Set Vocab 1 Flashcards
Quasar
Star, ngôi sao
Ex: The light from quasars was emitted when the universe was only a fraction of its present age.
Fraction
Lượng nhỏ
Cyberattack
Tấn công mạng
Ex: An increased reliance on computerized systems can leave users vulnerable to cyberattacks.
Alternately
Tiếp đó tiếp nối
Alternatively
Ngoài ra, thay vào đó
Still,
Bất chấp
Interior
Nội địa
Conditions in the interior of Antarctica are inhospitable to many forms of life: sub-zero temperatures, high winds, and extreme dryness make it impossible for animals to survive.
Dwell v
To live sống
Despite the sub-zero temperature, a small number of hardy animals dwell in the interior of Antarctica.
Moss n
Rêu
Lichen
Cây địa y
Protozoans
Vi sinh vật
Frigid adj
Lạnh
Poles
Cực
Be confined to = tolerate
Thích nghi
Live in pods
Sống theo đàn cá heo, cá voi
Homogenous
Đồng nhất, số chung
Drill into
Khoan xuống
Ravage v
Huỷ hoại
Stains n
Vết bẩn
Riot n
Sự hỗn loạn
Parallels
Sự tương đồng
The parallels between them were undeniable.
Terrace
Sân trước nhà
Hark back
Gợi nhớ về
He is always harking back to how things used to be.
Twilight
Cột mốc cuối cùng
She was in the twilight of her career by then.
Satiety
Cảm giác no
Embrace n
Sự tiếp nhận
Rather than embrace the type of abstract work that many artists of her generation preferred, Gwendolyn Knight preferred to depict figures in a spontaneous and personal manner.
Spherule
Hình cầu
Beads n
Hạt
Crust n
Mặt đá
Crust of Earth
Blob into
Bay vào
The tiny liquid blobs into the atmosphere
Aggregations
Sự tổng hợp
Krill n
Loài cá nhỏ
Appendages
Phần phụ
Bacteria have one or many appendages known as a flagellum, which is made of thousands of identical subunits .
Subunit
Tiểu tổ hợp
Propellers
Cánh quạt
Bacteria have evolved rotating, corkscrew-shaped propellers that push them forward.
Corkscrew-shaped
Hình xoay tròn
Villain n
Nhân vật xấu
Shakespeare portrayed King Richard III as a villain
Patronage n
Sự ủng hộ
Conquer
Kiểm soát, tước đoạt
The Tudors had conquered the English throne from Richard
Unflattering
Không đẹp đẽ
They decided to depict the king in the playwright in unflattering light.
Cartoonish adj
Ngớ ngẩn làm quá
The spacecraft was not supposed to be in cartoonish manner way.