Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

cornrow (n): one of many strips of hair twisted together close to the head in thin rows
“玉米垄”发型（梳成一排排辫子的发型）
Tyler likes her hair in cornrows, but braiding it takes a long time.
泰勒喜欢梳“玉米垄”发型，可是编辫子很费时间。

row (n): a line of things, people, animals, etc. arranged next to each other
一排；一行；一列
a row of houses/books/plants/people/horses
一排房屋／一排书／一行植物／一队人／一队马
We had seats in the front/back row of the theatre.
我们坐在剧场前／后排。

Afro– (prefix): of or connected with Africa
非洲的
Afro–Caribbean culture
加勒比黑人文化
Afro–American literature
美国黑人文学

literature noun [U] (WRITING)
written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting artistic value
文学；（尤指有传世价值的）文学作品
classical/modern literature
古典／现代文学
“Wuthering Heights” is a classic of English literature.
《呼啸山庄》是一部经典的英国文学作品。

hurt sb’s feelings
to upset someone by criticizing them or by refusing something that they have offered you

伤害…的感情

falafel (n): fried balls of spicy food made from chickpeas (= pale brown round seeds)
炸豆丸子，炸豆泥

literary film
Literary adaptation is the adapting of a literary source (e.g. a novel, short story, poem) to another genre or medium, such as a film, stage play, or video game.

overalls/coveralls
a piece of clothing that covers both the upper and lower parts of the body and is worn especially over other clothes to protect them
工作服；防护服
She put on some overalls and got out a tin of paint.
她穿上工作服，取出一桶油漆。

promiscuous (adj): (of a person) having a lot of different sexual partners or sexual relationships, or (of sexual habits) involving a lot of different partners
（人）滥交的，淫乱的
I suppose I was quite promiscuous in my youth.
我想我年轻时生活很放荡。
It’s a fallacy that gay men are more promiscuous than heterosexuals.
认为同性恋男子比异性恋男子的生活更加淫乱，这是一个很常见的谬论。