Penny: So… Klingon boggle?

Leonard: Yeah, it’s like regular boggle but, in Klingon. That’s probably enough about us, tell us about you.

Penny: Um, me, okay, I’m Sagittarius, which probably tells you way more than you need to know.

Sheldon: Yes, it tells us that you participate in the mass cultural delusion?that the Sun’s apparent position relative to arbitrarily defined constellations?and the time of your birth somehow effects your personality.

Penny: Participate in the what?

Leonard: I think what Sheldon’s trying to say, is that Sagittarius wouldn’t have been our first guess.

Penny: Oh, yeah, a lot of people think I’m a water sign. Okay, let’s see, what else, oh, I’m a vegetarian, oh, except for fish, and the occasional steak, I love steak.

Sheldon: That’s interesting. Leonard can’t process corn.

Boggle
【釋】a game which is played using a plastic grid of lettered dice, in which players attempt to find words in sequences of adjacent letters.(wikipedia)外國人常玩的一種文字拼詞游戲

Sagitarrius
【釋】Sagittarius is the ninth astrological in the Zodiac
射手座

Delusion
【釋】an idea or belief that is not true (Bing)
錯覺
【例】He has delusions about how much money he can make at that job.(Merriam-learner’s)
他顯然是過高地估計了他能在那份工作上賺到的錢。
【例】The delusion that Mr.Darcy is a super arrogant man biased Elizabeth against him.(自造)
Elizabeth錯誤以為Darcy先生很自負,這讓她對他產(chǎn)生了偏見。

Constellation
【釋】a group of stars that forms a particular shape in the sky and has been given a name (Merriam-learner’s)
星座

I think what Sheldon’s trying to say, is that
【釋】a subjective clause that is used to illustrate another person’s point, and to some extent, rationalize and make up for his or her falt. (自造)
表示解釋,補充別人說話的意思的句型
【例】I think what Jane’s trying to say, is that she takes you as a reliable friend. (自造)
我想Jane的意思是,她把你當真朋友。
【例】I think what they are trying to say is that, nerds are not welcome here, we’d better leave now.
我想他們的意思是,書呆子不受歡迎,咱們還是走吧。

Water sign
【釋】Water signs include 3 zodic signs that have water element in them. They are: Pisces雙魚座,Cancer巨蟹座,Scorpio天蝎座

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