babydaddyEP0102.doc

Baby Daddy EP0102
1. Then get ready to be smacked, because I'm pretty sure she's on her way over.
smack: If you smack someone, you hit them with your hand.
2. All I heard was "Oh, dear Lord," the phone hit the floor and tires squealing.
squeal: v. If someone or something squeals, they make a long, high-pitched sound. 发出长而尖的声音
例：Jennifer squealed with delight and hugged me. 珍尼弗高兴地尖叫着，拥抱了我。
N-COUNT Squeal is also a noun. 长而尖的声音
例：At that moment there was a squeal of brakes and the angry blowing of a car horn.
那一刻响起了一阵刺耳的刹车声和汽车喇叭愤怒的鸣笛声。
3. Sorry, but I'm heading down to the rink.
rink: n. 溜冰场，冰球场
4. Once again, it's going to be up to me to bail you out.
bail out: PHRASAL VERB If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money. (常通过提供资金) 帮助…摆脱困境
例：They will discuss how to bail the economy out of its slump. 他们将讨论如何使经济走出低谷。
PHRASAL VERB If you bail someone out, you pay bail on their behalf. 把…保释出来
例：He has been jailed eight times. Each time, friends bailed him out.
他已经蹲过八次监狱。每次，朋友们都把他保释出来。
5. You know, you really can't be too proactive.
proactive: ADJ Proactive actions are intended to cause changes, rather than just reacting to change. 积极行动的
例：In order to survive the competition a company should be proactive not reactive.
为了能在竞争中立于不败之地，一个公司应积极行动而非被动应变。
6. But if you could try to wedge in a word or two about how great I'm doing with Emma, you know, how responsible I am?
wedge: v. If you wedge something somewhere, you fit it there tightly. 将…塞入
例：Wedge the plug into the hole. 把塞子塞进洞里。
7. I'm invoking the bro code.
invoke: v. If you invoke something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument. 援引
例：...economists who invoke the principle of "consumer sovereignty" to support their arguments.
…援引“消费者主权”原则来支持自己论点的经济学家们。
8. In fact, you were having carnal knowledge of her sister in our tree house?
carnal knowledge: sexual intercourse
9. They just automatically assume you want to hook up.
hook up: If someone hooks up with another person, they begin a sexual or romantic relationship with that person. You can also say that two people hook up. (与某人) 相恋[INFORMAL]
例：I could be about to hook up with this incredibly intelligent, beautiful girl.
我可能就要与那个聪明绝顶的美女相恋。
10. There was a man who was clinically allergic to responsibility.
clinical: You use clinical to describe thought or behavior that is very logical and does not involve any emotion. 无人情味的
例：All this questioning is so clinical - it kills romance.
所有这些发问是如此无人情味-使浪漫荡然无存。
be allergic to: If you are allergic to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it. 过敏的
11. Well, I'm a mother. It's a package deal.
a package deal: an offer or agreement involving a number of related items or one making acceptance of one item dependent on the acceptance of another.一揽子交易
12. But that feeling, that gut-wrenching, heart-stopping, if-anything-happens-to-my-child-I-think-I-will-die feeling, what you just had, that, that is what let's you know that you're a parent.
gut-wrenching: adj. 极度痛苦的，撕心裂肺的
13. She's got three boys fawning over her.
fawn: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering卑躬屈膝，阿谀奉承，谄媚，讨好，巴结(常与 on， upon， over 连用)