List 21 Flashcards

Question

gentry

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gentryN. /贵族/people of standing; class of people just below nobility. The local gentry did not welcome the visits of the summer tourists and tried to ignore their presence in the community.

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germaneADJ. /密切相关/pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand. The judge refused to allow the testimony to be heard by the jury because it was not germane to the case.

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germinalADJ. /未成熟的，幼芽的/pertaining to a germ; creative. Such an idea is germinal, I am certain that it will influence thinkers and philosophers for many generations.

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germinateV. /发芽/cause to sprout; sprout. After the seeds germinate and develop their permanent leaves, the plants may be removed from the cold frames and transplanted to the garden.

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gesticulationN. /动作；手势/motion; gesture. Operatic performers are trained to make exaggerated gesticulations because of the large auditoriums in which they appear.

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ghastlyADJ. /恐怖的/horrible. The murdered man was a ghastly sight.

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gibberishN. /胡话；嘟囔/nonsense; babbling. Did you hear that fool boy spouting gibberish about monsters from outer space? gibber,V.

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gibeV. /嘲笑/mock. As you gibe at their superstitious beliefs, do you realize that you, too, are guilty of similarly foolish thoughts?

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giddyADJ. /眼花缭乱/light-hearted; dizzy. He felt his giddy youth was past.

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gingerlyADV. /小心翼翼地/very carefully. To separate egg whites, first crack the egg gingerly.

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girthN. /方圆；周围环境/distance around something; circumference. It took an extra-large cummerbund to fit around Andrew Carnegie's considerable girth.

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gistN. /精华/essence. She was asked to give the gist of the essay in two sentences.

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glacialADJ. /冰河的，冰川的/like a glacier; extremely cold. Never a warm person, when offended John could seem positively glacial.

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glibADJ. /光滑，柔顺；口齿伶俐，圆滑/fluent; facile; slick. Keeping up a steady patter to entertain his customers, the kitchen gadget salesman was a glib speaker, never at a loss for a word.

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gloatV. /垂涎；幸灾乐祸，洋洋得意/express evil satisfaction; view malevolently. As you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think of the many victims you have defrauded?

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glossaryN. /词汇表/brief explanation of words used in the text. I have found the glossary in this book very useful; it has eliminated many trips to the dictionary.

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gloss overV. /掩盖/explain away. No matter how hard he tried to talk around the issue, President Bush could not gloss over the fact that he had raised taxes after all.

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glowerV. /瞪着，愤怒的看着/scowl. The angry boy glowered at his father.

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glutV. /充斥；过量/overstock; fill to excess. The many manufacturers glutted the market and could not find purchasers for the excess articles they had produced. also N.

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gluttonN. /暴饮暴食者，饭桶/someone who eats too much. When Mother saw that Bobby had eaten all the cookies, she called him a little glutton. gluttonous,ADJ.

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gnarledADJ. /扭曲/twisted. The gnarled oak tree had been a landmark for years and was mentioned in several deeds.

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gnome N. /地精；小矮人；土地公公/dwarf; underground spirit. In medieval mythology, gnomes were the special guardians and inhabitants of subterranean mines.

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goadV. /刺激；激励；驱策/urge on. He was goaded by his friends until he yielded to their wishes. also N.

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gorgeN. /峡谷/small, steep-walled canyon. The white-water rafting guide warned us about the rapids farther downstream, where the river cut through a narrow gorge.

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gorgeV. /狼吞虎咽/stuff oneself. The gluttonous guest gorged himself with food as though he had not eaten for days.

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goryADJ. /血腥的/bloody. The audience shuddered as they listened to the details of the gory massacre.