List-7 Flashcards
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acidity
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- *n. 酸度;酸性;酸过多;胃酸过多
- ——————————————**
- the property of being acidic
- the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
- pH values below 7
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acting
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- *adj. 代理的;装腔作势的
n. 演技;演戏;假装 - ——————————————**
- the performance of a part or role in a drama
- serving temporarily especially as a substitute
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adoption
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- *n. 采用;收养;接受
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- the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
- a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
- the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
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alarm
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- *n. 闹钟;警报,警告器;惊慌
vt. 警告;使惊恐 - ——————————————**
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
- an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
- a clock that wakes sleeper at preset time
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
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alternate
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- *vi. 交替;轮流
vt. 使交替;使轮流
adj. 交替的;轮流的
n. 替换物 - ——————————————**
- someone who takes the place of another person
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- be an understudy or alternate for a role
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
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angiosperm
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- *n. [植] 被子植物
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- plants having seeds in a closed ovary
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aquifer
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- *n. (美)蓄水层;含水土层
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- underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
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arboreal
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- *adj. 树木的;栖息在树上的
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- of or relating to or formed by trees
- inhabiting or frequenting trees
- resembling a tree in form and branching structure
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aurora
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- *n. [地物] 极光;曙光
- ——————————————**
- the first light of day
- an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth’s magnetic lines of force
- (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos
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available
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- *adj. 有效的,可得的;可利用的;空闲的
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- obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
- not busy; not otherwise committed
- convenient for use or disposal
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awesome
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- *adj. 令人敬畏的;使人畏惧的;可怕的;极好的
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- inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
12
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bacon
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- *n. 咸肉;腌肉;熏猪肉
- ——————————————**
- back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
- English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
- English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
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balcony
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- *n. 阳台;包厢;戏院楼厅
- ——————————————**
- an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
- a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet
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blush
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- *vi. 脸红;感到惭愧
n. 脸红;红色;羞愧
vt. 红著脸表示;使成红色
n. (Blush)人名;(英)布拉什 - ——————————————**
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
- become rosy or reddish
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break
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- *v. 打破;折断;弄坏;削弱
vt. (使)破;打破(纪录);(常指好天气)突变;开始
vi. (嗓音)突变;突破;破晓;(价格)突然下跌
n. 破裂;间断;(持续一段时间的状况的)改变;间歇
n. (Break)人名;(英)布雷克 - ——————————————**
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth’s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
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buckle
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- *vi. 扣住;变弯曲
vt. 扣住;使弯曲
n. 皮带扣,带扣
n. (Buckle)人名;(英)巴克尔 - ——————————————**
- fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong
- a shape distorted by twisting or folding
- fasten with a buckle or buckles
- fold or collapse
- bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
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cardiac
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- *n. 强心剂;强胃剂
adj. 心脏的;心脏病的;(胃的)喷门 - ——————————————**
- of or relating to the heart
18
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centennial
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- *adj. 一百年的
n. 百年纪念 - ——————————————**
- the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
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chagrin
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- *n. 懊恼;委屈;气愤
vt. 使…懊恼
n. (Chagrin)人名;(英)沙格兰 - ——————————————**
- strong feelings of embarrassment
- cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
20
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clog
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- *v. 阻塞;障碍
n. 障碍;木底鞋 - ——————————————**
- footwear usually with wooden soles
- any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
- a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
- become or cause to become obstructed
- dance a clog dance
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collaborator
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- *n. [劳经] 合作者;勾结者;通敌者
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- someone who assists in a plot
- someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
- an associate who works with others toward a common goal
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collide
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- *vi. 碰撞;抵触,冲突
vt. 使碰撞;使相撞 - ——————————————**
- crash together with violent impact
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- cause to collide
23
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comet
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- *n. [天] 彗星
n. (Comet)人名;(法)科梅 - ——————————————**
- (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
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content
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- *n. 内容,目录;满足;容量
adj. 满意的
vt. 使满足
n. (Content)人名;(法)孔唐 - ——————————————**
- everything that is included in a collection
- what a communication that is about something is about
- the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
- the amount that can be contained
- the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
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converge
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- *vt. 使汇聚
vi. 聚集;靠拢;收敛 - ——————————————**
- be adjacent or come together
- approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
- move or draw together at a certain location
- come together so as to form a single product
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cost
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- *vt. 花费;使付出;使花许多钱
n. 费用,代价,成本;损失
vi. 花费
n. (Cost)人名;(英、罗)科斯特 - ——————————————**
