英语后缀 | -ling 3. 表示状态
darkling ［'dɑːkliŋ ］adj./adv. 在黑暗中（的）
词源趣谈 | Quaker 贵格会教徒
Quaker 指基督教团体公谊会（the Society of Friends）的会员，又称“贵格会教徒”。
短篇小说 | The Namesake
The Namesake was published in McClure's Magazine in 1907. "For the first time I felt the pull of race and blood and kindred, and felt beating within me things that had not begun with me. It was as if the earth under my feet had grasped and rooted me, and were pouring its essence into me."
女生叫 Pooja 是什么意思？
Pooja 是一个印度名字，主要在印度和尼泊尔等南亚国家使用。这个名字的含义是“崇拜”或“礼拜”，通常用于女性。
容易误译的英语 | Dutch courage 酒后的勇气
Dutch courage（口语）意为“酒后的勇气”。condemn（及物动词）意为“谴责”。
英语笑话 | 什么是青春期？
One evening, in the midst of dinner preparation, our 10-year-old daughter asked, “Mommy, what's puberty?”
一天晚上，在准备晚饭的时候，我们十岁的女儿问：“妈妈，什么是青春期？”
英语后缀 | -ling 2. 表示与某种事物（或情况）有关的人或动物、具有某种性质的人或动物
starveling ［'stɑːvliŋ ］n. 饥饿的人
词源趣谈 | python 蟒蛇
python 指一种大型无毒蛇，即蟒蛇，它在捕食时通过缠绕猎物将其压迫致死。
英语热词 | “世界华侨华人社团联谊大会”英语怎么说？
世界华侨华人社团联谊大会
Conference for Friendship of Overseas Chinese Associations
女生叫 Polly 是什么意思？
Polly 是一个英文名字，通常用作女性的名字。这个名字的含义是"慈悲"或"和平"。
短篇小说 | Mademoiselle Fifi
Mademoiselle Fifi is the nicknamed for the handsome, yet boorish, and effeminate German captain, who gets his just deserts. The story was set during the Franco-Prussian War, published in 1882.
容易误译的英语 | dry run 试验，排练
dry run（口语）意为“试验”、“排练”。上例是祈使句，省略了主语。
