M Flashcards
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match (n.)
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- an organization sports event between two teams or people
- 火柴
- something that is the same colour or pattern as something else, or looks attractive with it
- someone who is much stronger, cleverer etc than their opponent
- a marriage or two people who are married
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match (v.)
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- if one thing matches another, or if two things match, they look attractive together because they are a similar colour, pattern etc
- two things that match look the same because they are a pair
- to be suitable for a particular person, thing, or situation
- to put two people or things together that are similar to or somehow connected with each other
- to be equal to something in value, size, or quality
- to give a sum of money that is equal to a sum given by someone else
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memorial (a./n.)
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- done or made in order to remind people of someone who has died
- something, especially a stone with writing on it, that reminds people of someone who has died
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mature (a./v.)
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- someone, especially a child or young person, who is mature behaves in a sensible and reasonable way, as you would expect an adult to behave
- mature cheese, wine etc has a good strong taste which has developed during a long period of time
- a polite or humorous way of describing someone who is no longer young
- a mature piece of work by a writer or an artist is done late in their life and shows a high level of understanding or skill
- to become fully grown or developed
- 变理智;变成熟
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mill (n./v.)
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- a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour
- 产钢,布,棉等工厂
- a million
1.to crush grain, pepper etc in a mill
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moderate (a./v./n.)
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- not very large or very small, very hot or very cold, very fast or very slow etc
- having opinions or beliefs, especially about politics, that are not extreme and that most people consider reasonable
- staying within reasonable or sensible limits
1.to make something less extreme or violent or to become less extreme or violent
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muscle (n.)
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- power or influence
2. physical strength and power
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mop (n./v.)
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- a thing used for washing floors, consisting of a long stick with threads of thick string or a piece of sponge fastened to one end
- a thing used for cleaning dishes, consisting of a short stick with a piece of sponge fastened to one end
- a large amount of thick, often untidy hair
- to wash a floor with a wet mop
- to dry your face by rubbing it with a cloth or something soft
- to remove liquid from a surface by rubbing it with a cloth or something soft
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moral (a./n.)
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- relating to the principles of what is right and wrong behaviour, and with the difference between good and evil
- based on your ideas about what is right, rather than on what is legal or practical
- always behaving in a way that is based on strong principles about what is right and wrong
- [plural 复数] principles or standards of good behaviour, especially in matters of sex
- a practical lesson about what to do or how to behave, which you learn from a story or from something that happens to you
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magical
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- very enjoyable, exciting, or romantic, in a strange or special way
- relating to magic or able to do magic
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major (a./n./v.)
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- having very serious or worrying results
- very large or important, when compared to other things or people of a similar kind
- [not before noun] very important {A.spo}
- 〔音乐〕大音阶的,大调的
- an officer of middle rank in the British or US army or marine s ,or in the US air force
- the main subject that a student studies at college or university
- someone studying a particular subject as their main subject at college or university
- to study something as your main subject at college or university