Studio Classroom 2008.02.05

Photograph: gold ingot

strictly speaking (理論上來說、按規定而言)

1 used for showing that you are trying to be accurate:
Tomatoes are not, strictly speaking, vegetables.

2 according to the rules:
Strictly speaking, I shouldn't be here.

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clas·si·fy verb [transitive]

1 to put people or things into particular groups according to the features that they have:
classify someone/something according to something: In the study families are classified according to their incomes.
classify someone/something into something: The specimens were then classified into four groups.

1a. to decide which group someone or something belongs to, according to the particular features they have:
classify something as something: These cows are now classified as a rare breed.

2 to make information secret:
The government has classified the results of the nuclear tests.

be classified as ... (被分類成...)

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steam verb (蒸)

1 [intransitive] to produce steam:
Great pots of food were steaming on the stove.

1a. if someone steams, they feel very hot:
a record hot day when air conditioners groaned and customers steamed

2 [intransitive or transitive] to cook food with steam:
Steam the vegetables for about ten minutes.
steamed fish

3 [intransitive] to move using steam power:
The train steamed noisily out of the station.

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mouth·wa·ter·ing adjective (垂涎三尺)

1 mouthwatering food smells or looks very good

2 INFORMAL very interesting or exciting:
a mouthwatering prospect

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take a bite (口語的"吃東西的意思")

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wonton (餛飩)
wanton (惡意的、放縱的)

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Shanghai (中國上海)
shanghai (將某人強壓到船上當奴力、被強迫勞動)

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kow·tow verb [intransitive] (叩頭、卑躬屈膝) <= 由漢字而來的英文字

to try very hard to please someone, in a way that other people find annoying:
He was a proud man who kowtowed to nobody.

kowtow to someone (向某人叩頭)

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gung-ho adjective INFORMAL (熱烈的)

very enthusiastic, especially about something that might be dangerous

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potsticker (像鍋貼、煎餃的食物，也叫做fried dumpling)

pot 鍋、壺
sticker 黏貼

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in·got noun [count] (元寶)

a block of gold, silver, or other metal

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wealth noun [uncount]

1 a large amount of money and other valuable things:
They used some of their wealth to build magnificent town halls.
People acquired wealth in the form of goods or animals.

1a. the state of being rich:
He had an obsession with power and wealth.
Economic growth creates both wealth and poverty.

2 a large supply of useful things:
The area attracted colonists because of its mineral wealth.
wealth of: The change opens up a wealth of exciting new opportunities.

2a. a large amount of a useful quality or skill:
wealth of: He brings with him a wealth of specialist knowledge.

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Photograph: steamed dumpling