每日(至少)一字 - 泡菜跟朦珠眼

Pickle，泡菜，相信大家都吃過。但原來它有另一種意思：
Don’t put yourself in a pickle
「不要把自己放進泡菜內」就同 Don’t put yourself in a trouble，換言之Pickle 可以解作麻煩

Pickle
(n.)
[S] an embarrassment; difficulty
【口】困境

Example
1. How did you get yourself in this pickle?
你是怎麼陷入這個困境的?

2. Don’t put yourself in a pickle

3. I’m in a pickle


「朦珠眼」英文點講？哈哈~ 是squint！

Squint
(v.)
1. to look with eyes half closed
瞇著眼看[(+at/through)]

Example
1. He squinted through the telescope.
他眯起眼透過望遠鏡看。

2. I always squint in photos

(n.)
1. the act or habit of looking obliquely or through half-closed eyes
側目而視；眯著眼看

但要小心，Squint同時有「側目而視」、「惡意的」(adj.)的意思。所以squint-eyed 不是「朦珠眼」，而是指惡意的眼神，千萬不要用錯！