英语流利说笔记2018-12-08

• durian

    榴莲 n.
  

• bet

    bet on = gamble 押注
    You bet!  = Yes!     就这么说定了！
  

• pulp and paste

    pulp 果肉   n.
    paste 果酱；面团；浆糊 n.   
    tomato paste = ketchup 番茄酱     curry paste 咖喱酱
  

• plantation

    种植园；农场 n.
  

• estate

    1.大片私有土地；庄园  n.
    2.个人全部财产（尤指遗产） n.
  

• ringgit

    林吉特（马来币）n. 1 ringgit = 1.64 rmb
  

• sewer

    下水沟 n.
  

• turpentine

    松节油 n.
  

• tycoon

    企业界大亨 n.
    property ~ 房地产大佬
  

• palm oil

    棕榈油 n.
  

• stinky

    有臭味的 adj.
    a pair of sweaty, ~ socks 
  

• spiky

    有尖刺的 adj.
    a ~ cactus
  

• bitter-sweet

    又苦又甜的 adj. 
    awful-good 非常好的 adj.
    living-dead 虽生犹死 adj.
  

• quadruple

   （使）成四倍；（使）翻两番
    food prices ~ during the war.
    the company ~ its profits in three years.
  

• pay top dollar for...

    愿意为...付出高额
  

• go bananas

    变得非常气愤，激动
  

• make forays into

    初次尝试  n. companies are making ~ into the durian business.
    突袭 n.  their nightly ~ into enemy territory
    短暂旅行（有目的的）n. we make regular ~ to France to buy wine.
  

• account for + num.

    占比...
  

• unprecedented VS like never before

    前者 adj. 后者 adv. 都是"前所未有"之意。
  

• potential possibility

    潜力