9100_TOEFL词汇

9100. hanker

'hæŋkə 渴望, 追求

🎤例句
  • I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat. (我渴望一件垂地长度的棕色麂皮大衣。)
🤔同义词
  • rare, aspire (向往,追求;渴望,期望)

9101. rattlesnake

'rætlsneik <美>[动]响尾蛇

🎤例句
  • The rattlesnake tissues provoked the strongest response of all the species in the study. (响尾蛇的组织在本次所有研究物种中所作出的反应最强烈。)

  • One family of completely harmless snakes, the kingsnake, has also evolved serum that neutralizes rattlesnake venom and uses that ability to greater advantage than ground squirrels do. (完全无毒蛇大家庭中的一种,王蛇,也进化出了能中和响尾蛇毒液的血清,并且靠着这一能力获得了比松鼠们更大的好处。)

🤔同义词
  • Crotale, cascabel ([脊椎]响尾蛇)

9102. glamorous

'ɡlæmərəs 富有魅力的, 迷人的

🎤例句
  • She led an exciting and glamorous life. (她生活奢华,充满刺激。)

  • the most glamorous neighborhood in the city (城里最繁华的街区)

  • On television, she looks so glamorous. (她在电视里看上去光彩照人。)

🤔同义词
  • killing, taking, engaging, charming, fascinating (迷人的,富有魅力的)

9103. brim

brim (杯, 碗等)边, 边缘

brim 注满

🤩短语
  • to the brim (充满,满到边缘上)

  • brim with (洋溢着;充满着)

🎤例句
  • Rain dripped from the brim of his baseball cap. (雨水从他的棒球帽檐上滴下来。)
🤔同义词
  • margin, rim (边;边缘)

  • spill over, flow over (满溢;溢出)

9104. boot

bu:t <美> (长统)靴

🤩短语
  • boot loader (引导装载程序)

  • boot camp (n. [美口]海军训练新兵之营地)

  • boot sector (n. 引导扇区;启动磁区)

  • boot device (启动设备;引导设备)

  • boot up (启动)

  • boot record (引导记录)

  • put the boot in ([主英国俚语])

  • disk boot failure (系统引导失败;磁盘自举失败)

  • boot menu (启动菜单;引导菜单;开机选单)

  • rain boot (n. 雨鞋)

  • remote boot (远程自举;远程引导)

  • get the boot (解雇)

  • boots and all ([澳大利亚、新西兰口语])

  • rubber boot (胶靴;橡皮罩;橡胶套)

🎤例句
  • hiking boots (远足靴)

  • a pair of boots (一双靴子)

🤔同义词
  • aim, kick (引导;踢;解雇;使穿靴)

  • kick (靴子;踢;汽车行李箱)

9105. garb

ɡɑ:b 服装

ɡɑ:b 装扮

🎤例句
  • priestly garb (牧师装束)
🤔同义词
  • clothing, wear, garment, apparel, costume (服装;装束;打扮)

  • rig out, to dress (装扮;穿衣)

9106. flannel

'flænl 法兰绒(衣服)

🤩短语
  • flannel shirt (法兰绒衬衫;法兰绒上衣)
🎤例句
  • a flannel shirt (法兰绒衬衫)
🤔同义词
  • caroset ([纺]法兰绒;法兰绒衣服;法兰绒巾)

9107. thigh

θai 大腿, 股

🤩短语
  • thigh bone (股骨;腿节)
🎤例句
  • chicken thighs (鸡腿)
🤔同义词
  • upper leg ([解剖]大腿,股)

9108. collarless

'kɔləlis 无领的,无马轭(或颈圈)的

🎤例句
  • Originally the collarless shirt and trousers were nondescript, of flannel or wool. (起初无领的衬衫和长裤是没用固定特征的,或者是法兰绒的或者是羊毛的。)

  • A slender forty-nine-year-old with salt-and-pepper hair and a fixed expression, he wore a dark suit with a collarless striped shirt. (马沙49岁,身材修长,头发斑白,脸上的表情一成不变。 他穿一套深色西装,里面是一件无领子的条纹T恤。)

9109. cowhand

'kau,hænd <美>(牧场的)牧牛工

🤔同义词
  • cowpoke ((美)牧牛工)

9110. taxonomy

'tæk'sɔnəmi 分类法, 分类学

🎤例句
  • However, some people consider glossary and taxonomy as metadata as well. (不过,有些人认为词汇表和分类法也属于元数据的范畴。)

  • This also grants read access to each taxonomy and category that you have read access to. (还授予对您已具有读访问权的每种分类法和类别的读访问权。)

  • This also grants read, edit, or delete access to each taxonomy and category that you have read, edit, or delete access to. (这还授予对您已具有读取、编辑或删除访问权的每种分类法和类别的读取、编辑或删除访问权。)

🤔同义词
  • systematics, taxis ([生物]分类学;分类法)

9111. narrower

有限的, 精密的

海峡

9112. waterfall

'wɔ:təfɔ:l, 'wɔ- 瀑布, 瀑布似的东西

🤩短语
  • waterfall model (瀑布模型)

  • waterfall effect (瀑布效应)

🎤例句
  • ...Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall. (…安赫尔瀑布,世界上最高的瀑布。)
🤔同义词
  • fall, chute ([水文]瀑布;瀑布似的东西)

