Jell-O

PRONUNCIATION:(JEL-o)

MEANING:

noun:

1. A dessert made from gelatin, sugar, and fruit flavoring.

2. Something soft and wiggly.

jell-o  ['dʒeləu]

n. 美国吉露果子冻

gelatin  ['dʒelətin]

n. 明胶；动物胶；胶制品

gelatin dessert: 果冻；凝胶状点心；果子冻

flavoring  ['fleivəriŋ]

n. 调味品（等于flavour）

v. 加味于…（flavor的ing形式）

wiggly  ['wiɡli]

adj. 扭动的；左右摇摆的；起波的；蠕动的

[ 比较级 wigglier   最高级 wiggliest   ]

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ETYMOLOGY:

Jell-O is a trademark for a gelatin-based dessert. The word gelatin

(a substance formed by boiling bones, skin, ligaments, etc.) is from

Latin gelare (to freeze). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gel-

(cold; to freeze), which also gave us jelly, chill, glacier, cold,

and congeal. Earliest documented use: 1935.

congeal  [kən'dʒi:l]

vi. 凝结；凝固

vt. 使…凝结；使…冻结

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USAGE:

“Ryan Longwel said: ... it’s too hard to make a kick when your legs are Jell-O.”

Mark Craig; On the NFL;Star Tribune(Minneapolis, Minnesota);Nov 20, 2016.

make a kick 踢一脚

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or

to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking. -Theodore Rubin,

psychiatrist and writer (11 Apr 1923-2019)有两种方式可以让你轻松度日；相信一切或者怀疑一切。这两者都可以免去思考的麻烦。

slide easily through life轻松度过一生