【英语时差8，16】胎记

 Don: I have the weirdest² looking mole³ under my arm.

Yael: Hold it. Put that arm back down. I don't want to see your weird¹ mole. Why don't      you just tell me what's weird about it?

D: Well, it's not a round dot like my other moles⁴, but more like a flesh-colored raisin⁵.      The way it's attached to my skin, it stretches outward like a tiny appendage⁶.

Y: It sounds like you're talking about a skin tag, not a mole. It's a common mistake to      confuse the two. The scientific term for a skin tag is acrochordon, and it's simply a      flesh-colored growth that hangs from the skin by a thin piece of tissue called a stalk.      They're more common as people age, especially in women.

D: What causes it?

Y: What causes skin tags is unknown, but they do appear more frequently in areas      where the skin is rubbed by clothing or by other body parts, such as in creases⁷ like      your underarm. They also tend to appear in hot, moist places such as under the      breasts, between the thighs⁸, or around the genitals.

D: Please tell me I don't have to get these things checked for cancer like I do with my      moles.

Y: I have good news and bad news.

D: Give me the good news.

Y: Skin tags are never cancerous.

D: That is good news. But then, I can't imagine what the bad news is.

Y: Because people so often confuse moles for skin tags, you should monitor them just as      you do your moles. If you notice changes or anything that would be suspicious in a      mole, you should have your doctor check it.   

1 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

2 weirdest   

怪诞的( weird的最高级 )； 神秘而可怕的； 超然的； 古怪的

参考例句：

• Think of the weirdest, craziest shit you'd like to see chicks do. 想想这最怪异，最疯狂的屁事。你会喜欢看这些鸡巴表演的。
• It's still the weirdest damn sound I ever heard out of a Jersey boy. 这是我所听过新泽西人最为怪异的音调了。

3 mole   

n.胎块；痣；克分子

参考例句：

• She had a tiny mole on her cheek.她的面颊上有一颗小黑痣。
• The young girl felt very self- conscious about the large mole on her chin.那位年轻姑娘对自己下巴上的一颗大痣感到很不自在。

4 moles   

防波堤( mole的名词复数 )； 鼹鼠； 痣； 间谍

参考例句：

• Unsightly moles can be removed surgically. 不雅观的痣可以手术去除。
• Two moles of epoxy react with one mole of A-1100. 两个克分子环氧与一个克分子A－1100反应。

5 raisin   

n.葡萄干

参考例句：

• They baked us raisin bread.他们给我们烤葡萄干面包。
• You can also make raisin scones.你也可以做葡萄干烤饼。

6 appendage   

n.附加物

参考例句：

• After their work,the calculus was no longer an appendage and extension of Greek geometry.经过他们的工作，微积分不再是古希腊几何的附庸和延展。
• Macmillan must have loathed being judged as a mere appendage to domestic politics.麦克米伦肯定极不喜欢只被当成国内政治的附属品。

7 creases   

（使…）起折痕，弄皱( crease的第三人称单数 )； （皮肤）皱起，使起皱纹

参考例句：

• She smoothed the creases out of her skirt. 她把裙子上的皱褶弄平。
• She ironed out all the creases in the shirt. 她熨平了衬衣上的所有皱褶。

8 thighs   

n.股，大腿( thigh的名词复数 )；食用的鸡（等的）腿

参考例句：

• He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》