“End run” is a football play, an American football play to be exact. In the play, which happens near the end zone – that’s ...

A hot mic moment is an awkward moment, awkward because someone who is caught mic saying something embarrassing or otherwise ...

“Hoo”, by the way, is a rhyming compound based on “boo”, which is imitative of a baby’s cry. Boo-hoo, boohoo (without hyphen) ...

Basically, that’s what to second-guess something means. It means you begin to think twice about it, to have doubts about it, to question whether there’s a better option, even to be critical of it ...

To pick up steam is to pick up pace or speed, like a railway train. “Steam” in “pick up steam”, you see, refers to the steam ...

“Hilt” in “to the hilt” refers to the handle of a sword or long knife. “To the hilt” literally means that the sword or knife ...

Craw in the idiom “stick in someone’s craw”, you see, refers to the stomach or pouch of a bird. The craw of a chicken, for example, is where it temporarily stores food. The craw is located right down ...

网友 “西叶” 想知道动词 “distribute、allocate、assign” 和 “apportion” 的区别。这四个词都有 “分配” 的意思，但用法却不同。拿吃披萨举例：如果你需要把大量披萨送到多地去售卖，就叫做 ...

一位听众来信询问 “proceed”、“progress”、“procedure”、“process” 之间的区别。这四个单词在含义上有容易混淆的地方。本期节目先对比 “proceed” 和 “progress” 用作动词，谈论事情的 ...

“Let” 是一个我们在学英语初期就会遇到的常见动词，它在不同的语境下可以表达不同的意思。比如：“let” 可以用来提议做一件事情，也可以表示 “允许” 别人做某事，还可以表示 “出租”。

“Scale” 既可以作名词，也可以作动词使用。它的名词含义包括 “标度，单位”、“范围，规模” 和 “鳞，鳞片”。作动词时，“scale” 可以怎么用？看视频，学习单词 “scale” 的常见用法。

“Check” 最常见的意思是 “检查”，它既可以作动词，也可以作名词。在国际象棋术语中，“check” 的意思是什么？看 “一分钟英语” 视频，学习单词 “check” 的常见用法。