【词根词源】dumb：摩登家庭的单词.

　　今天的美国“摩登家庭”也是家家有本难念的经。不信?看看这三个家庭你就会明白。最重要的是看看他们的用的那些英语单词，就让我们忍俊不禁了，下面来好好关注一下吧。

　　1. crack v. 使破裂，打开

　　eg. A gas main had cracked under my neighbour&apossgarage and gas had seeped into our homes.

　　邻居车库下面的煤气总管裂开了，煤气渗入了我们家。

　　eg. The glass will crack if you pour boiled water into it.

　　一倒进去滚开水，这个玻璃杯就会破裂。

　　2. dumb adj. 不说话的，无声音的

　　eg. I&aposve met a lot of dumb people.

　　我遇到过很多笨蛋。

　　eg. We were all struck dumb for a minute.

　　一时间我们惊讶得哑口无言。

　　3. put the cheese in the trap 设圈套

　　eg. You need to put the cheese in the trap and induce him.

　　你需要设置圈套引诱他。

　　4. gross adj. 恶劣的

　　eg. They had a commercial on the other night for Drug Free America that was so gross Ithought Daddy was going to faint.

　　他们前几天晚上为“美国远离毒品”组织播的那则广告非常恶心，我觉得爸爸看了都快晕过去了。

　　eg. He wears really gross holiday outfits.

　　他穿着十分难看的节日服装。

　　5. mop up 擦，抹

　　eg. When the washing machine spurts out water at least we can mop it up.

　　洗衣机喷出水时，我们至少能把水抹干。

　　eg. Michael mopped up quickly with his napkin.

　　迈克尔迅速用餐巾将其揩干。

　　6. snap

　　依据语境，表示上当，中计的意思。