experimentation may be overrated

Jenny and Elise were still kissing when Rufus called.
 Ring, ring! ?Shit!? Jenny threw Elise off of her, leaped off the couch, and sprinted¹ into the kitchen. It wasn?t like anyone could see them, but she still felt like she?d been caught doing something incredibly embarrassing. ?Everything okay?? Rufus growled² cheerfully into the phone. ?I?m stuck down here with Max and Lyle and the rest of these losers. The snow?s a bitch.? Rufus spent most Friday nights down in the East Village at an old bar with his Communist writer friends. He sounded jolly, the way he always sounded when he?d had two or three glasses of red wine. ?You girls staying out of trouble??  Jenny blushed. ?Uh-huh.? ?Well, tell that friend of yours to stay put. No one in their right mind should try to get anywhere tonight.? Jenny nodded. ?Okay.? She?d been kind of hoping Elise would go home so she could take a hot bath and collect her thoughts, but she couldn?t very well ask her to leave when there were four feet of snow on the ground and it was still coming down. ?I?ll see you later, Daddy,? she said, almost wishing she could tell him how confused she was about what had just happened. She might have been a budding artist but that didn?t mean she had to experimentall the time. Jenny hung up the phone. ?So what should we do now?? Elise asked, wandering into the kitchen with her jeans still unbuttoned. She separated an Oreo and licked the cream out of the inside. Elise seemed to be hinting that she was ready to move on to the next chapter inThis Is My Body for Women , but noway was Jenny going to find out what that entailed³. She faked a yawn. ?Dad says he?s coming home soon,? she lied. ?I?m kind of tired anyway.? She glanced out the kitchen window. Everything was white and the snow was still falling. It looked like the end of the world. ?Come on.? She led the way to her bedroom. ?Dad wants you to stay over.? All she had was a single bed that she was definitely not sharing with Elise. Not when Elise was so . . .horny and unpredictable. ?You can sleep on my bed and I?ll sleep on the sofa.? ?Okay,? Elise replied dubiously⁴. ?I better call my mom. You?re not mad at me are you?? ?Mad?? Jenny repeated casually⁵. ?Why would I be mad?? She pulled open her dresser drawer and handed Elise an oversized T-shirt and a pair of sweatpants. ?Sleep in these,? she directed. Otherwise Elise might decide to sleep in the nude⁶, which would be very uncool, especially if Rufus came home later that night and barged into Jenny?s room to give a senseless sermon on the meaning of life, as he was sometimes known to do when he?d drunk too much wine. She pulled out some pajamas⁷ for herself and closed the drawer. ?I?m going to take a shower. You can use my cell phone if you want to call your mom.? Elise took the clothes and gazed up at the paintings on Jenny?s wall. Over the bed was one of the Humphreys? cat, Marx, dozing⁸ on the stove, painted in thick oils. Marx was a deep turquoise⁹ color, and the stove was red. Near the window was a self-portrait of Jenny?s feet, with her toenails painted orange and the bones in her feet painted blue. ?You?re really good.? Elise slipped her jeans down over her knees. ?Don?t you want to finish my portrait?? Jenny grabbed her pink terrycloth bathrobe from the hook on the back of her door. ?Not tonight,? she responded, quickly heading down the hall to the bathroom. She?d take a long, hot shower, and hopefully by the time she came out Elise would be asleep. Tomorrow they would eat their Eggos and go sledding in the park and goof¹⁰ around like normal girls. No more experimentation¹¹. As far as Jenny was concerned, experimentation was completely overrated.

1 sprinted   

v.短距离疾跑( sprint的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He sprinted for the line. 他向终点线冲去。
• Sergeant Horne sprinted to the car. 霍恩中士全力冲向那辆汽车。 来自辞典例句

2 growled   

v.（动物）发狺狺声， （雷）作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 )；低声咆哮着说

参考例句：

• \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道：“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 entailed   

使…成为必要( entail的过去式和过去分词 )； 需要； 限定继承； 使必需

参考例句：

• The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son. 城堡和土地限定由长子继承。
• The house and estate are entailed on the eldest daughter. 这所房子和地产限定由长女继承。

4 dubiously   

adv.可疑地，怀疑地

参考例句：

• "What does he have to do?" queried Chin dubiously. “他有什么心事？”琴向觉民问道，她的脸上现出疑惑不解的神情。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• He walked out fast, leaving the head waiter staring dubiously at the flimsy blue paper. 他很快地走出去，撇下侍者头儿半信半疑地瞪着这张薄薄的蓝纸。 来自辞典例句

5 casually   

adv.漠不关心地，无动于衷地，不负责任地

参考例句：

• She remarked casually that she was changing her job.她当时漫不经心地说要换工作。
• I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.我不经意地提到我可能会对出国工作感兴趣。

6 nude   

adj.裸体的；n.裸体者，裸体艺术品

参考例句：

• It's a painting of the Duchess of Alba in the nude.这是一幅阿尔巴公爵夫人的裸体肖像画。
• She doesn't like nude swimming.她不喜欢裸泳。

7 pajamas   

n.睡衣裤

参考例句：

• At bedtime,I take off my clothes and put on my pajamas.睡觉时，我脱去衣服，换上睡衣。
• He was wearing striped pajamas.他穿着带条纹的睡衣裤。

8 dozing   

v.打瞌睡,假寐 n.瞌睡

参考例句：

• The economy shows no signs of faltering. 经济没有衰退的迹象。
• He never falters in his determination. 他的决心从不动摇。

9 turquoise   

n.绿宝石；adj.蓝绿色的

参考例句：

• She wore a string of turquoise round her neck.她脖子上戴着一串绿宝石。
• The women have elaborate necklaces of turquoise.那些女人戴着由绿松石制成的精美项链。

10 goof   

v.弄糟；闲混；n.呆瓜

参考例句：

• We goofed last week at the end of our interview with singer Annie Ross.上周我们采访歌手安妮·罗斯，结果到快结束时犯了个愚蠢的错误。
• You will never be good students so long as you goof around.如果你们成天游手好闲，就永远也成不了好学生。

11 experimentation   

n.实验，试验，实验法

参考例句：

• Many people object to experimentation on animals.许多人反对用动物做实验。
• Study and analysis are likely to be far cheaper than experimentation.研究和分析的费用可能要比实验少得多。