9113. hibernation

,haibə'neiʃən 过冬, 冬眠, 避寒

🎤例句
  • Heart rate tracking for three of the Alaska bears showed a drop from 55 beats per minute on average before hibernation to 14 erratic ones per minute in winter. (对三头阿拉斯加的黑熊的心率追踪显示出它们在冬眠前的平均每分钟 55 下降低到了冬天里每分钟飘忽不定的 14 下。)
🤔同义词
  • winter sleep, torpidness ([动]冬眠;过冬;避寒)

9114. evenness

'i:vənnis 平均, 平等, 平坦

🤩短语
  • yarn evenness (纱线均匀度)
🤔同义词
  • equality, average, uniformity (均匀性;平坦;平均;平等)

9115. poikilotherm

'pɔikiləθə:m [动]变温动物,冷血动物

🎤例句
  • Fish are poikilotherm whose body temperature changes as the ambient water temperature changes. (鱼类是变温动物,其体温随环境的水温变化而变化。)
🤔同义词
  • ectotherm, cold blooded animal ([动]变温动物;冷血动物)

9116. unload

,ʌn'ləud 卸货

,ʌn'ləud 摆脱之负担

🎤例句
  • Unload everything from the boat and clean it thoroughly. (从小船上卸下所有的货物并彻底地清洗。)
🤔同义词
  • debark (卸;摆脱…之负担;倾销)

  • discharge of goods, load off (卸货;退子弹)

9117. depositor

di'pɔzitə 寄托者, 存款人

🎤例句
  • Notice that the St. Louis memo tiptoes around the question of telling a depositor that he has a demand deposit while telling the rest of the country that he has a time deposit. (请注意,圣路易斯储备银行的备忘录一直在一个问题上遮遮掩掩,那就是把存款人的活期存款说成定期存款,欺骗国人。)

9118. lyrically

抒情地, 狂热地

🎤例句
  • He lyrically described the countryside around his home. (他以抒情的笔调描绘了住宅周围的乡村景致。)
🤔同义词
  • feverishly, crazily (抒情地;诗意地;狂热地)

9119. theatrically

θi'ætri'kəli 戏剧化地

🎤例句
  • He theatrically turned his head to watch a butterfly flutter by. (他戏剧化的转头看飞过的蝴蝶。)

9120. splinter

'splintə 尖片, 碎片

'splintə 分裂

🎤例句
  • I’ve got a splinter in my finger. (我的手指扎了一根刺。)
🤔同义词
  • debris, chip (碎片;微小的东西;极瘦的人)

  • to split, split up (分裂;裂成碎片)

  • tear, disrupt (使分裂;使裂成碎片)

9121. tonnage

'tʌnidʒ 登记吨位, 排水量

🤩短语
  • gross tonnage (总吨位)
🎤例句
  • A huge tonnage of bombs has already been dropped on the area. (巨大吨数的炸弹已被投到该地区。)
🤔同义词
  • displacement, dead weight capacity ([船]吨位,载重量;船舶总吨数,排水量)

9122. seagoing

'si:ɡəuiŋ 适于远航的,出海的

🎤例句
  • a seagoing ship (远洋轮)
🤔同义词
  • navigation, sailing (航海)

9123. jacket

夹克,护封

给穿夹克

🤩短语
  • leather jacket (皮夹克)

  • water jacket (水套)

  • down jacket (羽绒服;鸭绒衣;羽绒夹克)

  • life jacket (救生衣)

  • cooling jacket ([机]冷却套管)

  • yellow jacket (n. 黄马褂;小黄蜂)

  • dust jacket (n. 书皮;包书纸)

  • heating jacket (加热套)

  • dinner jacket (晚礼服;无尾礼服;小礼服;礼服夹克(等于tuxedo))

  • sports jacket (猎装;便装上衣;(男子在非正式场合穿的)粗花呢西装外套)

  • waterproof jacket (防水密外套;防水夹克)

  • cooling water jacket (冷却水套)

  • cable jacket (电缆外壳;电缆套管)

🎤例句
  • ...a black leather jacket. (…一件黑色皮夹克。)
🤔同义词
  • jerkin, lammy (夹克;[服装]短上衣)

9124. fisherman

'fiʃəmən 渔民, 渔夫

🎤例句
  • The Algarve is a paradise for fishermen whether river anglers or deep-sea fishermen. (阿尔加维对河边的垂钓者或深海的渔民都是一个天堂。)
🤔同义词
  • peterman (渔夫;渔人)

9125. mainsheet

'meinʃi:t 主桅帆操纵索

9126. oblivious

ə'bliviəs, ɔ- 没注意到, 健忘的

🎤例句
  • She lay motionless where she was, oblivious to pain. (她一动不动地躺在原地,感觉不到疼痛。)
🤔同义词
  • amnesic, forgetful (遗忘的;健忘的;不注意的;不知道的)

9127. coaming

'kəumiŋ 舱口栏板, 边材

🎤例句
  • The acetic acid is corrosive. Please put them in both sides of No. 5 deck, leaving a passage between the hatch coaming and the cargo. (醋酸(乙酸)有腐蚀性,请把其装在五舱甲板两边,在货物和舱口围板间留一条通道。)

  • The frame number marks, made of steel plate shall be welded and painted on the hatch coaming and bulwark at the place of every 10 frame-space and at every bulkhead. (每隔10档肋位和每一舱壁处要用钢板割的肋位标记焊接到舱口围和舷墙上。)

🤔同义词
  • sapwood, alburnum (天窗围坎;边材;[船]舱口栏板)

9128. lad

læd 少年, 青年男子

🎤例句
  • a young lad (小伙子)

  • Things were different when I was a lad. (我年轻的时候,情况可不大相同。)

