Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

suburb (n): an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live
城郊；近郊住宅区
Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne.
博士山属于墨尔本的近郊住宅区。
We drove from middle-class suburbs to a very poor inner-city area.
我们从中产阶级的近郊住宅区驱车前往市中心的贫民区。

belly (n): the stomach or the front part of the body between your chest and your legs
腹部，胃
He fell asleep with a full belly and a happy heart.
他吃饱喝足后心满意足地睡着了。
By the sixth month of pregnancy, Gina’s belly had begun to swell.
吉娜已有6个月身孕，肚子开始鼓起来了。

belly button-肚脐

belly dance (n): a dance originally from Western Asia in which a woman moves her hips and stomach
（起源于中东的）肚皮舞

deck (n): a wooden floor built outside, where people can sit and relax
（房屋的）露天平台，凉台

chef’s specialty

specialty/speciality (n) a product that is extremely good in a particular place
（地方）特产
Oysters are a local specialty of the area.
牡蛎是当地的特产。
Paella is a specialty of the house (= a food that is unusually good in a particular restaurant).
西班牙杂烩菜饭是那家饭馆的招牌菜。