- the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
- the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
- value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
- be priced at
- require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
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costume
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- *n. 服装,装束;戏装,剧装
vt. 给…穿上服装 - ——————————————**
- the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
- unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place
- the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
- the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class
- dress in a costume
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curl
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- *vt. 使…卷曲;使卷起来
vi. 卷曲;盘绕
n. 卷曲;卷发;螺旋状物
n. (Curl)人名;(英)柯尔 - ——————————————**
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
- a strand or cluster of hair
- form a curl, curve, or kink
- shape one’s body into a curl
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desolate
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- *adj. 荒凉的;无人烟的
vt. 使荒凉;使孤寂 - ——————————————**
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- reduce in population
- devastate or ravage
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- crushed by grief
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detest
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- *vt. 厌恶;憎恨
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- dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
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economy
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- *n. 经济;节约;理财
n. (Economy)人名;(英)伊科诺米 - ——————————————**
- the system of production and distribution and consumption
- the efficient use of resources
- frugality in the expenditure of money or resources
- an act of economizing; reduction in cost
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emerald
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- *n. 绿宝石;[宝] 祖母绿;翠绿色
adj. 翠绿色的
n. (Emerald)人名;(英)埃默拉尔德(女子教名) - ——————————————**
- a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
- a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- the green color of an emerald
33
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emotion
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- *n. 情感;情绪
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- any strong feeling
34
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ethnology
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- *n. 人种学;人类文化学
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- the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics
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exceed
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- *vt. 超过;胜过
vi. 超过其他 - ——————————————**
- go beyond
- go beyond
- be or do something to a greater degree
36
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expect
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- *vt. 期望;指望;认为;预料
vi. 期待;预期 - ——————————————**
- regard something as probable or likely
- consider obligatory; request and expect
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
- consider reasonable or due
- be pregnant with
37
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expressive
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- *adj. 表现的;有表现力的;表达…的
- ——————————————**
- characterized by expression
38
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feminist
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- *n. 男女平等主义者
adj. 主张男女平等的 - ——————————————**
- a supporter of feminism
- of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women
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financial
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- *adj. 金融的;财政的,财务的
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- involving financial matters
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forerunner
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- *n. 先驱;先驱者;预兆
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- anything that precedes something similar in time
- a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
- an indication of the approach of something or someone
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hike
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- *vi. 远足;徒步旅行;上升
vt. 提高;拉起;使…高涨
n. 远足;徒步旅行;涨价 - ——————————————**
- a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
- an increase in cost
- the amount a salary is increased
- increase
- walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise
42
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hurry
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- *n. 匆忙,急忙
v. 仓促(做某事);催促;(朝某方向)迅速移动;迅速处理
n. (英)赫里(人名) - ——————————————**
- a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- move very fast
- act or move at high speed
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identity
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- *n. 身份;同一性,一致;特性;恒等式
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- the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
- the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known
- an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
- exact sameness
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impending
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- *adj. 即将发生的;迫切的;悬挂的
v. 迫近;悬空(impend的现在分词) - ——————————————**
- close in time; about to occur
45
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inaccessible
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- *adj. 难达到的;难接近的;难见到的
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- capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all
- not capable of being obtained
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indicative
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- *adj. 象征的;指示的;表示…的
n. 陈述语气;陈述语气的动词形式 - ——————————————**
- a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
- relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple declarative statements
- (usually followed by `of’) pointing out or revealing clearly
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inventory
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- *n. 存货,存货清单;详细目录;财产清册
- ——————————————**
- a detailed list of all the items in stock
- the merchandise that a shop has on hand
- (accounting) the value of a firm’s current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
- a collection of resources
- making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand
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keen
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- *adj. 敏锐的,敏捷的;渴望的;强烈的;热心的;锐利的
n. 痛哭,挽歌
n. (Keen)人名;(英)基恩;(德)肯;(肯)金 - ——————————————**
- a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
- express grief verbally
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- intense or sharp
- very good
49
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landmass
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- *n. 大陆
- ——————————————**
- a large continuous extent of land
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latent
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- *adj. 潜在的;潜伏的;隐藏的
- ——————————————**
- potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
- not presently active
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layer
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- *n. 层,层次;膜;[植]压条;放置者,计划者
vt. 把…分层堆放;借助压条法;生根繁殖;将(头发)剪成不同层次
vi. 形成或分成层次;[植]通过压条法而生根 - ——————————————**
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
- a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- a hen that lays eggs
- thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
