usually，in general，customarily，ordinarily；
[例句] 我先挑出了所有通常留到最后的人。 I picked first all the people who usually were left till last.
[例句] 我们得到了通常难以获取的大量数据。 We gained a rich supply of data which would normally be inaccessible.
daytime，day，daylight ；
[例句] 广场上灯火辉煌,如同白昼. The public square is as brightly lit as in daylight.
[例句] 灯火辉煌,犹如白昼. The place was lit up as bright as day.
thaw，thawing，unfreeze，ice-out，[电影]The Thaw；
[例句] 我们在初春解冻时节的泥泞中艰难行进。 We slogged through the mud of an early spring thaw.
[例句] 外交关系直到今年8月才解冻。 Diplomatic relations were frozen until August this year.
（一次比一次减少） decrease progressively [successively]，decrease by degrees，reduce progressively，degression，descending ；
[例句] 茶叶的需求量 ( 逐年 ) 递减. The demand for tea is on the decrease ( each year ).
[例句] 像人头税一样, 递减税占穷人收入的比例更大. A regressive tax, like the poll tax, takes proportionately more of a poor person's income.
horticulture，gardening ；
[例句] 不是园艺大师也可以把自己的家里装点得绿意盎然。 You don't need green fingers to fill your home with lush leaves.
[例句] 他工作很努力，对园艺很在行。 He is a hard worker and a skilled gardener.
homogenesis，homogeny，homogeneity ；
[例句] 增长模型常常把劳动力视为同质的. Growth models usually consider labor as homogeneous.
[例句] 位于精细管之间的同质细胞 ( 莱代细胞 ) 产生雄激素. The intersitial ( Leydig ) cells which lie between the tubules are the source of the male hormone.
(magnetic) disc [disk]，disk，diskette，magnetic disk ；
[例句] 压缩磁盘驱动器有助于人们管理重要信息。 Zip drives help people to organise their important information.
[例句] 看起来那些名字被意外地从计算机磁盘上删除了。 It appears the names were accidentally erased from computer disks.
[电] transcribe，transfer，[声] mixing，rerecording ；
[例句] 所有的曲子都已经从原始录音带转录到了数码母带上。 All the tracks have been digitally remastered from the original tapes.
[例句] 抗逆 转录病毒药物能够使生命延长多年. Anti - retroviral drugs can extend life for many years.
relax，slacken，loosen，ease，[电影]Relax；
[例句] 按摩可以使肌肉放松，缓解压力和促进血液循环。 Massage is used to relax muscles, relieve stress and improve the circulation.
[例句] 呼气，膝部放松向胸部靠拢。 Breathe out and ease your knees in toward your chest.
[天] ecliptic ；
[例句] 德拉蒙德正与“黄道神游”（本名马克·曼宁）合作撰写一本书。 Drummond was working on a book in collaboration with Zodiac Mindwarp.
[例句] 黄道十二宫 the signs of the zodiac
lasting long，durable，endure，wear ；
[例句] 这种清漆可作耐久的罩面漆. This varnish provides a durable finish.
[例句] 许先生说: “ 不怕的, 最耐久! ” " No , it is not ,'said Mrs. Lu Xun. " It's a very tough plant. "
ecronic，haven，dock and harbour，estuary，fleet ；
[例句] 小船在港湾中颠簸。 Tiny boats bobbed up and down in the harbour.
[例句] 他们正在疏浚港湾以便大船驶入。 They're dredging the harbour so that larger ships can use it.
fowl，domestic bird，domestic fowl，poultry ；
[例句] 多数饲养家禽的农场主不得不依赖商业化生产的饲料。 Most poultry farmers have to rely on commercially manufactured feeds.
[例句] 家禽身上发现的污染物，在禽蛋里也会有。 Contaminants found in poultry will also be found in their eggs.
methane，fire-damp，gas，marsh gas ；
[例句] 周围的矿井里的确有沼气聚积。 Methane gas does collect in the mines around here.
[例句] 废物腐烂时会产生沼气。 As the waste materials decompose, they produce methane gas.
for the first time，first ；
[例句] 鲍勃·马利让他们首次接触到了雷盖音乐。 Bob Marley provided them with their first taste of Reggae music.
[例句] 这张精选集在1984年首次以唱片形式发行。 This compilation was first issued on vinyl in 1984.
[水文] shoal water，shallow water ；
[例句] 他从跳板跳下,潜入水中,游到浅水池边. He dived off the springboard and swam down to the shallow end.
[例句] 那艘船在浅水处失事. The ship was wrecked on the shoals.
footstep，step，[讯] pedestal seat，altar，sidestep ；
[例句] 卢埃林登上台阶，走进城堡主楼。 Llewelyn was mounting the stairs up into the keep.
[例句] 他跳着上了台阶，按下了门铃。 He bounded up the steps and pushed the bell of the door.
pendulous，obumbrant，obumbrans，pensile，overhang ；
[例句] 四面墙壁上悬垂着深红色环状打褶的装饰织物. Crimson draperies were looped along the walls.
[例句] 绿色, 白色,粉红色组合成的皇冠状斑叶, 叶面平坦. 半迷你悬垂型. Crown variegated green, white and pink , plain , ovate. Semiminiature trailer.
形 conspicuous，grand，bright, flaming red；名 [电]hertz，a surname ；
[例句] 由于揭露此事，他被女神赫拉弄瞎了眼。 For this revelation he was struck blind by the goddess Hera.
[例句] 马赫福兹先生讲述的故事过于宏大，主题有些混乱了。 The themes get tangled in Mr. Mahfouz's epic storytelling.
mercury，hydrargyrum，hydrargyri，quicksilver，azoth ；
[例句] 水银是一种已知的有毒物质。 Mercury is a known poison.
[例句] 我们看到的温度计里的液体是水银. The liquid we can see in thermometers is mercury.