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–noun, plural pis. 

1. the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π). 

2. the consonant sound represented by this letter. 

3. Mathematics. 

a. the letter π, used as the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. (直徑)

b. the ratio itself: 3.141592+.  

 

–noun 

1. printing types mixed together indiscriminately.  

2. 

any confused mixture; jumble. (混亂)



–verb (used with object) 

3. to [reduce] (printing types) to a state of confusion. 

4. to jumble.  



Also, pie.





　

Then, thanks to Adrian (Marcus Patrick)—a magnetic, omnisexual pied piper of club life with a palpable dark vibe— she falls into an escapist [spiral] of drugs and sex, a free fall that is artily rendered by writer-director Talia Lugacy.





mottle 

(to mark or diversify with spots or blotches, 斑駁是也)

In this, he's helped [immensely] by the mottl[ed] [palette] 

and over-the-shoulder intensity of Harris Savides's camerawork, which turns a shallow depth of field into existential near-panic. 

tarnish 

(to dull the luster of a metallic surface, esp. by oxidation, 氧化是也)

The scandal [tarnished] his [reputation].  

grime

(dirt, soot adhering or embedded in a surface, 表面頑垢是也)

the metropolis’s daily [grind] and ’70s [grime] 

is so well captured by director Joseph Sargent viewers practically suffer the [screeches] and the subway smells.

sully 

that her liberat[ed] behavior with an Italian admirer may [sully] her [reputation] in aristocratic circles. 

Dingy