內需要通風。

CC-BY-NC-SA by  Monceau 答：handkerchief 英文解釋：A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands. 或口語 hanky kerchief  本身也是一個字：方頭巾 CC-BY by  Kristen Stubbs

答：A la carte ( 發音 ) 其實這是從法文 À la carte 來的，但已經是英文的一部份了，根據  wikipedia: À la carte  的說明 The phrase was adopted into English in 1826, predating by a decade the common use of the French language loanword "menu". A la carte 甚至比另一個常見的法文外來語 "menu" 還要早被採用。 反過來要「套餐」的話比較簡單，就是 set meal。雖然也有相應的法文 Table d'hôte，但好像沒有 À la carte 這麼普遍被使用在英文中。（至少新加坡是這樣，至於英美可能就要請在當地生活的人補充了）

Pic CC-BY by  akasped 幾個禮拜前北美遭「北極漩渦」肆虐，新聞的部份我想大家都在電視、報紙上看到了。 不過很多新聞都沒有把「北極漩渦」的原文寫出來，這邊剛好來講一下 polar vortex  (北極漩渦) :  A polar vortex (also known as a polar cyclone, polar low, or a circumpolar whirl) is a persistent, large-scale cyclone located near either of a planet's geographical poles. polar  (北極) : of or near the area around the most northern or most southern points of the earth. 順帶一提: polar bear  (北極熊) : a large, white bear that lives in the cold regions of the north. vortex  (漩渦) : a mass of air or water that spins around very fast and pulls objects into its empty center.

Pic CC BY-NC-SA by  antitezo TL;DR; Molotov cocktail，或簡稱 Molotov 照慣例的英解摘錄: Molotov cocktail (cambridge) : a type of petrol bomb petrol bomb (cambridge) : a bottle filled with petrol or other liquid fuel with a piece of cloth in its top, that is set on fire and thrown petrol: 汽油 (這是英式, 在美式英語一般用 gasoline) Wikipedia 上有教  Molotov 製作步驟 裡面也提到 Molotov 有「窮人的手榴彈」的膩稱 (poor man's grenade)

如果之前有讀過一些衣服種類的英文，應該蠻多人知道 tank top (或簡稱 tank) 不過還有個俗稱更俗: wifebeater (wife beater 或 wife-beater 也可) 為什麼要叫 wifebeater 呢? 一說是肌肉男愛穿吊嘎、然後肌肉男感覺好像會打老婆。另一說是在美國影集 Cops  裡，打老婆的角色常穿吊嘎。 wife-beater pic CC-BY-NC-ND by  stevebev 英解: The term "A-shirt" is short for "athletic shirt" because it is often worn in sports, such as basketball and track-and-field events. In the United States, it is also known colloquially as a tank top or by its other nicknames, wife-beater or guinea tee. ( wikipedia: Sleeveless_shirt#A-shirt ) a man's white tank top ( merriam-webster: wifebeater ) A kind of sleeveless shirt, often but not exclusively worn as an undershirt. ( wiktionary: wifebeater ) 從英解的第 1 點可以知道，有幾個同義詞: A-shirt (athletic shirt) tank top wife-beater guinea tee 除了已經列在上面的連結，還有些參考自 這個網站 ，裡面也有網友回報 wifebeater 的用法在美國、英國還蠻常見的。