小词详解 | pore
她浑身上下每个毛孔都散发着性感。
She oozes sexuality from every pore.
词汇
熟词僻义 | battery 是一种怎样的阵仗？
a battery of generators 是什么意思？
abreast 的用法及固定搭配
abreast后面接of或with都可以，接of普通些，有时也把它用作介词，后面不接介词。例如：
词源趣谈 | clerihew 克莱里休诗体
clerihew /'klerɪhju:/ 是一种 [...]
小词详解 | buoyant
He was too buoyant, too full of ruddy life, too assured.
他太轻浮快活，太爱寻欢作乐，又太自信了。
区别辨析 adventure 与 venture
adventure 与 venture 两个词都有“冒险(活动)” 的意思：
区别辨析offend与insult
offend与insult这两个动词均含“得罪或激怒某人”之意。
《经济学人》每日一词：broadside
四声嚎叫，像一阵排炮，齐射中他。
He was assailed by a broadside, composed of a quadruple howl.
熟词僻义 | plank 是一种怎样的核心要点？
If you think time flies, you haven't held a plank recently.
《经济学人》每日一词：exasperate
There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will.
比会做饭却不愿下厨的妻子更令人抓狂的是，不会做饭却偏爱显身手的妻子。
区别辨析occasional、uncommon、scarce与rare
occasional、uncommon、scare与rare这些形容词均含“稀罕的，很少发生”之意。
小词详解 | glean
我弄不清楚他的真实意思。
I could not glean what he really meant.