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manner
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- *n. 方式;习惯;种类;规矩;风俗
n. (Manner)人名;(德、芬、瑞典)曼纳 - ——————————————**
- how something is done or how it happens
- a way of acting or behaving
- a kind
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method
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- *n. 方法;条理;类函数
adj. 使用体验派表演方法的 - ——————————————**
- a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
- an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed
54
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minimize
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- *vt. 使减到最少;小看,极度轻视
vi. 最小化 - ——————————————**
- make small or insignificant
- represent as less significant or important
- cause to seem less serious; play down
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monumental
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- *adj. 不朽的;纪念碑的;非常的
- ——————————————**
- relating or belonging to or serving as a monument
- of outstanding significance
- imposing in size or bulk or solidity
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neutron
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- *n. [核] 中子
- ——————————————**
- an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus
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orchid
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- *n. 兰花;[植] 兰科植物;淡紫色
adj. 淡紫色的 - ——————————————**
- any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
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patient
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- *adj. 有耐性的,能容忍的
n. 病人;患者
n. (Patient)人名;(法)帕蒂安 - ——————————————**
- a person who requires medical care
- the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
- enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
- enduring without protest or complaint
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penmanship
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- *n. 书法;笔迹;笔法
- ——————————————**
- beautiful handwriting
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permission
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- *n. 允许,许可
- ——————————————**
- approval to do something
- the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
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plow
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- *vi. [农机] 犁;耕地;破浪前进;开路
vt. [农机] 犁;耕;开路
n. [农机] 犁;似犁的工具;北斗七星 - ——————————————**
- a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
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preponderance
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- *n. 优势;多数;占优势
- ——————————————**
- superiority in power or influence
- a superiority in numbers or amount
- exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
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primal
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- *adj. 原始的;主要的;最初的
n. 被压抑童年情绪的释放
vt. 释放(被压抑的童年情绪) - ——————————————**
- serving as an essential component
- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
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project
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- *vi. 设计;计划;表达;投射
vt. 设计;计划;发射;放映
n. 工程;计划;事业 - ——————————————**
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- a planned undertaking
- communicate vividly
- extend out or project in space
- transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
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propel
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- *vt. 推进;驱使;激励;驱策
- ——————————————**
- cause to move forward with force
- give an incentive for action
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quotation
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- *n. [贸易] 报价单;引用语;引证
- ——————————————**
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
- the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
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ranch
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- *n. 大农场;大牧场
vi. 经营牧场;在牧场工作
vt. 经营牧场;在牧场饲养… - ——————————————**
- farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- manage or run a ranch
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rash
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- *adj. 轻率的;鲁莽的;不顾后果的
n. [皮肤] 皮疹;突然大量出现的事物
n. (Rash)人名;(英、以、阿拉伯)拉什 - ——————————————**
- any red eruption of the skin
- a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
- imprudently incurring risk
- marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
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remodel
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- *vt. 改造;改变;改型
- ——————————————**
- do over, as of (part of) a house
- cast or model anew
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render
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- *vt. 致使;提出;实施;着色;以…回报
vi. 给予补偿
n. 打底;交纳;粉刷
n. (Render)人名;(英、德)伦德尔 - ——————————————**
- a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls
- cause to become
- provide or furnish with
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- give or supply
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sacrificial
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- *adj. 牺牲的;献祭的
- ——————————————**
- used in or connected with a sacrifice
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score
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- *n. 分数;二十;配乐;刻痕
vt. 获得;评价;划线,刻划;把…记下
vi. 得分;记分;刻痕
n. (Score)人名;(英)斯科尔 - ——————————————**
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student’s performance)
- a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
- a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
- a set of twenty members
- grounds
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silicon
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- *n. [化学] 硅;硅元素
- ——————————————**
- a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth’s crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
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simply
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- *adv. 简单地;仅仅;简直;朴素地;坦白地
- ——————————————**
- and nothing more
- absolutely; altogether; really
- in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment
- absolutely
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sphere
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- *n. 范围;球体
vt. 包围;放入球内;使…成球形
adj. 球体的 - ——————————————**
- a particular environment or walk of life
- any spherically shaped artifact
- the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
- a particular aspect of life or activity
- a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)
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transcend
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- *vt. 胜过,超越
- ——————————————**
- go beyond
- go beyond
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triangle
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- *n. 三角(形);三角关系;三角形之物;三人一组
- ——————————————**
- a three-sided polygon
- something approximating the shape of a triangle
- a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries
- any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles
- a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
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typical
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- *adj. 典型的;特有的;象征性的
- ——————————————**
- exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category
- of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
- conforming to a type
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viral
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- *adj. 滤过性毒菌引起的;滤过性毒菌的
- ——————————————**
- relating to or caused by a virus