ESL杰夫的一天 第113期:睡前准备和睡觉讲解(5)

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To hamper someone means to get in their way — to prevent them from doing something. “To hamper someone”的意思是“阻碍某人”——阻止某人做某事。

But as a noun, a hamper, or a clothes hamper, 但是作为名词，“a hamper”或“a clothes hamper”，

is a place, usually it's a big plastic box with a top on it, or it could be made of wood, and that's where you put your dirty clothes. 指的是一个地方，通常它是有盖的大塑料箱子，它也有可能是木制的，那是你放脏衣服的地方。

And then, at some point during the week, I hope, you wash your clothes so you can have clean clothes again. 然后，我希望在一周的某一天你会洗你的衣服，这样你又能有干净的衣服穿了。

Unless, of course, you're not married, in which case, if you are a man and single, you may not wash your clothes that much. 当然，如果你没有结婚，那样的话，如果你是单身男士，你可能并不会经常洗衣服。

Well, I have "my dirty clothes in my hamper," and since I don't have any clothes on, remember I have undressed, "I put on my pajamas²." 嗯，我把“脏衣服放进脏衣篮里，”因为我一丝不挂，我把衣服脱了，所以“我穿上了睡衣。”

Pajamas, "pajamas," are sometimes abbreviated³ as PJs, "PJ" PJs. 睡衣（pajamas）有时缩写为“PJs”.

Your pajamas, or PJs, are the clothes that you wear when you are going to bed. 睡衣或“PJs”是睡觉时穿的衣服。

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