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.
rampant
rampantADJ. /猖獗的；滋生的；猛烈的/growing in profusion; unrestrained. The rampant weeds in the garden choked the flowers until they died.
ramshackle
ramshackleADJ. /摇摆的；摇摇欲坠的/rickety; falling apart. The boys propped up the ramshackle clubhouse with a couple of boards.
rancid
rancidADJ. /油脂一样腐臭的/having the odor of stale fat. A rancid odor filled the ship’s galley and nauseated the crew.
rant
rantV. /咆哮；激昂的演说；斥责/rave; talk excitedly; scold; make a grandiloquent speech. When he heard that I’d totaled the family car, Dad began to rant at me like a complete madman.
rapacious
rapaciousADJ. /极度贪婪的；捕食的；掠夺的/excessively greedy; predatory. The rapacious brigands stripped the villagers of all their possessions. rapacity, N.
rapport
rapport N. /情感的亲近；和谐/emotional closeness; harmony. In team teaching, it is important that all teachers in the group have good rapport with one another.
rapt
raptADJ. /迷住的；全神贯注的/absorbed; enchanted. Caught up in the wonder of the storyteller’s tale, the rapt listeners sat motionless, hanging on his every word.
rarefied
rarefiedADJ. /稀释（气体）/made less dense (of a gas]. The mountain climbers had difficulty breathing in the rarefied atmosphere. rarefy,V.
raspy
raspyADJ. /刺耳的；焦躁的/grating; harsh. The sergeant’s raspy voice grated on the recruits’ ears.
ratify
ratifyV. /批准，认可/approve formally; confirm; verify. Party leaders doubted that they had enough votes in both houses of Congress to ratify the constitutional amendment.
ratiocination
ratiocinationN. /推理；推论/reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises. While Watson was a man of average intelligence, Holmes was a genius, whose gift for ratiocination made him a superb detective.
raucous
raucousADJ. /沙哑的/harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous. The raucous crowd of New Year’s Eve revelers got progressively noisier as midnight drew near.
rave
raveN. /咆哮/overwhelmingly favorable review. Though critic John Simon seldom has a good word to say about most contemporary plays, his review of All in the Timing was a total rave.
ravel
ravelV. /使混乱；解开混乱，解决混乱/fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle. A single thread pulled loose, and the entire scarf started to ravel.
raze
razeV. /彻底摧毁/destroy completely. Spelling is important: to raise a building is to put it up; to raze a building is to tear it down.
reaper
reaper N. /收割者；收割机/one who harvests grain. Death, the Grim Reaper, cuts down mortal men and women, just as a farmer cuts down the ripened grain. reap,V.
rebuff
rebuffV. /回绝/snub; beat back. She rebuffed his invitation so smoothly that he did not realize he had been snubbed. also N.
rebuke
rebukeV. /严厉批评；猛烈的训斥/scold harshly; criticize severely. No matter how sharply Miss Watson rebuked Huck for his misconduct, he never talked back but just stood there like a stump. also N.
rebuttal
rebuttalN. /驳斥；举反证/refutation; response with contrary evidence. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case, sure that she could answer his arguments in her rebuttal.
recalcitrant
recalcitrantADJ. /反抗的；顽抗的/obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly. Which animal do you think is more recalcitrant, a pig or a mule?
recant
recantV. /放弃；宣布放弃/disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error. Those who can, keep true to their faith; those who can’t, recant. Hoping to make Joan of Arc recant her sworn testimony, her English captors tried to convince her that her visions had been sent to her by the Devil.
recapitulate
recapitulateV. /概括；总结/summarize. Let us recapitulate what has been said thus far before going ahead.
recast
recastV. /重建/reconstruct (a sentence, story, etc.); fashion again. Let me recast this sentence in terms your feeble brain can grasp: in words of one syllable, you are a fool.
recidivism
recidivismN. /累犯；惯犯/habitual return to crime. Prison reformers in the United States are disturbed by the high rate of recidivism; the number of men serving second and third terms in prison indicates the failure of prisons to rehabilitate the inmates.
recipient
recipient N. /接受的东西；容器/receiver. Although he had been the recipient of many favors, he was not grateful to his benefactor.
reciprocate
reciprocateV. /互给；呼唤；酬答/repay in kind. If they attack us, we shall be compelled to reciprocate and bomb their territory. reciprocity, N.
recluse
recluseN. /隐遁者；寂寞者/hermit; loner. Disappointed in love, Miss Emily became a recluse; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul. reclusive,ADJ.
reconnaissance
reconnaissanceN. /侦查/survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering. If you encounter any enemy soldiers during your reconnaissance, capture them for questioning.
rectify
rectifyV. /纠正/set right; correct. You had better send a check to rectify your account before American Express cancels your credit card.
rectitude
rectitudeN. /垂直；正直；公正/uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment. The Eagle Scout was a model of rectitude.
recumbent
recumbentADJ. /靠着的；斜躺的；不动的；休息的/reclining; lying down completely or in part. The command “AT EASE” does not permit you to take a recumbent position.
recuperate
recuperateV. /恢复/recover. The doctors were worried because the patient did not recuperate as rapidly as they had expected.