🤔同义词
  • apple, customer, egg, guy, bird (少年,小伙子;家伙)

9129. tilt

tilt (使)倾斜, 以言词或文字抨击

🤩短语
  • tilt angle (倾斜角)

  • tilt table (倾斜台;摆动升降台)

  • at full tilt (全速地;全力以赴地)

🎤例句
  • My mother tilted her head and smiled. (我妈妈歪着头笑了。)

  • Ned’s mouth tilted upwards slightly at the corners. (内德的嘴角微微翘起。)

🤔同义词
  • pitch, slope, lean ([航][气象]倾斜;翘起;以言词或文字抨击)

  • slope, lean ([航][气象]使倾斜;使翘起)

  • slope, pitch, clino ([航][气象]倾斜)

9130. choppy

'tʃɔpi (海等)波浪起伏的, (指风)不断改变方向的

🎤例句
  • The small boat bobbed about on the choppy water. (小船在波浪起伏的水面上颠簸。)
🤔同义词
  • surfy, surgy (波涛汹涌的;波浪起伏的;不断改变方向的)

9131. illustrator

'iləstreitə 插图画家,说明者

🎤例句
  • Called up for military service, Mr. Marokvia spent the war as an illustrator for the Wehrmacht, applying brush and pencil in Ukraine, Italy, Finland and Yugoslavia. (玛洛克维亚先生被征召入伍,他作为一名德国国防军的插图画家,在乌克兰、意大利、芬兰和南斯拉夫留下了自己的墨迹。)
🤔同义词
  • elucidator, expositor (插图画家;说明者;图解者)

9132. ectothermic

变温动物

🎤例句
  • Determination of death in ectothermic animals may be more difficult due to differences in their physiology. (断定因安乐死死亡的动物可能更为困难因为不同的动物有不同的生理情况。)

9133. poikilothermic

[动]变温的, 冷血动物的

🎤例句
  • Unlike most terrestrial animals, aquatic animal species used for human consumption are poikilothermic, meaning their body temperatures vary according to ambient temperatures. (与大多数陆地动物不同,供人类消费的水生动物为冷血品种,也就是说它们的体温会根据环境温度而变化。)

  • These indeed have new comparative features in terms of the tolerance, comparing with the organisms that do not need to maintain homeostasis, such as poikilothermic organisms. (这与那些不需要保持内稳态的生物如变温生物相比,的确在耐受性方面存在新的比较特点。)

  • Amphibians and reptiles are poikilothermic and quite sensitive to the change of ambient temperature. They adapt to environmental temperature by means of self- thermoregulation . (两栖类和爬行类属于变温脊椎动物,它对外界环境温度的变化非常敏感,借助自身体温调节以适应或抵抗这种变化。)

🤔同义词
  • hematocryal, fish-blooded ([动]变温的;冷血的;冷血动物的)

9134. locomote

'ləukəməut 移动, 行动

🎤例句
  • Since plants cannot locomote , the sensation of experiencing pain would be superfluous. Thus, plants differ completely physiologically from mammals. (由于植物无法移动,它们不太需要具备感知痛苦的能力,因此,植物与哺乳动物在生理上全然不同。)

  • In simulation, millions of robotic modules assemble to form a large cube robot able to locomote in many types of environments. (在仿真方面,数以千计的机器人模块编译成一个可以在多种环境中移动的机器人。)

🤔同义词
  • put, to shift (移动;行动)

9135. inadequately

in'ædikwitli 不够地, 不够好

🤔同义词
  • improperly, inappropriately (不适当地;不够好地)

9136. onetime

'wʌntaim 从前的, 一度的

'wʌntaim 从前

🎤例句
  • The onetime heir apparent had played an instrumental role this year in propping up his father's rule and his crackdown against the rebellion that ultimately ended his 42-year grip on power. (曾一度作为卡扎菲继承人的赛义夫今年在巩固其父亲的统治并帮助镇压反抗武装一事中起到积极作用。 这场反抗活动最终结束了卡扎菲对利比亚42年的统治。)
🤔同义词
  • former, long-ago (从前的;一度的)

  • beforetime, ever before (一度;从前)

9137. citation

sai'teiʃən 引用,表扬

🤩短语
  • citation index (引文索引;引证索引)

  • science citation index (科学文献索引)

🎤例句
  • ...a 50-minute manifesto with citations from the Koran. (…一段长达50分钟、带有《古兰经》引文的宣言。)
🤔同义词
  • citing, quotation (引用,引证;[法]传票;褒扬)

9138. stillness

'stilnis 静止, 沉静

🎤例句
  • This is your true nature, one of effortless peace and stillness. (这就是你的本质,一个完全不需费力的平静和静止。)

  • As it is, I enjoy with something of sadness remembering that this melodious silence is but the prelude of that deeper stillness which waits to enfold us all. (实际上,我带着几分悲伤喜欢回忆起这种悦耳的沉默只是比较深层的寂静的前奏,它等待着要把我们所有的人笼罩起来。)

🤔同义词
  • rest, quiescency (静止;沉静)

9139. eyesight

'aisait 视力, 目力

🤩短语
  • poor eyesight (视力很差;视力差)
🎤例句
  • He had a problem with his eyesight. (他的视力有问题。)
🤔同义词
  • vision, sight, eye, seeing (视力;目力)

9140. comical

'kɔmikəl 好笑的, 滑稽的

🎤例句
  • The note of pure panic in his voice was almost comical. (他那种十分慌张的口气几乎有点滑稽。)
🤔同义词
  • funny, humouristic (滑稽的,好笑的)

