1、tweak
扭;扯;擰
He tweaked Guy's ear roughly.
他粗暴地扯蓋伊的耳朵。
A handsome offer, she replied, tweaking his cheek.
“一個(gè)慷慨的提議”,她擰著他的面頰回答道。
稍稍改進(jìn);對(duì)…作微調(diào)
He expects the system to get even better as the engineers tweak its performance.
他預(yù)計(jì)在工程師對(duì)其性能稍加改進(jìn)后,該系統(tǒng)會(huì)運(yùn)行得更加良好。
2、desert
沙漠;荒漠
the Sahara Desert.
撒哈拉大沙漠
the burning desert sun.
沙漠中火辣辣的太陽(yáng)
枯燥乏味的地方(或境況)
They live in 12 high-rise apartment buildings that sit in a desert of concrete.
他們居住的地方是坐落于一片鋼筋水泥叢林中的12棟高層公寓樓。
Pubs are a cultural desert.
酒館是文化沙漠。
離棄,舍棄(某地)
Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs.
小農(nóng)場(chǎng)主正舍棄他們的土地,到這里來(lái)尋找工作。
After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets.
演出結(jié)束后,觀眾從布萊克浦的大街上消失了蹤跡。