List9Nov21

Question 1

chassis

Answer 1

chassis​N. /底盘/framework and working parts of an automobile. Examining the car after the accident, the owner discovered that the body had been ruined but that the chassis was unharmed.

Question 2

cipher

Answer 2

cipher​N. /不重要的人或物/nonentity; worthless person or thing. She claimed her ex-husband was a total cipher and wondered why she had ever married him.

Question 3

clamor

Answer 3

clamor​N. /吵闹声；噪音/noise. The clamor of the children at play outside made it impossible for her to take a nap. alsoV.

Question 4

clangor

Answer 4

clangor ​N. /大声喧哗；持续的铿锵声/loud, resounding noise. The blacksmith was accustomed to the clangor of hammers on steel.

Question 5

cloying

Answer 5

cloying​ADJ. /倒胃口；过度的/distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental. Disliking the cloying sweetness of standard wedding cakes, Jody and Tom chose to have homemade carrot cake at the reception. cloy,V.

Question 6

codicil

Answer 6

codicil​N. /遗嘱的附录/supplement to the body of a will. Miss Havisham kept her lawyers busy drawing up codicils to add to her already complicated will.

Question 7

coiffure

Answer 7

coiffure​N. /发型/hairstyle. You can make a statement with your choice of coiffure: in the sixties many AfricanAmericans affirmed their racial heritage by wearing their hair in Afros.

Question 8

colander

Answer 8

colander​N. /过滤器/utensil with perforated bottom used for straining. Before serving the spaghetti, place it in a colander to drain it.