27-2 Flashcards
vulnerable
易受攻击的,脆弱的:open to attack
waddle
摇摇摆摆地走:tilt the body from side to side
waffle
胡扯:talk foolishly
waft
飘荡,漂浮:float
wag
诙谐幽默的人:humorous;摆动:move to and fro or up and down
wan
苍白的,病态的:poor health
wanderlust
旅游癖:impulse to travel
wane
减少,衰退,降低:decrease
want
短缺:lacking;渴望:desire
warmonger
好战者:urges war
warp
使偏向:turn;扭曲,变形:twist;曲解:alter the meaning
warrant
向…保证质量:assume responsibility for the satisfactory quality;批准,认可:give official acceptance
wary
小心的,机警的,谨慎的:caution
wastrel
肆意挥霍的人,败家子:expends self-indulgently
watershed
重要关头,分水岭:turning point
wax
月亮渐满:increase in phase of the moon;用蜡涂、处理或上光:coat;增大,增强:increase
waylay
埋伏,伏击:attack
welter
混乱,动乱:disorder
wheedle
(用花言巧语)诱惑,哄骗:persuade by flattery
whet
磨快:sharpen
whiff
微风:slight gust;细微的信号,轻微痕迹:imperceptible sign
whimsical
反复无常的:sudden illogical changes
wholesome
有益身心健康的:promoting health
wicked
邪恶的:morally bad
wince
畏缩:shrink back from pain
windbag
健谈的人:talkative
windy
冗长的:verbosity
winsome
迷人的,漂亮的:pleasing and engaging
wit
机智,智慧:ability to understand;智者,有智慧的人:intelligence
withdraw
撤退:take back
wither
枯萎,凋谢:become sapless
withhold
抑制;扣压,不给予:refrain from giving
wizen
(使)凋谢,(使)枯萎:become wrinkled;凋谢的,枯萎的:dried up
wobble
摇晃,颤抖:move or proceed unsteadily;犹豫不决:show uncertainty
worldly
世间的,世俗的:rather than spiritual;老练的:experienced
worship
崇拜,敬仰:respect;崇拜,膜拜:offer honor or respect
wrangle
纷争,争端:differing opinions;争吵:quarrel
wretched
极差的:poor in quality;沮丧的:dejected
wry
扭曲的:twisted, bent;坚持错误的:stubborn to wrong
xenophobe
仇视(或畏惧)外国人(或外国事物)者:fearful of what is foreign
yoke
连接:become joined
yokel
乡下人,天真纯朴的人:inhabitant of a rural area
zeal
热心,热诚:enthusiastic devotion
zealot
狂热者:a fanatical partisan
zenith
最高点,巅峰:culminating
zesty
刺激的,开胃的:piquant
abreast
并排地:in line;熟知的:knowledge of recent developments
absent
未出现的,缺乏的:not present;不专心的,走神的:lost in thought
acclaim
称赞:public acknowledgment or admiration;赞扬,赞颂:approval
accomplish
实现,完成:completion