(Penny snores)

Sheldon: You might want to speak in a lower register.

Leonard: What?

Sheldon: Evolution has made women sensitive to high pitched noises while they sleep, so that they’ll be roused by a crying baby. If you want to avoid waking her, speak in a lower register.

Leonard: That’s ridiculous. (Penny snores again.)

Sheldon: No, (lowering his voice dramatically,) that’s ridiculous.

Leonard (doing likewise): Fine. I accept your premise, now please let’s go.

Sheldon: I am not leaving until I’m done.

Leonard: O-o-o-oh! (Collapses against wall).

Sheldon: If you have time to lean, you have time to clean.

Leonard: Oh, what the hell.

register
【釋】音域
【例】in the upper/middle/lower register在高或低音域

high-pitched
【釋】聲調(diào)高的；聲音尖銳的
【例】Her high -pitched shriek voice assaulted my ears over the phone .
一接聽(tīng)電話(huà)，她那高昂尖銳的聲音馬上襲擊我的耳朵。

roused by
【釋】被吵醒,被驚醒
【例】I was roused by the ringing of a bell.
我被鈴聲驚醒了。

作者@MJE美劇口語(yǔ)聯(lián)盟