The Natural Words Flashcards
Aquatic [adj]
a‧quat‧ic
/ ə’kwætɪk /
- living or growing in water:
* >> an aquatic plant* - involving or happening in water:
* >>aquatic sports*
+Sống dưới nước
+Chơi dưới nước
Array [n]
ar‧ray
/əreɪ /
- [usually singular] a group of people or things, especially one that is large or impressive
* >>a dazzling array of flowers* - technical a set of numbers or signs, or of computer memory units, arranged in lines across or down
+Dãy, hàng
Defense [n]
de‧fense
/ dɪ’fens /
The American spelling of defence
+ Sự bảo vệ
– Defensibleadjective
– Defensibly adverb
Deforestation [n]
de‧for‧es‧ta‧tion
/ difɒrə’steɪʃən /
+ The cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area :
>>The deforestation of the tropics;
+ Sự phá rừng
**— Deforest **verb
Environment [n]
en‧vi‧ron‧ment
/ ɪn’vaɪrənmənt /
- the environment: The air, water, and land on Earth, which is affected by man’s activities:
* >>The effects of acid rain on the environment;* - >>The company had failed to provide a safe environment for its workers.*
3 [countable]: The natural features of a place, for example its weather, the type of land it has, and the type of plants that grow in it
>>a forest environment;
* Environmental Adjective
Erosion [n]
e‧ro‧sion
/ ɪ’rəʊʒən /
- The process by which rock or soil is gradually destroyed by wind, rain, or the sea :
* >>the problem of soil erosion* - The process by which something is gradually reduced or destroyed
* >>the gradual erosion of our civil liberties*
+Sự ăn mòn, sự sói mòn
* Erode verb
Habitat [n]
hab‧i‧tat
/ ‘hæbitæt /
The natural home of a plant or animal :
- >>Watching monkeys in their natural habitat*
- >>The grassland is an important habitat for many wild flowers.*
+ Môi trường sống, nơi sống
Inhibit [v]
in‧hib‧it
/ ɪn’hɪbət/
- To prevent something from growing or developing well :
>>An unhappy family life may inhibit children’s learning.
- To make someone feel embarrassed or nervous so that they cannot do or say what they want to
inhibit somebody from doing something
>>Recording the meeting may inhibit people from expressing their real views.
+ ngăn chặn, hạn chế, kiềm chế
* inhibition / ɪnhə’bɪʃən/ noun
Intercept [v]
in‧ter‧cept
/ ɪntə’sept /
To stop something or someone that is going from one place to another before they get there :
>>An attempt to intercept drugs being smuggled over the border
>>His phone calls were intercepted.
+ Chặn, chặn đứng
* interception / -sepʃ ə n / noun
Logging [n]
Log‧ging
/ lɒɡɪŋ /
The work of cutting down trees in a forest
+Việc đốn gỗ
* Log verb
Myriad [n]
myr‧i‧ad
/ ‘mɪriəd /
A myriad of something/myriads of something a very large number of things :
>>We’re still studying a myriad of options.
+Mười nghìn, vô số
Nutrient [n]
nu‧tri‧ent
/ ‘njutriənt/
A chemical or food that provides what is needed for plants or animals to live and grow :
>>The plant absorbs nutrients from the soil.
+ Chất dinh dưỡng, chất bổ
* nutrient adjective
Stabilize [v]
sta‧bil‧ize
/ ‘steɪbəlaɪz/
To become firm, steady, or unchanging, or to make something firm or steady
>>The patient’s condition has now stabilized.
+ Làm ổn định; trở nên ổn định
*** stabilization **noun
Terrestrial [adj]
ter‧res‧tri‧al
/ tə’restriəl /
- Relating to the Earth rather than to the moon or other planets
- Living on or relating to land rather than water
+ (thuộc) đất; ở trên mặt đất, sống trên mặt đất
+ (thuộc) hành tinh trái đất
+ (động vật học) ở cạn, sống trên mặt đất
Vanish [v]
van‧ish
/ vænɪʃ /
- To disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained :
* >>My keys were here a minute ago but now they’ve vanished.* - To suddenly stop existing SYN disappear
>>By the 1930s, the wolf had vanished from the American West.
+ Biến mất, Triệt tiêu