9141. mollusk

'mɔləsk [动]软体动物

🎤例句
  • Atype of mollusk, the lined chiton has colorful lines on its valves andwhite or yellow spots or bands on its girdle. (条纹石鳖是一种软体动物,瓣膜上有彩色条纹,条带上有白色或黄色斑点或环状物。)

  • "To my eye, it's pretty clearly modified by human hands, though it may originally have originated as a fossil cavity of some ancient mollusk, " Rundkvist wrote. (伦德奎斯特写道,“ 按我的观点,这东西很清楚是用人手修改过的。 尽管它原来可能只是某些古代软体动物化石中空的型腔。”)

  • Measuring more than 16 inches (407 millimeters), this giant mollusk is the biggest ever found in its subclass--Caudofoveata. (超过16英寸(407毫米)的长度,使这种大型的软体动物成为尾腔亚纲中迄今为止发现的最大的物种。)

9142. rediscover

,ri:di'skʌvə 重新发现

🎤例句
  • ...a one-time rebel who had rediscovered his faith. (...重新发现了自己信仰的一个曾经的反叛者。)

9143. eminent

'eminənt 著名的, 卓越的

🤩短语
  • eminent domain ([律]土地征用权;国家最高支配权)
🎤例句
  • an eminent lawyer (杰出的律师)
🤔同义词
  • outstanding, excellent, obvious, prominent, brilliant (杰出的;有名的;明显的)

9144. bleak

bli:k 寒冷的,荒凉的, 黯淡的

🎤例句
  • a bleak January afternoon (一月里一个阴冷的下午)

  • The landscape was bleak. (景色一片凄凉。)

🤔同义词
  • raw, wild, flat, frozen, blank (阴冷的;荒凉的,无遮蔽的;黯淡的,无希望的;冷酷的;单调的)

9145. silence

'sailəns 寂静, 沉默

'sailəns 使沉默

🤩短语
  • in silence (沉默地)

  • keep silence (保持沉默,保持安静)

  • silence is gold (沉默是金)

  • silence is golden (沈默是金)

  • break the silence (打破沉默;打破宁静)

  • dead silence (静默无声;死一般的沉寂)

  • conspiracy of silence (保持缄默的密约)

  • radio silence (无线电寂静)

🎤例句
  • There was a brief silence before anyone answered. (沉默了片刻才有人回答。)
🤔同义词
  • still, quiescence (沉默;寂静;缄默;不谈;无声状态)

  • becalm, extinguish (使沉默;使安静;压制;消除噪音)

9146. sequester

si'kwestə 使隐退, 扣押, 没收

🤔同义词
  • seclude, expropriate (使隔绝;使隐退;没收,扣押)

9147. metazoan

,metə'zəuən [动]后生动物(的)

🎤例句
  • As the scientists conclude: "Our results expand the known metazoan bio-sphere and demonstrate that deep ecosystems are more complex than previously accepted. (科学家总结道:“我们的研究结果扩展了已知的后生生物圈的范围,并揭示出,深层生态系统比我们之前想象的要复杂。)

  • Since the Middle Proterozoic, metazoan trace fossils must have undergone an irreversible evolution from simple to complicated, and from lower to higher in quality. (中元古代以来后生动物遗迹的演化过程在质上经历了由简单到复杂, 由低级到高级的发展、演变过程。)

🤔同义词
  • multicellular animals (后生动物;多细胞动物)

9148. abreast

ə'brest 并肩地, 并排地

🤩短语
  • abreast of (保持与…并列)

  • keep abreast of (与……并驾齐驱;了解……的最新情况)

  • keep abreast with (保持与…并列;不落后于;跟上)

🎤例句
  • As the car drew abreast of him, Jack suddenly recognised the driver. (那辆车追上来与杰克并行时,他一下子就认出了驾车的人。)
🤔同义词
  • jugate, neck-and-neck (并排的;肩并肩的)

9149. serum

'siərəm, 'si:r- 浆液, 血清

🤩短语
  • serum albumin (血清白蛋白;血清清蛋白)

  • blood serum (血清)

  • bovine serum albumin (牛血清白蛋白;牛血清清蛋白)

  • serum protein (血清蛋白)

  • serum bilirubin (血清胆红素)

  • immune serum (免疫血清)

🎤例句
  • ...painful injections of anti-cancer serum. (…令人痛苦的抗癌血清注射。)
🤔同义词
  • sera, lymph ([免疫]血清;浆液;免疫血清;乳清;树液)

9150. adrenaline

ə'drenəlin,-li:n, -lin 肾上腺素(使激动兴奋等)

🎤例句
  • But for some people merely imagining this scene creates an adrenaline surge. (但是对于某些人但是想象这一幕就会肾上腺素激增。)

  • Take all of the energy and adrenaline circulating through your body due to that event and use it to your advantage. (利用由于那些事情而产生的能量和在你体内循环的肾上腺素做一些对你有利的事。)

  • It releases adrenaline and can interfere with sleep, increase tension, and decrease the immune systems ability to protect the body. (它会释放肾上腺素,可以干扰睡眠,增强紧张感和降低免疫系统保护人体的能力。)

🤔同义词
  • epinephrine ([生化]肾上腺素)

9151. milieu

'mi:ljə:, mi:'ljə: 周围, 环境

🎤例句
  • Proust’s work reflected his own social and cultural milieu. (普鲁斯特的作品反映了其所在的社会和文化背景。)

  • She never felt happy in a student milieu. (在学生中间她从不觉得快乐。)

