schoppy
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–adjective
1. (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
2. (of the wind) shifting or changing suddenly or irregularly; variable.
3. uneven
in
style or quality or characterized by poorly related parts: The book was a choppy first novel.
Non-English thespers are less successful, made to recite long, explanatory dialogue that's difficult to decipher under the thick accents. Multitude of players gets lost as Greenaway seems uncertain which elements to focus on at what moment, leaving a disjointed sense that's not helped by a choppy feel for time's passing.
。風浪
gusty
blowing or coming in gusts, as wind, rain, or storms
Don't tell me you are not ready. Young man should be prepared with any gusty things.
choppy
of the sea or wind, uneven in style or quality, poorly related
The [book] was a choppy first novel.
leaving a [disjointed] sense that's not helped by a choppy feel for time's passing.
willow
Then the palm trees changed into those pollarded willows by the canal, just before the level crossing, and all the silly dreams disappeared, and I got out at Ketchworth and gave up my ticket and walked home as usual, quite soberly and without wings without any wings at all.
billow
any surging mass
billows of [smoke]
as by the action of wind
[flags] billowing in the [breeze]
A sudden [wind] billowed the [tent] alarmingly.
blustery
to roar and be tumultuous, as wind
All empty bluster, these [blowhards] endlessly [rehash] the tired threats that sounded [ominous] the first time we heard them in, say, Full Metal Jacket.
flurry
a light, brief shower of snow or gust of wind, fluster
Dominating the screen in a [flurry] of aggressive method acting, Gallo makes no attempt to make his hateful loser of a protagonist the least bit sympathetic
tempestuous
squall
a sudden, violent gust of wind, often accompanied by rain, snow, or sleet
There was an [angry] squall from the bedroom.
then the horrific photo above came crashing atop our Sunday hangover like a [white] squall.
gale
We're in the middle of a fucking gale.
buoy
jettison
flotsam
floating debris made up of the wreckage of ship and its cargo
jetsam
debris they [jettison] in hopes of saving the ship
They share excitement in flotsam and jetsam and delight in examining assorted sea creatures, and it's sad when the girl's parents take her off to live in Japan.
hulk
the body of an old or dismantled ship
loom in bulky form, appear as a large, massive bulk (often followed by up)
as ace lenser Maryse Alberti's camera relentlessly follows around aging wrestler Randy "the Ram" Robinson from the back, dyed-blond hair and hulking [body] before fully revealing his [mottled], [puffy] face.
Writer/director Brad Anderson, known for the charming indie romantic comedy Next Stop, Wonderland, found his inspiration for Session 9 in the hulking [presence] of the abandoned Danvers Mental Hospital in Massachusetts.
。造船
punt
We should all go and spend a weekend in Oxford. Straw boaters, punting, cream teas... Boats. ... antiquarian book shops. 平底船
dirigible
everything does come together as the surviving characters converge at the launch party for the Baron's new [dirigible].
dinghy
skiff
I thought we were gonna take that skiff out for a spin.
kayak
Your kayak was a dead ship! I almost went down in it.
schooner
The island's holy man takes the girl away in his [schooner].
If you stare at this poster for a few seconds, a hidden picture appears. Wow, it's a schooner! (雙桅以上的) 縱帆船
sampan
Then, he asked me out in a sampan with him.
keel
hull
A chicken just break the hull buts. Such matter certainly happened in your childhood. (果、實等的) 皮,殼,莢,蒂
prow & stern
We are all on a voyage through life, but sometimes we even forget we're on a ship. Not these two. I see them standing side by side, leaning on a rail at the [stern], focusing on the departure of the waves.
davit
mast
I'm an excellent sailor. The mast broke.
bilge
lurch
career
race at full speed
careen
from side to side, as though out of control
The wagon careened wildly [down] the hill.
We know they are careening [toward] disaster. We cannot look away.
As the kidnapping careens [out] of control, Harry's involvement follows the same trajectory.
The drunk and furious Michael careens his [car] down a country road while blaming his wife for everything.
The simple murder plot goes [haywire], and Michel's corpse disappears, prompting strange rumors of his reappearance which grow more and more substantial as the film careens wildly [towards] its breathless [conclusion].
tack
Joe hammered a [tack] into the wall to hang a picture.
The sailing ship was [tacking]
tact
A [diplomat] must have [tact]
maxim
rudder
His [ideas] provided a rudder for the new company.
but this [rudde]rless adaptation never gets a [firm] grip on the author's deadpan tone or episodic narrative style.
"Lonesome Jim" is a [seriocomedy] starring Casey Affleck as a [rudderless] young man returned to his boring native Indiana burg.
gimbals
You're gonna go back to Santa land. Okay. Yeah, why don't you go back to gimbals?【海】平衡環 (使羅盤針保持平衡)
demurrage
moor
but bewildered Richard is badly [un]moored
but the lack of [moorings] has the predictable effect of leaving the viewer [adrift],
berth
I want to see the rooms, the private ones. I've seen berths. I've slept in two uppers and one lower with papa. 停泊處,錨位 (火車、船等的) 舖位,坐位
bier
pier
Hurt, playing a cocky but lazy lawyer named Ned Racine, is strolling on a [pier] where an exhausted band is listlessly playing.
marina
You sure you got the job at the marina?
I've always thought that night at the marina was truly Mick's graduation ceremony. I mean, he showed mercy
wharf
Smells like a wharf nut here.
haven
The Bergman Foundation is banging the drum, trying to collect enough money to buy the site and turn it into a [haven] for aspiring filmmakers and other artists.
raffish
mildly or sometimes engagingly disreputable or nonconformist, rakish
Bess is to marry Jan, a [raffish] adventurer who works on a North Sea oil rig.
gaudily vulgar or cheap, tawdry
rakish
(of a vessel) having an appearance suggesting speed.
a hat worn at a rakish [angle]. (jaunty)
the goofy but rakishly [charming] Chad Faust. (dissolute)
The Italian Job is a quick, fun celebration of British ingenuity and wit. Its style is fast, [gaudy], and hilarious; its players are clever, [flippant], and [rakish].
Feeling that her own relation with her father will be [disrupted] by Kerr's presence, Seberg does her [malicious] best to break up the relationship--only to be beaten to the [punch] by Niven, who despite his promises of fidelity [to] Kerr cannot give up his [hedonistic] lifestyle.
The combination of the daughter's [disdain] and the father's [rakishness] drive Kerr to suicide. Niven and Seberg continue pursuing their [lavish] but empty lifestyle, though both realize that their lack of moral fibre has destroyed a life.
regatta
Von Slonker met her when he came to Edgartown for the regatta.
broadside
[fire] a broadside at the pirates
The [reviewer] leveled a broadside at the novel.
flotilla
Winston Churchill once said that this film had done more for the war effort than a [flotilla] of destroyers.
spinnaker
He figured anyone who knew|what a spinnaker was had to be a saint. 大三角帆 (順風用)
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