名 （一种旧式火器） blunderbuss ；
[例句] 时刻留意他的流星铳和粉碎爪. Keep clear of his Meteor Blaster and massive crush claw.
[例句] 三眼铳, 在农村也叫“神枪”, 死人后出殡用的礼炮. Three eye blunderbuss, named God Gun in country, salute used in funeral.
borrow，have the loan of，use sth. for another purpose ；
[例句] 他们的工程师更乐于借用别人的观点，而不愿自我创新。 Their engineers are happier borrowing other people's ideas than developing their own.
[例句] “你为什么不借用你姐姐的车呢？”卡桑德拉生硬地说道。 "Why don't you borrow your sister's car?" said Cassandra stiffly.
lucus，grove，thicket，treetop，bosk ；
[例句] 还没看到他们，我便听到他们穿过矮树丛过来的声音。 I heard them coming, crashing through the undergrowth, before I saw them.
[例句] 一顶橄榄色帐篷扎在树丛当中。 An olive-coloured tent stood within a thicket of trees.
[生化] botany，phytology ；
[例句] 对于19世纪的同行来说，罗伯特·布朗是植物学巨匠。 To his 19th-century peers, Robert Brown was the prince of botany.
[例句] 他的发现被誉为本世纪植物学的最重大发现。 His discovery was hailed as the botanical find of the century.
books and periodicals ；
[例句] 他参看了不少有关书刊. He consulted a number of relevant books and periodicals.
[例句] 他们似乎满足于看低级书刊. They seem satisfied with the pulps.
handcuffs，manacle，cuff，darby，gyve ；
[例句] 他戴着手铐被带了过来，交到了我手里。 He was led in in handcuffs and delivered over to me.
[例句] 他戴着手铐被送进了监狱。 He was led away to jail in handcuffs.
动 collapse，fall，break down，crack up ；
[例句] 她镇定而且坚强，绝不会垮掉。 She's calm and strong, and she is just not going to crack.
[例句] 我绝对不能眼睁睁地看着这家公司垮掉。 I really can't afford to see this company go belly up.
gold stamp，gold stamping，gold blocking，gilding，bronzing ；
[例句] 那书脊是烫金的. The spine is tooled in gold.
[例句] 该系列产品广泛应用于油漆、油墨 、 皮革 、 烫金膜等行业. Ming Hui products widely processed in coating, leather, foil industry.
threaten by force，coerce，intimidate，menace，bully ；
[例句] 他们被威逼接受了提议。 They were browbeaten into accepting the offer.
[例句] 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他. The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money.
single-storey house，bungalow，one-storey house ；
[例句] 这个小镇里都是白色平房. It was a town filled with white bungalows.
[例句] 他把那间平房借给康拉德一家住了两三个星期。 He had lent the bungalow to the Conrads for a couple of weeks.
shine (shoes, utensils, etc.)，rub，rubbing，polish，brush up ；
[例句] 他用软抹布擦亮了自己的柜台。 He gave his counter a polish with a soft duster.
[例句] 我们把自己次好的靴子擦亮后穿上了。 We polished and wore our second-best boots.
board，dining-table，table ；
[例句] 我认为在把食物端上餐桌前应该先调味。 I believe in seasoning food before putting it on the table.
[例句] 你不必为这张餐桌花一大笔钱。 You won't have to lay out a fortune for this dining table.
Middle Ages，middle ages ；
[例句] 这所房子是典型的中世纪民居。 The house is a textbook example of medieval domestic architecture.
[例句] 东窗是中世纪玻璃安装工艺的奇迹。 The East Window is a wonder of medieval glazing.
tune，melody，tone ，note，cadence ；
[例句] 他声音很一般，但唱得都在调子上。 It was just an ordinary voice, but he sang in tune.
[例句] 他脚下打着拍子，嘴里哼着调子，身子晃来晃去的。 He tapped his feet, hummed tunes and jiggled about.
ask for，demand，exact，extort，come down on ；
[例句] 欲索取其宣传册，请写信至以上地址。 For a copy of their brochure, write to the above address.
[例句] 备有介绍详情的传单以供索取。 Leaflets giving details are available on request.
shell，quick lime，pellouxite，unslaked lime，calces ；
[例句] 这些生石灰是用来将氧混合在熔化的钢水中. The Calcium Oxide is used to mix oxygen with the steel.
[例句] “ 水泥 - 黏土 - 粉煤灰 - 生石灰 ” 固化浆液性能试验. Performance experiment on solidifying slurry of " cement - clay - fly ash - quicklime ; "
calyx，calyces ；
[例句] 洗一下草莓，并摘掉花萼。 Wash and hull the strawberries.
[例句] 一般认为,前者的花瓣与毛茛属植物花萼同源. The former are considered to be homologous with the sepals of Ranunculus.
campus，school yard，schoolyard ；
[例句] 很多模特发誓要重回大学校园，但很少有人做到。 While many models vow to go back to college, few do.
[例句] 校园里的闲置宿舍住着一些度假的家庭。 Vacant rooms on the campus were being used by holidaying families.
honest and frank，upright ；
[例句] 他的耿直给他带来了麻烦。 His bluntness got him into trouble.
[例句] 我是个耿直坦率的人, 我讨厌虚伪. I'm a blunt straightforward man; I hate sham.
[书] （傍晚） toward evening，at nightfall，at dusk，twilight，dewfall ；
[例句] 薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味. Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.
[例句] 薄暮被萤火虫点缀得金光闪闪. The dusk was gilded with fireflies.