vortex (pl. vortices，vortexes)，whirlpool，vemous，spire ；
[例句] 他们陷入了感情旋涡。 They were caught up in a whirling vortex of emotion.
[例句] 她觉得自己被卷入了感情的旋涡。 She felt she was being dragged into a whirlpool of emotion.
periphery，outer-ring，peripheral ；
[例句] 社区领导想要加强对小区外围的管理。 Community leaders want to strengthen controls at external frontiers.
[例句] 其他动物在群像的外围加以修饰. Other animals were depicted on the periphery of the group.
动 dye，catch [contract]，acquire ，soil；名 [书]fermented and seasoned soybeans in paste form，a surname ；
[例句] 我染上了急性风湿，卧病在床。 I was laid up in bed with acute rheumatism.
[例句] 玻璃瓶中盛满了被食用色素染过色的水。 Glass bottles are filled with water tinted with food colourings.
draw，stretching，traction，[纺] drawing ；
[例句] 千万不要迫使双腿过度拉伸，否则会受伤的。 Never force your legs to overstretch, or you can cause injuries.
[例句] 该电缆不能拉伸。 The cables are designed not to stretch.
名 weaponry，weapons，warfare，war；动 hold ，take up，rely on，depend on ；
[例句] 将军盼着打一仗。 The general was itching for a fight.
[例句] 在政客们大打嘴仗的同时，暴力事件愈演愈烈。 Meanwhile, as the politicians haggle, the violence worsens.
invented，fictitious，suppositional，dummy ；
[例句] 这一装置有助于使虚拟现实成为更可用、更便利的技术。 This device helps make virtual reality a more usable and accessible technology.
[例句] 杰伦·拉尼尔创造了“虚拟现实”这个词，并成为推动其早期发展的先驱人物。 Jaron Lanier coined the term "virtual reality" and pioneered its early development.
simplify，facilitate，idealization，dilution，predigest ；
[例句] 数以百万计的人们想要新的简化方式实现人机交互。 Millions of people want new, simplified ways of interacting with a computer.
[例句] 他的肢体语言极尽简化，措词总体温和。 His gestures were economical, his words generally mild.
living things，living beings，organisms，biology；
[例句] 冷水中生物的基础代谢速度要低很多。 Basal metabolism is much lower for creatures in cold water.
[例句] 蓝鲸是地球上体型最大的生物。 The blue whale is the largest living thing on the planet.
attract，draw，fascinate，appeal to，allure ；
[例句] 如果天气适宜，会有更多的人被吸引到骑自行车的行列中来。 More people would be attracted to cycling if conditions were right.
[例句] 英国的亚裔年轻人通常被吸引到医学、法律及工程专业。 Traditionally young Asians in Britain have gravitated towards medicine, law and engineering.
[冶] scouring，dipping，pickling，acid pickling ；
[例句] 我们用一道叫做酸洗的工序来除去鳞片. We remove the scale by a process called pickle.
[例句] 酸洗棒球帽, 100%棉, 无前衬,带三明志, 金属后闭扣. Acid wash baseball cap, 100 % Cotton twill, Unconstructed, Metal button back . close.
动 appear，arise，emerge，grow，appearance ；
[例句] 当你从内心深处找到一种可以忍受一切痛苦的坚强力量时，你的成长历程就会出现飞跃。 The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
[例句] 他找到了该基因出现了变异形式的证据。 He found evidence of mutated forms of the gene.
air transport，air freight，airlift，ferry，air parcel ；
[例句] 加西亚总统已经下令空运食品、药物和毛毯。 President Garcia has ordered an airlift of food, medicines and blankets.
[例句] 货物可通过平寄或空运发送。 Goods may be sent by surface mail or airmail.
seal，seal up，seal airtight，seal hermetically，airproof ；
[例句] 密封之后再浸泡4至5天。 Seal tightly then leave for four to five days to macerate.
[例句] 某些种类的食物也可以装入密封的金属罐里。 Certain types of foods are also dispensed in pressurized canisters.
each other，mutual，interactive，alternately，alternation ；
[例句] 数以百万计的人们想要新的简化方式实现人机交互。 Millions of people want new, simplified ways of interacting with a computer.
[例句] 两种方法可交互使用. The two methods can be used alternately.
entoptygma （昆虫）； [生] amnion，amniotic membrane，amnia ；
[例句] 胚胎在羊膜腔中发育。 The embryo lives in the amniotic cavity.
[例句] 羊膜穿刺术是从羊膜囊抽取羊水的技术. Amniocentesis is the removal of fluid from the amniotic sac.
disinfect，sterilize，degassing，eliminate the pernicious influence，antisepsis ；
[例句] 滴水板、水槽和塞孔一定要定期消毒。 Make sure the draining board, sink and plug hole are regularly disinfected.
[例句] 我们生产的绝大部分奶酪都是用巴氏消毒过的牛奶制成的。 The vast majority of our cheeses are made with pasteurised milk.
protect，shelter，shield，guard，defend ；
[例句] 防护手套可以减少皮肤对化学物质的吸收。 Protective gloves reduce the absorption of chemicals through the skin.
[例句] 他戴上了一顶破旧的防护头盔，上面的面罩已有划痕。 He pulled on a battered old crash helmet with a scratched visor.
first，primary，foremost，first and foremost，firstly ；
[例句] 他们的完整目录售价5美元，第一次订购时可返还这5美元。 Their full catalogue costs $5, redeemable against a first order.
[例句] 他写第一本书得到了400元“巨款”. For his first book he received the princely sum of $ 400.
morals and manners，decency，[化]efflorescence，[地]weathering，airslake ；
[例句] 较软的岩石风化成了泥土. The softer rock has been weathered away into soil.
[例句] 岩石风化,直至损坏. Rocks weather until they are worn away.
mineral ；
[例句] 这种矿物带有轻微的磁性。 The mineral is weakly magnetic.
[例句] 主体材料是矿物增强热塑性塑料。 The body is made of mineral-reinforced thermo-plastic.