每日一词【864】cold turkey

今天我们要学的词是cold turkey。 星期四是感恩节，我们也来说火鸡。不过，cold turkey, 可不是冷火鸡的意思，而是指突然停止某些已经成瘾的坏习惯。"He quit heavy drinking cold turkey," 他没靠任何帮助，断然戒掉了酗酒的恶习。"My friend Jack¹ quit smoking cold turkey two years ago," 我朋友Jack两年前说戒就毅然决然地戒了烟。"After losing his house, he quit gambling² cold turkey," 把房子输掉后，他一狠心，断然戒掉了爱赌博的毛病。好的，今天我们学习的词是cold turkey...

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。