留美老师带你每日说英文 第1188期:电影里的血渍

 If you were to just put color in here right now, it would kind of come out looking like cherry cough syrup¹ because blood is a little opaque². It's not completely see-through.
如果你现在就直接加染料的话，它的成品会变成有点像樱桃口味的咳嗽糖浆，因为血是有点不透光的，它不是完全透明的。

学习重点：

1.syrup 浓糖水；糖浆
syrup (n.) 浓糖水；糖浆

2.opaque 不透明的；不透光的
opaque (adj.) 不透明的；不透光的

 

3.see-through 薄得透明的
see-through (adj.) 薄得透明的

1 syrup   

n.糖浆，糖水

参考例句：

• I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.我撇去了煮沸糖浆上的泡沫。
• Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it.罐头水果通常都有许多糖浆。

2 opaque   

adj.不透光的；不反光的，不传导的；晦涩的

参考例句：

• The windows are of opaque glass.这些窗户装着不透明玻璃。
• Their intentions remained opaque.他们的意图仍然令人费解。