形 muddy，turbid，foolish，stupid；名 （姓氏） a surname，unsophisticated ；
[例句] 他们不停地提出其他政治问题，力图把水搅浑。 They keep on muddying the waters by raising other political issues.
[例句] 浑水好摸鱼. It is good fishing in troubled waters.
动 swallow，gobble，take possession of，absorb；名 （姓氏） a surname，annex ；
[例句] 警察说他为了逃避逮捕就吞了一颗氰化物胶囊。 The police say he swallowed a cyanide capsule to avoid arrest.
[例句] 刚才一口吞下整个鸡蛋，她现在还在打嗝。 She was still hiccuping from the egg she had swallowed whole.
名 pace，step，stage，condition；动 go on foot，walk，[书]tread，[方]pace off；量 （旧制长度单位， 一步等于五尺） an old unit for measurement of length, equivalent to five chi ；
[例句] 我侧一步要躲闪的时候，瓶子打中了我的左髋部。 As I sidestepped, the bottle hit me on the left hip.
[例句] 麦凯缓缓地朝这个屏幕走来，每走一步心情都更加紧张。 McKay walked slowly toward this screen, feeling a growing tenseness.
动 advance，move forward，enter，come or go into；量 （平房的一宅之内分前后几排的， 一排称为一进） any of the several rows of houses within an old-style residential compound；名 （姓
[例句] 我们往往每周共进一次午餐。 We tend to meet up for lunch once a week.
[例句] 我拿起了电话，她知趣地进了客厅。 I took the phone, and she went discreetly into the living room.
名 waist，small of the back，pocket，middle ；
[例句] 那件连衣裙凸显了她的蜂腰，也让她的胸部看起来更丰满。 The dress exaggerates her wasp waist and enlarges her bosom.
[例句] 感觉一下腰背部皮肤的柔滑。 Feel how soft the skin is in the small of the back.
名 a move in chess，trick，means，device；动 [方] （放； 搁进去） put；副 all right，well；
[例句] 我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。 For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
[例句] 他喋喋不休地说着某个无聊的电视连续剧。 He was carrying on about some stupid television series.
动 hold，take，seize，capture，fetch ；
[例句] 在拿吃的之前，用热肥皂水把手好好地洗干净。 Wash your hands thoroughly with hot soapy water before handling any food.
[例句] 我拿起了电话，她知趣地进了客厅。 I took the phone, and she went discreetly into the living room.
名 grass，straw，draft，rapid, cursive style of writing；形 female，careless，hasty，rough；动 [书] （起草） draft ；
[例句] 窗户外边是一块草地，高高的草随风摇摆。 The windows overlooked a lawn of tall waving grass.
[例句] 他们被满橱窗陈列的钻石和皮草弄得眼花缭乱。 They were dazed by window displays dripping with diamonds and furs.
名 smoke，mist，vapour，tobacco；动 （烟气刺激眼睛） (of eyes) be irritated by smoke，opium；
[例句] 树林上空飘浮着一股烟。 There was a drift of smoke above the trees.
[例句] 纽曼又倒了些黑咖啡，接着点了支烟。 Newman poured more black coffee and lit a cigarette.
frequency，rate ；
[例句] 实验者已经成功控制了心跳的速度和频率。 Experimenters have succeeded in controlling the rate and regularity of the heartbeat.
[例句] 欧洲的交流电输出频率通常为50赫兹。 In Europe, AC is usually generated at 50 Hz.
动 steal，pilfer，find，burglarize；名 （偷东西的人） thief，pilferer，burglar；副 （瞒着人） stealthily，secretly，covertly ；
[例句] 他们挣脱后开着一辆偷来的车逃之夭夭。 They broke free and made off in a stolen car.
[例句] 有人偷了某个影星的钻石了吗? Has somebody helped himself to some film star's diamonds?
动 explode，burst，quick-fry ；
[例句] 一辆南行的卡车爆胎并撞车了。 A lorry travelling south had a blow-out and crashed.
[例句] 从战场返乡的士兵挤爆了劳动力市场。 Soldiers returning from the war had glutted the job market.
动 open up，spread out，put to good use，give free play to；名 exhibition，a surname ；
[例句] 节日里将有烟花表演、现场音乐会和雕塑展。 The festival will feature pyrotechnics, live music, and sculptures.
[例句] 冰雕动物展 a display of animals sculpted in ice
名 discipline，a period of twelve years ，a period of years，[地质]subdivision of a geological era；动 put down in writing，record，sort ；
[例句] 这很实际地说明了为什么军队要将士兵训练得遵规守纪。 This was a very practical demonstration of why the Army trained people to be disciplined.
[例句] 塔纪为了拯救这个女郎, 杀死了老祭司. Determined to rescue her , Taji killed the priest in doing so.
名 （错误） mistake，error；动 mistake，misunderstand，miss，cause disadvantage to；副 （不是故意） by mistake，by accident ；
[例句] 他就这运气，误了最后一班船也毫不出奇。 It would be just his luck to miss the last boat.
[例句] 女性误以为是考虑不周的事情往往只是缺乏自信。 What women mistake as thoughtlessness is often just diffidence.
动 check up，inspect，restrain oneself，be careful in one's conduct；名 （姓氏） a surname，check ；
[例句] 阳性孕检结果很快证实了她的直觉。 A positive pregnancy test soon confirmed her intuitive feelings.
[例句] 尸检结果发现她死于窒息。 A post mortem examination found that she died from asphyxiation.
order，procedure，[自] program，software，formality ；
[例句] 他给他的计算机编制了一套程序，以比较所有可能的组合。 He programmed his computer to compare all the possible combinations.
[例句] 本·莫里斯先生在议会就程序问题提出质询。 A point of order was raised in parliament by Mr Ben Morris.
名 cloth，textile，a copper coin in ancient times，a surname；动 announce，declare，spread，disseminate ；
[例句] 他正拿着一块布，布上粉红色的水滴落在地板上。 He was holding a cloth that dripped pink drops upon the floor.
[例句] 我去布鲁克斯兄弟专卖店给自己买了一件体面的衬衫。 I went to Brooks Brothers and bought myself a decent shirt.
形 two，twin，even，both；量 （用于成对的东西） pair；名 （姓氏） a surname，double ；
[例句] 报纸使用了新词“丁克族”，即“双收入无子女”。 The newspaper used the neologism "dinks", Double Income No Kids.
[例句] 麦卡纳利双膝发软，瘫倒在地板上。 Mcanally's knees buckled and he crumpled down onto the floor.
disseminate，propagate，spread，transmission；
[例句] 这种疾病传播的条件已经成熟。 The conditions are ripe for the spread of disease.
[例句] 有关街头骚乱的消息迅速传播开来。 Word has been spreading fast of the incidents on the streets.