🤔同义词
  • context, circumstance, setting, surrounding, condition (环境;周围;出身背景)

9152. compensatory

赔偿的, 补偿的

🤩短语
  • compensatory mechanism (代偿机制)
🎤例句
  • She was awarded a large sum in compensatory damages . (她得到了一大笔损失赔偿金。)
🤔同义词
  • saving, indemnificatory (补偿的,赔偿的)

9153. unconventional

,ʌnkən'venʃənəl 非传统的, 不合惯例的

🎤例句
  • Linus Pauling is an unconventional genius. (莱纳斯·鲍林是个奇才。)

  • He was known for his unconventional behaviour. (他曾因另类行为而出名。)

🤔同义词
  • unorthodoxy, nontraditional (非常规的;非传统的;不依惯例的)

9154. gibe

dʒaib 嘲笑,讥笑

dʒaib 嘲笑

🎤例句
  • “Please don’t gibe me,” Lydia said. (“请不要嘲笑我,”利迪娅说。)
🤔同义词
  • laugh at, make a mockery of (嘲笑;愚弄)

  • jeer at, laugh at (嘲笑;嘲弄)

9155. proprietor

prə'praiətə 所有者, 经营者

🤩短语
  • sole proprietor (独资企业;独资经营者)
🎤例句
  • For example, many states require a sole proprietor to use their own name for the business name unless they formally file another name as a trade name, or fictitious name. (举例来说,许多国家要求独资经营者使用自己的名称为业务名称,除非他们正式文件中有另一个名字作为商标名或化名。)
🤔同义词
  • operator, building owner ([工经]业主;[经]所有者;经营者)

9156. mess

mes 混乱, 脏乱

mes 弄乱

🤩短语
  • mess up (陷入困境;搞糟)

  • a mess of (一大堆…;把…弄糟)

  • in a mess (乱糟糟,一团糟)

  • mess with (同…一起用膳;胡乱摆弄;干扰;与…厮混在一起)

  • make a mess (制造混乱;搞成一团糟;[口]拉屎)

  • what a mess (真是一团糟)

  • made a mess of (把……搞得一团糟)

  • make a mess of (搞糟)

  • mess around (浪费时间;一片狼籍;弄混)

  • mess hall (食堂;餐厅)

  • clear up the mess (◎把弄乱的东西整理好)

  • mess about (胡闹;瞎混;闲逛,浪费时间;粗鲁对待某人)

🎤例句
  • What a mess! (太乱了!)

  • Sorry – the place is a bit of a mess . (对不起——这里有些乱。)

  • When I got home, the house was a complete mess . (我回到家时,屋子里一片狼藉。)

  • You can make cookies if you promise not to make a mess in the kitchen. (如果你答应不把厨房搞得乱七八糟,你可以去做甜饼。)

  • She hates mess. (她讨厌到处乱糟糟的。)

🤔同义词
  • difficulty, disorder, chaos, confusion, corner (混乱;食堂,伙食团;困境;脏乱的东西)

  • destroy, soil, mud, spot, damage (弄乱,弄脏;毁坏;使就餐)

  • play fast and loose, toy with (把事情弄糟;制造脏乱;玩弄)

9157. silly

愚蠢的, 可笑的

🤩短语
  • silly season (新闻缺乏时期)

  • silly billy ([口]傻瓜;笨蛋)

  • silly idea (愚蠢的想法)

🎤例句
  • Stop asking silly questions. (别再问傻问题了。)

  • You made a lot of silly mistakes . (你犯了许多愚蠢的错误。)

  • I left my keys at home, which was a pretty silly thing to do . (我干了件傻事,把钥匙落在家里了。)

  • ‘Shall we go for a walk?’ ‘ Don’t be silly , it’s dark.’ (“我们去散步吧?”“别犯傻了,天都黑了。”)

🤔同义词
  • foolish, stupid, mad, doltish, insipient (愚蠢的)

  • stupid, fool, donkey, gump, aleck (傻瓜)

9158. metric

'metrik 米制的, 公制的

🤩短语
  • metric system (公制;米制;十进制)

  • metric space (度量空间)

  • metric ton (n. 公吨)

  • metric unit (公制单位;米制单位)

  • complete metric space (完备度量空间)

🎤例句
  • a metric tonne (一公吨)

  • The parts all come in metric sizes now. (现在配件都采用公制规格。)

9159. lintel

'lintəl [建]楣, 过梁

🤔同义词
  • bressummer ([建]过梁(等于linto))

9160. untapped

ʌn'tæpt 塞子未开的, 未使用的

🎤例句
  • Older people are an untapped resource in the employment market. (年龄较大的人是就业市场中有待利用的资源。)

  • We believe there is untapped potential. (我们相信还有潜力没有挖掘出来。)

🤔同义词
  • undeveloped, unexploited (未开发的;未使用的;塞子未开的)

9161. mysteriously

mis'tiəriəsli 神秘地, 故弄玄虚地

🤔同义词
  • enigmatically, uncannily (神秘地;故弄玄虚地;难以理解地)

9162. corral

kɔ:'rɑ:l 畜栏

kɔ:'rɑ:l 关进畜栏

🎤例句
  • They corralled the cattle before loading them onto the truck. (他们在把牛装上车以前,先把牛赶入了畜栏。)
🤔同义词
  • stall, poundage (畜栏;环形车阵)

  • lockon (把…关进畜栏;捕捉;把…布成车阵)

9163. prevention

pri'venʃən, pri:- 预防, 防止

🤩短语
  • fire prevention (防火)

  • disease prevention (疾病预防)

