List-39 Flashcards
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aluminum
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- *n. 铝
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- a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
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anticipate
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- *vt. 预期,期望;占先,抢先;提前使用
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- regard something as probable or likely
- act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
- realize beforehand
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
- be excited or anxious about
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assortment
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- *n. 分类;混合物
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- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
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assume
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- *vt. 承担;假定;采取;呈现
vi. 装腔作势;多管闲事 - ——————————————**
- take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- take on as one’s own the expenses or debts of another person
- occupy or take on
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automobile
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n. 汽车
vt. 驾驶汽车
[ 过去式 automobiled 过去分词 automobiled 现在分词 automobiling
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- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- travel in an automobile
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beaver
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- *n. 海狸;海狸皮毛
n. (Beaver)人名;(英)比弗 - ——————————————**
- the soft brown fur of the beaver
- a native or resident of Oregon
- a full beard
- a man’s hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
- a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
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blizzard
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- *n. 暴风雪,大风雪;大打击
vi. 下暴风雪
n. (Blizzard)人名;(英)布利泽德 - ——————————————**
- a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
- a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
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blues
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- *n. 忧郁布鲁斯歌曲;蓝色物(blue的复数)
v. 把…染成蓝色(blue的第三人称单数) - ——————————————**
- a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
- a state of depression
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brush
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- *n. 刷子;画笔;毛笔;争吵;与某人有效冲突;灌木丛地带;矮树丛;狐狸尾巴
vt. 刷;画;
vi. 刷;擦过;掠过;(经过时)轻触 - ——————————————**
- a dense growth of bushes
- an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
- momentary contact
- conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
- a minor short-term fight
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by-product
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- *n. 副产品;附带产生的结果;意外收获
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- a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
- a product made during the manufacture of something else
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cabinet
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- *n. 内阁;橱柜;展览艺术品的小陈列室
adj. 内阁的;私下的,秘密的 - ——————————————**
- a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
- persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
- a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
- housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
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chapel
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- *n. 小礼拜堂,小教堂;礼拜
adj. 非国教的
n. (Chapel)人名;(法)沙佩尔;(英)查普尔 - ——————————————**
- a place of worship that has its own altar
- a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar
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comedy
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- *n. 喜剧;喜剧性;有趣的事情
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- light and humorous drama with a happy ending
- a comic incident or series of incidents
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completion
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- *n. 完成,结束;实现
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- (American football) a successful forward pass in football
- a concluding action
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coral
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- *n. 珊瑚;珊瑚虫
adj. 珊瑚的;珊瑚色的
n. (Coral)人名;(英、法、西、葡)科拉尔 - ——————————————**
- a variable color averaging a deep pink
- the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
- unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces
- marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
- of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color
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declare
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- *vt. 宣布,声明;断言,宣称
vi. 声明,宣布 - ——————————————**
- state emphatically and authoritatively
- announce publicly or officially
- state firmly
- declare to be
- authorize payments of
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demobilize
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- *vt. 遣散;使复员;使退伍(demobilise)
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- release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
- retire from military service
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devoid
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- *adj. 缺乏的;全无的
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- completely lacking
- completely wanting or lacking
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dilemma
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- *n. 困境;进退两难;两刀论法
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- state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
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dwarf
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- *vi. 变矮小
n. 侏儒,矮子
vt. 使矮小
adj. 矮小的 - ——————————————**
- a person who is markedly small
- a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
- make appear small by comparison
- check the growth of
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elevate
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- *vt. 提升;举起;振奋情绪等;提升…的职位
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- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- raise in rank or condition
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emerge
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- *vi. 浮现;摆脱;暴露
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- come out into view, as from concealment
- come out of
- become known or apparent
- come up to the surface of or rise
- happen or occur as a result of something
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encase
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- *vt. 包住;围绕;包装
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- enclose in, or as if in, a case
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encompass
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- *vt. 包含;包围,环绕;完成
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- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one’s sphere or territory
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epoch
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- *n. [地质] 世;新纪元;新时代;时间上的一点
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- a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- (astronomy) the precise date that is the point of reference for which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is referred
- a unit of geological time
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essence
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- *n. 本质,实质;精华;香精
n. (Essence)人名;(英)埃森丝 - ——————————————**
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
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exact
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- *adj. 准确的,精密的;精确的
vt. 要求;强求;急需
vi. 勒索钱财 - ——————————————**
- claim as due or just
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
- (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct
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exempt
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- *vt. 免除;豁免
adj. 被免除的;被豁免的
n. 免税者;被免除义务者 - ——————————————**
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- grant exemption or release to
- (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject
- (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation
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fountain
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- *n. 喷泉,泉水;源泉
n. (Fountain)人名;(英)方丹 - ——————————————**
- a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
- a natural flow of ground water
- an artificially produced flow of water
- a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
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generate
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- *vt. 使形成;发生;生殖
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- bring into existence
- give or supply
- produce (energy)
- make children
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glamorous
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- *adj. 迷人的,富有魅力的
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- having an air of allure, romance and excitement