Day 3

How paradoxical that the world’s greatest chefs have all been men! Cooking would clearly seem to be a field that lies exclusively within women’s realm, yet the annals of cookery are replete with masculine names: Brillat Savarin, Ritz, Diat, Larousse. To compound the puzzle, there has rarely been a tinge of rumor or scandal casting doubts on the masculinity of these heroes of cuisine.

paradox

• a statement which involves two or more facts that contradict each other

realm

• a general area of knowledge, activity, or interest

• (literary) a country ruled by a king or queue

annals

• historical records

很明显这个词跟 annual 是同源的，表示一年又一年产生的记录，现在就指历史上的记录，或者用在学术领域作年鉴的意思，例如医学年鉴

要注意必须以复数形式出现，而且不要漏看或漏写了一个 n…

compound

• to make a difficult situation worse by adding more problems

作为专有名词出现的时候都很熟悉啦，在化学上有化合物的意思，在语言学上有复合词的意思。但作为动词的时候是增加、加剧的意思，特别指让不好的情况变得更坏

tinge

• a slight amount of a color, emotion, or quality

表示一点点、一丝丝，用来形容颜色、情感或品质

最初只是动词染上淡淡的颜色的意思 (late 15c., “to dye, color slightly”)，来自于拉丁语 tingere “to dye, color”