Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

motif noun [C] (PATTERN)
a pattern or design
图案，式样
We chose some curtains with a flower motif.
我们选择了一些带花卉图案的窗帘。

motif noun [C] (IDEA)
an idea that is used many times in a piece of writing or music
中心思想，主题
The motif of betrayal is crucial in all these stories.
在所有这些故事中背叛是至关重要的主题。

the Second World War

World War Two, World War II; written abbreviation WWII

Iran-伊朗

Persia
noun
UK /ˈpɜː.ʒə/ US /ˈpɝː.ʒə/an old name for Iran
波斯（Iran 的旧称）

Dad was grilling chicken in the back yard.
爸爸在后院烤鸡。

food court (n);a large area or room, for example inside a shopping centre, where there are small restaurants selling many different types of food that you can eat at tables in the middle of the area
美食广场

saw (v): to cut wood or other hard material using a saw
锯
They sawed the door in half.
他们把门锯成了两半。
He sawed through the pipe.
他把管子锯断了

bathhouse (n): a public building where people can have a bath
澡堂，公共浴室

sauna (n): (a period of time spent in) a room or small building, often with wood attached to the walls, that is heated to a high temperature, usually with steam
桑拿浴，蒸汽浴；桑拿房
have/go for/take a sauna
洗桑拿浴