【詞根詞源】dumb：摩登家庭的單詞.

　　今天的美國“摩登家庭”也是家家有本難念的經(jīng)。不信?看看這三個家庭你就會明白。最重要的是看看他們的用的那些英語單詞，就讓我們?nèi)炭〔唤?，下面來好好關(guān)注一下吧。

　　1. crack v. 使破裂，打開

　　eg. A gas main had cracked under my neighbour&apossgarage and gas had seeped into our homes.

　　鄰居車庫下面的煤氣總管裂開了，煤氣滲入了我們家。

　　eg. The glass will crack if you pour boiled water into it.

　　一倒進去滾開水，這個玻璃杯就會破裂。

　　2. dumb adj. 不說話的，無聲音的

　　eg. I&aposve met a lot of dumb people.

　　我遇到過很多笨蛋。

　　eg. We were all struck dumb for a minute.

　　一時間我們驚訝得啞口無言。

　　3. put the cheese in the trap 設圈套

　　eg. You need to put the cheese in the trap and induce him.

　　你需要設置圈套引誘他。

　　4. gross adj. 惡劣的

　　eg. They had a commercial on the other night for Drug Free America that was so gross Ithought Daddy was going to faint.

　　他們前幾天晚上為“美國遠離毒品”組織播的那則廣告非常惡心，我覺得爸爸看了都快暈過去了。

　　eg. He wears really gross holiday outfits.

　　他穿著十分難看的節(jié)日服裝。

　　5. mop up 擦，抹

　　eg. When the washing machine spurts out water at least we can mop it up.

　　洗衣機噴出水時，我們至少能把水抹干。

　　eg. Michael mopped up quickly with his napkin.

　　邁克爾迅速用餐巾將其揩干。

　　6. snap

　　依據(jù)語境，表示上當，中計的意思。