名 sth. puffy and soft，[方]small lake；形 （虚而松软； 不坚硬） spongy；
[例句] 我需要在热腾腾的澡盆里好好地泡一泡。 What I need is to soak in a hot tub.
[例句] 我能给你尝点泡芙点心吗？ Can I tempt you with a little puff pastry?
（布景； 衬托主体事物的景物； 对人物、事件起作用的历史条件或现实环境） background，backdrop，setting，context ；
harmful，pernicious，detrimental，maleficence，nocuousness ；
[例句] 这样的法规可以保护消费者免受有害或者危险药品的威胁。 Such laws could protect the consumer from harmful or dangerous remedies.
[例句] 脱咖啡因的咖啡仍含一些刺激物和其他可能致癌的有害物质。 Decaffeinated coffee still contains some stimulants and other nasties linked with cancer.
rock，roche，pena，roach ；
[例句] 不断变化的应力导致更多的断裂和岩石变形。 Changing stresses bring about more cracking and rock deformation.
[例句] 这座城市建在岩石上，四周筑有城墙。 The city was walled and built upon a rock.
food and drink，diet，bite and sup ；
[例句] 在减肥过程中保持饮食的营养相对均衡是明智的。 It makes sense to eat a reasonably balanced diet when slimming.
[例句] 无麸质饮食对一些关节炎患者有疗效。 Some cases of arthritis respond to a gluten-free diet.
green，bice，grassiness，greenness，vert ；
[例句] 从“绿色税收”得来的收入便可回过头来用于提高能效。 Revenues from "green taxes" could then be channelled back into energy efficiency.
[例句] 房间仍然很简朴，四面都是饰有圆点的绿色空墙。 The room remains simple with bare, stippled green walls.
repel，exclude，reject，eject，blackball ；
[例句] 病人的免疫系统会对移植器官产生异质排斥反应。 The patient'simmune system would reject the transplanted organ as a foreign object.
[例句] 谈到烹饪，法国人会颇为得意并且极端排斥外国菜。 The French are proud and highly xenophobic when it comes to cooking.
jacket，sleeve，bushing，sleeve piece ；
[例句] 植株树干用铝制套筒包着. Aluminum sleeves were placed around the stems.
[例句] 套筒必须将预计中积雪最高处以上的茎干包裹着. The sleeves must cover stems to a point above the greatest expected snow accumulation.
bright，luminous，shiny，shine，brightness ；
[例句] 音乐停止，灯光亮起。 The music stopped and the lights were turned up.
[例句] 屋子里唯一的光亮来自炉火。 The only illumination in the room came from the fire.
名 （植物刚长出来的可以发育成茎、叶或花的部分） bud，sprout，shoot ；
[例句] 再过几天球芽甘蓝就可以吃了。 In a few days time the sprouts will be ready to eat.
[例句] 蛞蝓会破坏长出的新芽。 Slugs play merry hell with emerging shoots.
[工] shock absorption，shock-absorbing，damping，decouple ；
[例句] 跑鞋有额外的减震设计。 Running shoes have extra cushioning.
[例句] 最先进的减震悬架保证汽车在最崎岖不平的道路上也可以平稳通行. State - of - the - art suspension guarantees a smooth passage over the bumpiest road.
[电子] lock，locking，[讯] lockout，[航海] caging，[电影]Locked Down；
[例句] 红人队选择了弃踢，达拉斯队随即跑出79码从而锁定胜局。 The Redskins punted. Dallas then marched 79 yards to seal the victory.
[例句] 埃里克·坎通纳抓住机会踢进绝妙的一球，锁定了比赛的胜局。 Eric Cantona made the game safe with a brilliant opportunist goal.
tea，tea-leaves，tea leaf，tea-leaf ；
[例句] 她不小心把架子上的茶叶罐碰了下来。 She accidentally knocked the tea tin off the shelf.
[例句] 面包、大米和茶叶等日常必需品已实行配给。 Staples such as bread, rice and tea are already being rationed.
canvas，duck，sacking，sailcloth ；
[例句] 用防风雨的帆布背包装照相机和镜头。 Use a weatherproof rucksack to carry your camera and lenses around in.
[例句] 她小心翼翼地在红帆布垫上坐下，膝盖矜持地并拢着。 She sat down cautiously on the red canvas cushions, knees modestly together.
purify，purge，defecate，clean-up，cleanse ；
irrigation ditch，canal，medium of communication，channel，ditch ；
[例句] 通过官方渠道是压根儿搞不到票的. You simply can't get a ticket through official channels.
[例句] 我们从多方渠道得到信息。 We're getting input from gobs of sources.
[地]charting，map-making，[机] [建]drafting，graphical plot，cartography ；
[例句] 工程制图是一门实践性很强的技术课。 Engineering cartography is a subject characteristic of practice.
[例句] 他们在电影的特技中使用最新的动画制图法。 They are using state-of-the-art graphics in the film's special effects.
clay，clunch ；
[例句] 这粘土非常稠, 我们须用水使它变得稀一些. The clay is very stiff; we must make it thinner with water.
[例句] 他用粘土做模型. He models in clay.
coastal，offshore，longshore，littoral，coastwise ；
[例句] 恺撒挥师北上，深入到多瑙河沿岸的森林地带。 Caesar marched north into the forests that border the Danube River.
[例句] 石油沿着海岸线扩散到了大约1,000英里范围的沿岸海域。 The oil washed ashore on roughly 1,000 miles of coastline.
partake，participate in，have a hand in，take part in；
[例句] 673家私人高尔夫俱乐部参与了最近的研究。 673 private golf clubs took part in a recent study.
[例句] 她从未参与过为任何人获取或复制机密文件之事。 She never participated in obtaining or copying any classified documents for anyone.