生活英语：Mom cave 妈咪洞穴.docx

Mom cave is an area of a house that a woman can decorate to her tastes and be alone to pursue her own projects and interests. Mom cave is also called woman cave. “妈咪洞穴”是一个女人在家里留出的一块可以按自己的喜好装饰的小天地，在这个“洞穴”里她可以安静地做自己想做的事情。“妈咪洞穴”也可被称作“女人洞穴”。 These days, women are chiseling1 out their own sanctuary2, taking over a room, nook or even a closet and making it their “mom cave.” A mom cave is the place where the woman who nurtures4 everyone goes to nurture3 herself. 现在的女人会给自己开辟出一块庇护所，也就是“妈咪洞穴”，它可能是一个房间，一个角落，甚至是一个壁橱。“妈咪洞穴”是让滋养他人的女人滋养自己的地方。 Example: Roxanne has a guest room in her home that no guest has ever slept in. Its really her Mom Cave. Outfitted5 with mementos6 and comfort items, its the only room in the house she really calls her own.洛葛仙妮在家中有一个客房，但从来没有客人在那里过夜。这其实是她的“妈咪洞穴”。这个房间摆满了纪念品和让人舒适的物品，是家中唯一一个专属于她的房间。词汇解析：1 chiseling v.凿，雕，镌( chisel的现在分词 )参考例句：The sculptor was at work chiseling a statue. 雕塑家正在雕琢一尊雕像。 来自辞典例句Tommy:Four of them are sawing, three are chiseling and one is reaming. 四个在锯，三个在磨，二个在凿，还有一个在铰。 来自互联网2 sanctuary n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区参考例句：There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。3 nurture n.养育，照顾，教育；滋养，营养品；vt.养育，给与营养物，教养，扶持参考例句：The tree grows well in his nurture.在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。The two sisters had received very different nurture.这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育。4 nurtures 教养，培育( nurture的名词复数 )参考例句：Art nurtures the soul and culture cultivates the mind. 艺术滋润心灵，文化陶冶情操。Who first loves and nurtures us and takes care of every need. 是谁先爱上我们，哺育我们，对我们无微不至。5 outfitted v.装备，配置设备，供给服装( outfit的过去式和过去分词 )参考例句：They outfitted for the long journey. 他们为远途旅行准备装束。 来自现代英汉综合大词典They outfitted him with artificial legs. 他们为他安了假腿。 来自辞典例句6 mementos 纪念品，令人回忆的东西( memento的名词复数 )参考例句：The museum houses a collection of mementos, materials and documents. 博物馆保存着很多回忆录以及文献资料。This meant, however, that no one was able to retrieve irreplaceable family m