linguistic class codes

Question 1

class-obsessed

Answer 1

迷恋阶级的

Question 2

pertinent

Answer 2

a. 有关的

Question 3

global positioning statellite

Answer 3

全球定位卫星

Question 4

terminology

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n. 术语

Question 5

consonant

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n. 辅音

Question 6

glottal

Answer 6

a./n. 声门音（的）

Question 7

kettle

Answer 7

n. 水壶

Question 8

vowel

Answer 8

n. 元音

Question 9

abbreviate

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v. 缩写；压缩

Question 10

aloof

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a. 冷漠的

Question 11

elongate

Answer 11

v. 拉长

Question 12

prostate gland

Answer 12

前列腺

Question 13

the uninitiated

Answer 13

缺乏经验的人

Question 14

pronoun-phobia

Answer 14

代词恐惧症

Question 15

haw-haw tones

Answer 15

哈哈声

Question 16

snobby

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a. 势力的

Question 17

lapse into

Answer 17

陷入；倒退为

Question 18

mealy-mouthed

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a. 不直爽的；说话拐弯抹角的

Question 19

euphemism

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n. 委婉语

Question 20

outdated

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a. 过时的

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shibboleth

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n. 过时习俗；过时信仰

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binary

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a. 二元的

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infallible

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a. 无误的；绝对可靠的

Question 24

bleep

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n. （电子仪器发出的）短促响亮的声音，哔哔声

v. 发哔哔声；打（某人的）传呼机

Question 25

posh

Answer 25

a. 时髦的

Question 26

flinch

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v. 畏缩

Question 27

social climber

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攀附权贵借以挤入上流社会的人；趋炎附势向上爬的人

Question 28

jocular

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a. 诙谐的

Question 29

eschew

Answer 29

v. 回避

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genteel

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a. 文雅的

Question 31

squeamish

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a./n. 易心烦意乱的（人）；神经脆弱的（人）

Question 32

irredeemably

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ad. 无法补救地

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hallmark

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n. 标志

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echelon

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n. 职权的等级；阶层；（士兵、飞机等的）梯队

Question 35

explicit

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a. 明确的

Question 36

scone

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n. 烤饼

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upholster

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v. 装潢

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settee

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n. 长椅

Question 39

sorbet

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n. 冰糕