  • pollution prevention (污染预防;防止污染)

  • disaster prevention (防灾)

  • flood prevention (防汛;防洪;防洪工作)

  • epidemic prevention (防疫;疫病防治;流行病预防)

  • corrosion prevention (防腐蚀)

  • accident prevention (事故预防;安全措施)

  • rust prevention (防锈处理)

  • prevention first (预防为主)

  • sand prevention (防砂)

  • loss prevention (损失预防;预防损失的措施)

  • smoke prevention (防烟法)

🎤例句
  • a fire prevention officer (消防官员)

  • You know what they say, prevention is better than cure (= it is better to stop something bad from happening than to remove the problem once it has happened ) . (正所谓预防胜于治疗。)

🤔同义词
  • intervention, violation, check (预防;阻止;妨碍)

9164. playwright

'pleirait 剧作家

🎤例句
  • The playwright does something remarkable in this scene, but without any impression of straining after an effect. (剧作家在这场中有许多惊人妙笔,但并不给人留下竭力追求表面效果的印象。)

  • His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. (他的剧本被翻译成所有主要使用着的语言,并且表演次数远远超过其他任何剧作家。)

  • His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. (他的剧本被翻译成世界上多种主要语言,并且表演次数远远超过其他任何剧作家。)

🤔同义词
  • dramatist (剧作家)

9165. Cuban

'kju:bən 古巴人

'kju:bən 古巴(人)的

🎤例句
  • But he says pressure for broad reform on the next Cuban leader, from inside Cuba and outside, will grow. (可是他说,来自古巴境内和境外要求古巴下任领导人进行广泛改革的压力将会增加。)

  • As the news spread that I was on my way out, my Cuban neighbours congratulated me on what they saw as a promotion. (我要回国的消息一传出,我的古巴邻居就争先恐后的来祝贺我,仿佛他们把这当成一种晋升。)

  • " But, he insists, "if we support economic reform in Cuba as a means of empowering the Cuban people, then we have to help create the conditions to realize that objective. (但是,他还坚称,“如果古巴的经济改革是经古巴人民的授权的,我们不仅支持,而且我们要帮助创造条件,实现这一目标。”)

9166. char

tʃɑ: 烧焦

tʃɑ:

🎤例句
  • Roast the peppers until the skin begins to char and blister. (把这些辣椒烤到表皮发黑起泡为止。)
🤔同义词
  • air burn, fetch and carry (烧焦;打杂)

  • chore (炭;家庭杂务)

  • coal (把…烧成炭)

9167. tavernkeeper

小餐馆老板

9168. upgrade

'ʌpɡreid, ʌp'ɡreid 升级, 上升

'ʌpɡreid, ʌp'ɡreid 使升级, 提升

'ʌpɡreid, ʌp'ɡreid 往上

🤩短语
  • upgrade oneself (提升自我)

  • on the upgrade (上升的;进步的)

  • upgrade kit (扩充成套)

🎤例句
  • ...equipment which needs expensive upgrades. (…需要进行昂贵升级的设备。)
🤔同义词
  • promote, prefer ([计]使升级;提升;改良品种)

  • rise, raise, updates, ascension ([计]升级;上升;上坡)

  • upward, up (向上的)

9169. incident

'insidənt 事件

'insidənt 附带的, 易于发生的

🤩短语
  • incident angle (入射角)

  • incident light ([化]入射光)

  • incident wave (入射波)

  • incident beam (入射光;入射波束,入射电子束)

  • incident ray (入射线)

  • critical incident (危机事故)

  • incident energy (入射能)

  • incident rate (事件率,呼唤率)

  • incident radiation (入射辐射)

  • incident power (入射功率)

🎤例句
  • Am I at risk because of some incident in my sexual past? (我过去性生活中的某件事会使我处于危险境地吗?)

  • Roads were sealed off because of a major incident. (因为发生重大事故,道路被封锁了。)

🤔同义词
  • event, circumstance, occurrence, scene, happening (事件,事变;插曲)

  • incoming ([光]入射的;附带的;易发生的,伴随而来的)

9170. slavish

'sleiviʃ 奴隶的, 盲从的, 专横的

🎤例句
  • a slavish adherence to the rules (对规章的盲目遵从)
🤔同义词
  • servile, implicit (奴隶的;奴性的;卑屈的;盲从的)

9171. emotive

i'məutiv 感情的, 引起强烈感情的

🎤例句
  • Embryo research is an emotive issue. (胚胎研究是个让人情绪激动的问题。)

9172. physic

'fizik 医术

'fizik 治愈

🎤例句
  • Furthermore, there are entity models created by polygon mesh in many applications such as cartoon, vision environment, network browse, physic scanning, computer games. (此外,在动画、虚拟环境、网络浏览、医学扫描、计算机游戏等领域已经可以看到许多由多边形网格构建的实体模型。)
🤔同义词
  • dose, cure of (给…服药;治愈)

  • medicine, iatrology ([医]医学;药品(特指泻药))

9173. synapsis

si'næpsis [生]染色体结合, 突触

🤔同义词
  • syndesis (染色体结合,染色体联会;[解剖]突触)

9174. unsophisticated

,ʌnsə'fistikeitid 不谙世故的, 不复杂的

🎤例句
  • an unsophisticated audience (老土的观众)
🤔同义词
  • stainless, pure, white (纯洁的;不懂世故的;不精细的;天真无邪的;质朴无华的)

9175. unspoiled

,ʌn'spɔild 未损坏的, 未宠坏的

🎤例句
  • unspoiled countryside (未遭到破坏的乡村)
🤔同义词
  • undamaged (未损坏的;未宠坏的)

