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Prosciutto 意大利干熏火腿

corduroy noun 灯心绒
[uncountable]
a thick strong cotton cloth with thin raised lines on it, used for making clothes
a corduroy jacket

do the rounds
British English informal make the rounds American English also go the rounds British English
if a story, idea, or illness does the rounds, it is passed on from one person to another
a joke doing the rounds

ephemeral adjective
existing or popular for only a short time
Fashion is by nature ephemeral.

whisk somebody/something away/off
to take someone or something quickly away from a place
The waitress whisked our coffee cups away before we'd had a chance to finish.

sanctum noun
[countable]
1
inner sanctum
a private place or room that only a few important people are allowed to enter - often used humorously
Occasionally she would be allowed into the inner sanctum of his office.
2
a holy place inside a temple

marmalade noun
[uncountable]
a jam made from fruit such as oranges, lemons or grapefruit, usually eaten at breakfast

apricot noun 杏
1
[countable] a small round fruit that is orange or yellow and has a single large seed
2
[uncountable] the orange-yellow colour of an apricot

Postojna caves - a 20km series of caves in Slovenia

harlequin 1 noun 丑角
[countable]
a character in some traditional plays who wears brightly coloured clothes and plays tricks

Combray - the fictional town of the narrator's youth in Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu.贡布雷, 普鲁斯特小说中的虚构城市
In Proust, biting down on a madeleine, a tea biscuit, evoked a cascade of memories.

avalanche noun 雪崩
[countable]
1
a large mass of snow, ice, and rocks that falls down the side of a mountain
Two skiers were killed in the avalanche.
2
an avalanche of something
a very large number of things such as letters, messages etc that arrive suddenly at the same time
The school received an avalanche of applications.

dirge noun 挽歌
[countable]
1
a slow sad song sung at a funeral
2
a song or piece of music that is too slow and boring

go overboard
to do or say something that is too extreme for a particular situation
I hope politicians will not go overboard in trying to control the press.

cavern noun
 [countable]
a large cave

talcum powder noun 爽身粉
[uncountable]
a powder with a nice smell which you put on your skin after washing

paedophile noun 恋童癖者
pedophile American English [countable]
someone who is sexually attracted to children

orthostatic 立正位置的

croon verb
 [intransitive and transitive]
to sing or speak in a soft gentle voice, especially about love
Sinatra crooning mellow tunes 'My child,' Sarah crooned.

gelato

     Gelato在十三世纪出现,西西里岛的居民为对抗炎热,于冬季是把冰雪储存欲30米的地窖内,留待夏季时取出,再混合牛奶、乳酪、鸡蛋、水果等做出质感柔顺的Gelato.但因价格昂贵只有贵族才能吃的起.其后此技巧传变各地,欧洲的皇室贵族都为Gelato如痴如醉.进而流传全世界并为Gelato趋之若骛.

dilate verb
 [intransitive and transitive]
if a hollow part of your body dilates or if something dilates it, it becomes wider
opposite contract

lull 1 verb
[transitive]
1
to make someone feel calm or as if they want to sleep
The hum of the tyres on the road lulled her to sleep.
2
to make someone feel safe and confident so that they are completely surprised when something bad happens
lull somebody into (doing) something
The police lulled me into believing that they did not suspect us. Earthquakes here are rare and this has lulled people into a false sense of security (=made people think they were safe when they were not) .

yikes interjection
 informal
said when something frightens or shocks you