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"智能火鸡":煮熟了会有信号

2011-11-16来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. You’ve heard of “smart phones,” but what about smart turkeys?

hear of得悉, 听说
例句:We don't know the singer, but we have heard of her.
我们不认识那位歌唱家, 但我们听说过她。

2. In the wild, they’re fast, sociable and smart enough to hide from most humans.

hide from把…藏起来不让…发现; 躲避…
例句:His friends hid him from the police.
他的朋友把他藏了起来不让警察知道。

3. And the people who roast them don’t have to rely on guesswork and experience - or even juice-splattered meat thermometers - to determine when the golden-brown bird is done.

rely on信赖, 依赖,依靠
例句:Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on foreign businesses.
香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于外国商行。

4. A little metallic bead deep in the device held a spring in place, and the soft metal was supposed to liquefy when Tom Turkey reached 82 degrees Celsius - the temperature when fowl is safe to eat.

be supposed to应该,被期望
例句:The show is supposed to be good.
这场表演应当是相当好的。

5. So the plunger wouldn’t pop, birds came out overdone and dry, and many a Thanksgiving was ruined.

come out出来
例句:Why is it that you've come out against the proposal he put forward?
为什么你要反对他提出的建议呢?

6. That makes for a lot of smart turkeys, or turkey lovers, this Thanksgiving.

make for有利于, 致使
例句:Cleanliness makes for good health.
讲究卫生有助于增进健康。