9176. arthritis

ɑ:'θraitis 关节炎

🤩短语
  • rheumatoid arthritis (风湿性关节炎)

  • rheumatic arthritis (风湿性关节炎;关节风湿病)

  • psoriatic arthritis (关节炎,牛皮癣关节炎;银屑病性关节炎)

🎤例句
  • I have a touch of arthritis in the wrist. (我的手腕有轻微关节炎。)
🤔同义词
  • sacroiliitis ([外科]关节炎)

9177. whim

hwim 一时的兴致, 奇想

🎤例句
  • On arrival, she buys a glass factory on a whim, and challenges him to transport a church built entirely of glass by boat from Sydney 250 miles up the coast. (到达目的地后,她突发奇想买了一个玻璃厂,并向他挑战,让他用船沿着 250 英里长的海岸线从悉尼运来建造一整座玻璃教堂。)

  • An idle whim, I fear, sir,' was my answer; `or else an idle whim is going to spirit me away. (“恐怕是一种无聊的奇想,先生,”这是我的回答,“不然就是一种无聊的奇想又要诱使我走开。)

🤔同义词
  • vagary, fancy (奇想;一时的兴致;怪念头;幻想)

9178. hospitable

hɔ'spitəbl, 'hɔspitəbl 好客的, 宜人的

🎤例句
  • The local people were very kind and hospitable. (当地人非常友好热情。)
🤔同义词
  • pleasant, comfortable, easy (热情友好的;(环境)舒适的)

9179. carnivorous

kɑ:'nivərəs 食肉的, 肉食性的

🎤例句
  • Snakes are carnivorous. (蛇都是食肉动物。)
🤔同义词
  • raptatorial, zoophagous ([动]食肉的;肉食性的)

9180. depredation

,depri'deiʃən 掠夺, 破坏痕迹

🎤例句
  • Much of the region's environmental depredation is a result of poor planning. (这个地区的环境破坏大都是规划不周的结果。)
🤔同义词
  • destruction, breaking, blasting (掠夺;破坏,破坏痕迹)

9181. nostalgia

nɔ'stældʒiə, nə- 乡愁, 怀旧之情

🎤例句
  • He might be influenced by nostalgia for the surroundings of his happy youth. (他也许被他对快乐青年时代的环境的怀念影响了。)
🤔同义词
  • homesickness (乡愁;怀旧之情;怀乡病)

9182. stewpot

双把炖锅

🎤例句
  • A hungry wolf's attempts to fatten a chicken for his stewpot have unexpected results. (一条饥饿的狼想把鸡养肥来做炖鸡,却产生了意想不到的结果。)

  • New heat-resistant stewpot and tableware stand proudly without peer in this generation. (本厂新产品,耐高温炖盅餐具,堪称旷世无双。)

  • Once the instru-ments are worn out, the musicians, and a conductor who doubles as cook, toss each onesintosa stewpot to make soup -- to be enjoyed by the audience after the concert. (这些乐器若是用坏了,乐手们和指挥(他还兼厨师)就把它们扔到锅里做汤,在音乐会之后让观众们享用。)

🤔同义词
  • saucepan (炖锅)

9183. adolescence

,ædəu'lesəns,-sənsi 青春期

🤩短语
  • late adolescence (青春晚期)
🎤例句
  • Some young people suddenly become self-conscious and tongue-tied in early adolescence. (一些年青人在青春期早期突然变得害羞结舌。)
🤔同义词
  • puberty, youthhood ([生理]青春期)

9184. ministry

'ministri (政府的)部门

🤩短语
  • ministry of education (教育部)

  • ministry of finance (财政部)

  • ministry of agriculture (农业部)

  • ministry of commerce (商业部)

  • foreign ministry (外交部;外务省)

  • ministry of health (卫生部)

  • ministry of public security (公安部;中国公安部)

  • ministry of foreign trade (外贸部)

  • ministry of foreign affairs (外交部)

  • ministry of culture (文化部)

  • ministry of information industry (信息产业部;产业部;资讯产业部)

  • ministry of communications (交通部)

  • ministry of railways (铁道部,铁路部)

  • finance ministry (财政部)

  • ministry of justice (司法部)

  • ministry of civil affairs (民政部)

  • ministry of personnel (人事部)

  • ministry of water resources (水利部)

  • commerce ministry (商务部)

  • ministry of chemical industry (化学工业部)

🎤例句
  • ...the Ministry of Justice. (…司法部。)
🤔同义词
  • division, department, sector ((政府的)部门)

9185. Toronto

tə'rɔntəu 多伦多(加拿大)

🤩短语
  • university of toronto (多伦多大学)
🎤例句
  • Julia: What can you do in Toronto? (朱莉娅:在多伦多能玩些什么?)

