List 39 Flashcards
quay
quay N. /码头/dock; landing place. Because of the captain’s carelessness, the ship crashed into the quay.
queasy
queasyADJ. /神经质的,洁癖的;易呕吐的/easily nauseated; squeamish. Remember that great chase movie, the one with the carsick passenger? That’s right: Queasy Rider!
quell
quellV. /扑灭;镇压;平息/extinguish; put down; quiet. Miss Minchin’s demeanor was so stern and forbidding that she could quell any unrest among her students with one intimidating glance.
quench
quenchV. /弄湿;扑灭;熄灭;淬火/douse or extinguish; assuage or satisfy. No matter how much water the hiker drank, she could not quench her thirst.
querulous
querulousADJ. /鸣不平的;易发牢骚的/fretful; whining. Even the most agreeable toddlers can begin to act querulous if they miss their nap.
quibble
quibbleN. /遁词;狡辩;支吾;吹毛求疵/minor objection or complaint. Aside from a few hundred teensy-weensy quibbles about the set, the script, the actors, the director, the costumes, the lighting, and the props, the hypercritical critic loved the play. alsoV.
quip
quipN. /嘲弄;讽刺/taunt. You are unpopular because you are too free with your quips and sarcastic comments. alsoV.
quiver
quiverV. /振动的;颤抖的;敏捷的/tremble; shake. The bird dog’s nose twitched and his whiskers quivered as he strained eagerly against the leash. also N.
quiver
quiver N. /射箭的/case for arrows. Robin Hood reached back and plucked one last arrow from his quiver. (secondary meaning)
quixotic
quixoticADJ. /空想的;狂想的/idealistic but impractical. Constantly coming up with quixotic, unworkable schemes to save the world, Simon has his heart in the right place, but his head somewhere in the clouds.
quorum
quorumN. /法定人数/number of members necessary to conduct a meeting. The senator asked for a roll call to determine whether a quorum was present.
rabid
rabidADJ. /狂暴的;激烈的/like a fanatic; furious. He was a rabid follower of the Dodgers and watched them play whenever he could go to the ball park.
raconteur
raconteurN. /善谈的人;满肚子故事的人/storyteller. My father was a gifted raconteur with an unlimited supply of anecdotes.
rail
railV. /责骂;斥责;咆哮/scold; rant. You may rail at him all you want; you will never change him.
raiment
raimentN. /衣服/clothing. “How can I go to the ball?” asked Cinderella. “I have no raiment fit to wear.”
rally
rallyV. /复原,恢复;召集,集合/call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate. Washington quickly rallied his troops to fight off the British attack. The patient had been sinking throughout the night, but at dawn she rallied and made a complete recovery.
ramble
rambleV. /游荡;漫无目的游荡/wander aimlessly (physically or mentally). Listening to the teacher ramble, Judy wondered whether he’d ever get to his point.
ramification
ramificationN. /分支;分叉/branching out; subdivision. We must examine all the ramifications of this problem.
ramify
ramifyV. /分支;分开/divide into branches or subdivisions. When the plant begins to ramify, it is advisable to nip off most of the new branches.
ramp
rampN. /斜面;斜坡/slope; inclined plane. The house was built with ramps instead of stairs in order to enable the man in the wheelchair to move easily from room to room and floor to floor.