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21. dumdum (bullet) : a soft-nosed
bullet that expands when it hits, inflicting a large, jagged wound/ 덤덤탄
22. dumb bunny : stupid or
gullible person
- He really is a dumb
bunny. I can`t believe that he can do such stupid things.
23. dumbstruck : so shocked as to be
speechless/ dumb-stricken/ dumbfounded/ dumfounded
24. dumbwaiter(BrE)/ lazy
Susan(AmE) : a small table that turns round on a fixed base, used for
serving food
25. roulette
: a game of chance in which a small ball is spun round a moving wheel and
falls into a hole marked with a number
26. Russian
roulette : dangerous game in which one shoots at one's own head a gun
with a bullet in only one of the chambers(=set of spaces for bullets), without
knowing whether it will fire or not
27. lazy Susan : a revolving tray
placed at the center of a dining table, from which one can help oneself to food
28. dumb show : (n)
①
formerly, a part of a play done in pantomime
②
something performed with actions only, and without any speaking
29. dummy
[ < dumb ] : (n)
①
a person unable to talk; mute --- 이 뜻으로는 거의 쓰이지
않음
②
a figure made in human form, as for displaying clothing, practicing tackling in
football, etc.
- "The
real pros come from Colombia. They got a school in Bogotá, called the
school of the ten bells, where you pay twenty-five hundreds bucks to learn
to be a pickpocket. They hang a dummy
from the ceiling, dressed in a suit with ten pockets, filled with money and
jewelry."
"What's the gimmick?"
"The gimmick is that each pocket has a bell on it. You don't graduate
till you can empty every damn pocket without ringing the bell." [If
Tomorrow Comes
written by
Sidney Sheldon]
③
an imitation; fake
④
a person secretly acting for another while apparently representing his own
interests
⑤
an object made to look like and take the place of a real thing
- "I
used to go with a guy who walked through crowds dressed in an overcoat, with
both his hands out in the open, while he picked everybody's pockets like
crazy."
"How the hell could he do that?"
"The right hand was a dummy.
He slipped his real hand through a slit in the coat and picked his way
through pockets and wallets and purses."
[If
Tomorrow Comes
written by
Sidney Sheldon]
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rubber teat for sucking, put in a baby's mouth to
keep it quiet /공갈젖꼭지 |
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⑦
a stupid person
- When it comes to money, you're a dummy.
Watching cable news with the stock ticker running across the bottom of the
screen makes you dizzy. Even the thought of touching a dollar bill makes
your palms sweat. You know you need help, but you have high finance anxiety.
One way to dip your toe into the big investing pool is become familiar with
the financial argot. At times, it may seem like learning another language, a
devilishly confusing one in which familiar-sounding words never mean what
you think they mean. But if you bookmark the glossaries in this section and
refer to them again and again, soon you'll be speaking the language of the
street -- Wall Street, that is.
30. dummy run : a practice attempt made
before the real thing; rehearsal
- a dummy run in preparation for the
ceremony tomorrow
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