  • It is easier to tell where in England someone is from than it is to tell if someone is from Denver or Toronto. (可以说你想判断一个英国人来自英国的哪个城市都要比判断一个人到底是来自丹佛还是多伦多容易。)

  • About 830 people on Facebook have replied they would attend the event in Toronto. (大约有830人在脸书上回覆称他们会参与这个多伦多的活动。)

9186. narrowly

'nærəuli 勉强地, 精细地

🎤例句
  • He was narrowly defeated in the election. (他在选举中以微弱差距败北。)

  • One bullet struck his car, narrowly missing him. (一颗子弹击中了他的汽车,差点打中他。)

  • A man narrowly escaped death when a fire broke out in his home on Sunday morning. (周日早晨一名男子家中起火,险些丧命。)

🤔同义词
  • closely, grudgingly (仔细地;勉强地;狭窄地;严密地)

9187. proficiency

prəu'fiʃənsi 熟练, 精通, 熟练程度

🤩短语
  • proficiency in (熟练;精通)

  • english proficiency (英语水平;英文能力)

  • proficiency test (水平测试;熟练测验)

  • proficiency testing (能力验证;技术检查;熟练测试)

🎤例句
  • I brought her proficiency up to the required level. (我把她的熟练程度提高到所规定的水平。)

  • With study and practice, almost anyone can do it with some level of proficiency, but most people don't learn how to think critically or analytically—nor are they even aware of its value. (通过学习和实践,几乎任何人都能以不同的熟练程度来掌握它,但是大多数人都不会去学习如何进行批判性或分析性思维,或者说,他们根本意识不到其价值。)

  • How do you think of your proficiency in written and spoken English? (你认为你的书面 英语和 口语熟练程度如何?)

🤔同义词
  • proficient in, conversancy (精通,熟练)

9188. spar

spɑ: 争论,园材(如桅,桁等)

🤩短语
  • iceland spar ([矿]冰洲石(方解石的一种))
🎤例句
  • Meanwhile, industry, civil society groups and governments continue to spar over the application of intellectual property rights to products and genetic sequences derived from natural resources. (其间,工业、民间社会团体以及政府持续对申请产品和得自自然资源的基因序列的知识产权问题产生争论。)
🤔同义词
  • controversy, combat ([矿物]晶石;圆材(如桅、桁等);争论;拳斗)

  • box, debate (争论;拳击)

9189. hometown

'həum'taun 故乡

🎤例句
  • Do you like your hometown? (你喜欢你的家乡吗?)

  • She expressed the wish to be interred in the graveyard of hometown. (她表达了死后葬在故乡的墓地上的愿望。)

🤔同义词
  • country, native land (家乡;故乡)

9190. sociology

,səusi'ɔlədʒi, -ʃi- 社会学

🤩短语
  • sociology of law (法律社会学)

  • economic sociology (经济社会学;社会经济学)

  • urban sociology (城市社会学,都市社会学)

  • sociology of knowledge (知识社会学)

  • sociology of science (科学社会学)

  • educational sociology (教育社会学)

  • rural sociology (田园社会学)

🎤例句
  • Out with every theory of human behavior, from linguistics to sociology. (从语言学、社会学的人类行为原理里解脱吧。)

  • Basic courses in sociology and psychology as well as other humanities courses give students plenty of opportunity to explore their own emotions. (社会学和心理学的基础,以及其他人文学科的课程,赋予学生大量的机会去探索其个人情感。)

  • And I spent part of my second grade year in Sweden, where my father was on sabbatical as a professor of sociology. (因为我父亲休假的缘故,我的小学二年级有一段时间是在瑞典上的,那个时候他是一名社会学教授。)

🤔同义词
  • demotics, synecology (社会学;群体生态学)

9191. dough

dəu 生面团

🎤例句
  • Add some raisins to the dough. (在生面团中加一些葡萄干。)

  • A baker is kneading a dough. (一位面包师正在揉面团。)

  • She patted the dough into a flat cake. (她把面团轻轻拍成扁饼。)

🤔同义词
  • moola, siller ([食品]生面团;金钱)

9192. flair

才能, 本领

🎤例句
  • Jo has a flair for languages. (乔有语言天赋。)
🤔同义词
  • discernibility, discriminating power (资质;鉴别力)

9193. esoteric

,esəu'terik 秘传的, 神秘的, 难懂的

🤩短语
  • esoteric buddhism (密宗(秘教性的佛教))
🎤例句
  • ...esoteric knowledge. (…深奥难懂的知识。)
🤔同义词
  • complicated, elusive (秘传的;限于圈内人的;难懂的)

9194. potion

'pəuʃən 一服, 一剂

🎤例句
  • ...a magic potion that will make Siegfried forget Brunnhilde and fall in love with Gutrune. (…一种会使齐格弗里德忘掉布伦希德尔德而爱上古特鲁内娜的魔剂。)
🤔同义词
  • dose, potus (一剂;一服;饮剂)

9195. laboriously

lə'bɔ:riəsli 艰难地, 辛勤地

🤔同义词
  • hard, painfully (辛苦地;费力地;不流畅地)

9196. elixir

i'liksə 炼金药, 不老长寿药

🎤例句
  • the search for the elixir of life (寻找长生不老药)
🤔同义词
  • panacea, nostrum (不老长寿药;万能药;炼金药)

9197. inextricably

,inik'strikəbli 分不开地, 无法摆脱地

🎤例句
  • Our survival is inextricably linked to the survival of the rainforest. (我们的生存与雨林的生存息息相关。)
🤔同义词
  • inescapably (逃不掉地;解不开地;解决不了地)

9198. imprecise

,impri'sais 不精确的

🎤例句
  • vague imprecise estimates (粗略的、不精确的估计)

  • Alcohol affects the brain, making speech slurred and imprecise. (酒精影响大脑,使言语含糊不清。)

🤔同义词
  • loose, inexact (不精确的;不严密的;不确切的)

9199. bestow

bi'stəu 给予,利用

🎤例句
  • The United States bestowed honorary citizenship upon England's World War II prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill. (美国授予了二战期间的英国首相温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士荣誉公民的称号。)
🤔同义词
  • make use of, award, fashion, give, employ (使用;授予;放置;留宿)