常見名詞當動詞用

Question 1

balloon

Answer 1

balloon [bəˈlun]
(v) 迅速增加 (常指價格)
(MW1) to become bigger quickly
(MW2) to increase rapidly <ballooning prices >
[例] the ballooning costs of education
[解] balloon 與價格並用，proliferate 也是 “數量迅速增加”，如核武擴散 nuclear proliferation。Ÿ

Question 2

duck

Answer 2

duck [dʌk]
(v) 蹲下以閃躲
(MW1) to lower your head or bodysuddenly to avoid being seenor hit
(MW2) to lower the head or bodysuddenly: DODGE
[例] He ducked his head so they wouldn’t see him.
[解] dodge“閃躲”，dodgeball “躲避球”。

Question 3

inch

Answer 3

inch [ɪntʃ]
(v) 緩慢移動
(MW1) to move very slowly or bya small amount in a specified direction or manner
(MW2) progress slowly <thelong line of people inching up the stairs >
[例] We inched along in heavy traffic.Ÿ

Question 4

buffet

Answer 4

buffet [ˈbʌfɪt]
(v) 持續擊打(指壞天氣)
(MW1) to hit (something) with great force many times
(MW2) to strike repeatedly: BATTER <thewaves buffeted the shore >
[例] The strong winds buffeted the ship.
[解] buffet 與 batter 用於壞天氣，如颱風 (typhoon) 、颶風 (hurricane) 過境，帶來大量風雨衝擊陸 地，英文裡用“擊打”這個概念稱之。另一個用於“壞天氣轉好”的動詞 abate (v) 減輕，也來自 相同概念：a (not) + bat (strike) ，不再擊打故 “減輕”。動詞裡的重複子音，如 bu “ff” et、ba “tt” er、cha “tt” er、twi “tt”er，都表“動作持續”的概念。

Question 5

smart

Answer 5

smart [smɑrt]
(v) 刺痛
(MW1) to feel a sudden sharppain
(MW2) to cause or bethe cause or seat ofa sharpstinging pain; also: to feel orhave such a pain <a smarting pain >
[例] Her eyeswere smarting from thesmoke.Ÿ

Question 6

weather

Answer 6

weather [ˈwɛðɚ]
(v) 度過 (指危機、難關)
(MW1) to deal with orexperience (something dangerousor unpleasant) without being harmedor damaged too much
(MW2) to bear upagainst and come safely through <weather astorm > <weather a crisis >
[例] He has weathered the criticism well.
[解] 原意是指 “度過” 壞天氣，引申為 “度過” 危機、難關。