adjutant，aide-de-camp，lieutenant，subaltern，ADC ；
[例句] 我们见到了随从将军的副官. We met the officer attendant on the general.
[例句] 当然在过去，副官掌管着舰队司令的信号旗。 In olden days, of course, a flag-lieutenant was in charge of the Admiral's signal flags.
illegitimate child，bastard，child born out of wedlock，love [natural] child，bastardy ；
[例句] 埃里克有个不为人知的私生子。 Eric has a secret love child.
[例句] 他从不介意自己是私生子. He was never concerned about being born a bastard.
aerobus，flight，[经] liner，passenger liner ；
[例句] 飞往罗马的班机从3号航站楼出发。 Flights for Rome depart from Terminal 3.
[例句] 我们的班机最终晚了五个小时起飞。 Our flight eventually left five hours late.
verdigris，[化] verde antico，aerugo，patina ；
[例句] 他的衣袋里装满铅丹和铜绿. His pockets are full of red lead and verdigris.
[例句] 别针是铜做的,上面可能有铜绿. ” A pin's brass. It might have verdigrease on it. "
sporophyte，[医] falciform bodi2s，sporont ；
[例句] 为苔藓和地钱的孢子体世代具有. Sporogonium The sporophyte generation in mosses and liverworts.
[例句] 孢子体是寄生在配子体上的. The sporogonium is parasitic on the gametophyte generation.
the back of，hindside，rear，tail end，heel ；
[例句] 有个婴儿在教堂后部大声啼哭。 There was an infant squalling in the back of the church.
[例句] 往婴儿的脑后部轻撩些水。 Trickle water gently over the back of your baby's head.
aggregate，aggregat ；
[例句] 人们把火山灰与石灰的混合物加到集料中. This mixture of pozzolana and lime was then added to an aggregate.
[例句] 提出并验证了四种具有实用价值的集料级配组成. The paper has put forward and testified four utilizable aggregate gradation.
burst forth，burst out，ebullition，spurt，torrent ；
[例句] 她的双眼迸发出暴怒之火。 Her eyes blazed with fury.
[例句] 一片自然迸发的赞美声 spontaneous outpourings of praise
be directed against，be aimed at，point at，counter，aim at ；
[例句] 针对他们各人不同的需要挑选柔软、软硬适中或者坚硬的床垫。 Choose a soft, medium or firm mattress to suit their individual needs.
[例句] 这所学校因其针对该社区具有开创性的工作而获奖。 The school has won awards for its pioneering work with the community.
steamboat，steamer，steam vessel，steamship，airboat ；
[例句] 汽船向我们嘟嘟鸣笛时，甲板上的水手们饶有趣味地挥着手。 Steamers tooted at us as sailors on deck waved in amusement.
[例句] 一路上，汽船在好几个港口停靠。 The steamer calls at several ports along the way.
air chamber，gas cell ；
[例句] 气室通过呼吸器与大气相通. Air chamber is connected to air through breather.
[例句] 报告了采用直接从铯蒸汽气室而不用磁光阱实现了光学粘团的方法. Usually the magneto optical trap ( MOT ) is used to obtain the cold atoms from the vapor.
in a state of anxiety，on tenterhooks，alarmed ；
[例句] 蒂罗罗把惶惶不安的伴侣们召在一起商量有什么新的妙计. Teroro convened his bewildered companions to dream up some new fantasy.
[例句] 这一席话,我们人人听得惶惶不安, 尤其是我. This dialogue made us all uneasy, and me very uneasy.
[医] allophthalmia，tropia，wall-eye or cross-eye，strabism，asquint ；
[例句] 艾尔弗雷德斜眼瞥了他一下。 Alfred shot him a sideways glance.
[例句] 朱莉耷拉着眼皮斜眼看了看她。 Julie squinted at her through lidded eyes.
sacrificial altar，altar，communion table ；
[例句] 玛蒂尔达在一块有花鸟图案的祭坛布上刺绣。 Matilda was embroidering an altar cloth covered with flowers and birds.
[例句] 长木椅 、 布道坛和祭坛都与教堂朴素高雅的气氛一致. The pews, the pulpit and the altar are of a piece with the simple elegance of the church itself.
ambergris （抹香鲸肠道分泌物， 做香料） ；
[例句] 多年来,用的较多的固定剂是动物制品龙涎香 、 香猫香 、 麝香、以及河狸香. For many years the leading fixatives were the animal products ambergris, civet, musk and castoreum.
[例句] 龙涎香是抹香鲸肠内的结石. Ambergris is the concretion in the intestine of the sperm - whale.
amblyopia，weak sight，lazy eye ；
[例句] 弱视儿童 a visually handicapped child
[例句] 不完全失明称为弱视. Partial blindness is called amblyopia.
cappa，opera cape，wraps，tippet，amice ；
[例句] 她在外套上披着一件披肩. She was wearing a cape over her dress.
[例句] 袖口和披肩也有缘饰. The sleeve edges and cape were also fringed.
scope，range，extent，span ；
[例句] 人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大. The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.
[例句] 可见,所有这些小来小去的一撇一点都给我们增加了广度、分量和深度. Thus all these tiny scratches give us breadth and heft and depth.
amulet，protective talisman，a person or thing that protects one from punishment or censure，shield，churinga ；
[例句] 冷漠的礼仪是他唯一的 护身符. The chilling courtesy was his only armo ( u ) r .
[例句] “ 我亲爱的朋友, 在这城市的生活里我有一张护身符呢! 'My dear friend, I have a charmed life in this city.
anecdotes ；
[例句] 这本书节奏明快，另外还穿插了一些趣味盎然的文史掌故。 The pace of the book is leisurely, with enjoyable literary and historical asides.
[例句] 今天听到不少掌故. ” We're hearing all kinds of anecdotes today. "