n. 测量的标准或范围，尺度，标准，测量仪器，评估；vt. （用仪器）测量，确定容量，体积或内容，评估，判断，采用；

[例句] He gauged the wind at over thirty knots...

[例句] Distance is gauged by journey time rather than miles.

n. 金，黄金，金色，金币，金饰品；adj. 金（制）的，含金的，金色的，金本位的；

[例句] ...a sapphire set in gold...

[例句] The price of gold was going up.

vi. 渐变，渐渐变为（与into连用），渐渐消逝（与away连用），取得资格（与as连用）；vt. 授予学位或毕业证书，从…接受学位，分成等级，标以刻度；n. 毕业生，大学毕业生，（已经取得学士学位正在攻读高级学位的）研究生，量筒；adj. 毕业了的，研究生的，有（学士）学位的；

[例句] In 1973, the first Open University graduates received their degrees.

[例句] ...graduates in engineering.

vt.& vi. 唱，歌唱，吟诵；vi. （鸟）鸣，嗡嗡叫，呜呜作响，发嗖嗖声；v. 耳鸣，〈诗〉作诗，歌颂，赞美，称赞，唱着使…；n. 呜呜声，嗖嗖声，〈美口〉歌唱会；

[例句] I can't sing...

[例句] I sing about love most of the time...

adj. 温和的，文雅的，高尚的；vt. 使温和，使驯服；n. 蛆，饵；

[例句] My son was a quiet and gentle man who liked sports and enjoyed life...

[例句] Michael's voice was gentle and consoling.

n. 歌曲，歌唱（艺术），诗歌，韵文，鸟叫声，鸟语；

[例句] ...a voice singing a Spanish song.

[例句] ...a love song.

n. 绘画，油画，上色，着色，颜料，油漆；v. 绘画（ paint的现在分词），涂色于；

[例句] ...a large oil-painting of Queen Victoria.

[例句] ...two hobbies she really enjoyed, painting and gardening.

adj. （涉及）工作的，（人）有工作的，（时间）用于工作上的，（想法等）可作为基础的；v. （使）工作( work的现在分词)，（使）运作，运转，（使）产生效果；n. 工作，活动，制作，操纵；

[例句] Like working women anywhere, Asian women are buying convenience foods.

[例句] The needs and opinions of ordinary working people were ignored...

n. 思考，想法，思想，意见，见解；adj. 有思想的，有理性的；v. “think”的现在分词；

[例句] There was undeniably a strong theoretical dimension to his thinking.

[例句] ...the direction of the ANC's thinking on the country's political future...

v. 烘干，变干，把…弄干( dry的现在分词 )，去湿；

[例句] Clean the metal with a soft dry cloth...

[例句] Pat it dry with a soft towel...

n. 滴下，滴下物，空投，兽粪；v. （使）落下( drop的现在分词 )，投下，（使）降低，减少；

[例句] Temperatures can drop to freezing at night...

[例句] Once the rate rises it never drops back to its previous level...

adj. 后面的，其次的，下列的，顺风的；n. 崇拜者，拥护者，下列，如下，跟随，随球；prep. 随后，在…以后；v. 跟随，接着(follow的现在分词)；

[例句] In the centuries following Christ's death, Christians genuinely believed the world was about to end...

[例句] Following a day of medical research, the conference focused on educational practices.

n. 绘画，制图，图画，图样；v. 绘画(draw的现在分词)，拖，拉，拔出；

[例句] She did a drawing of me.

n. 塞口物，（牲畜的）口衔，言论限制，恶作剧，张口器；vt. 塞住…的口，抑制言论自由，使窒息，用张口器将嘴张开；vi. 作呕，窒息，开玩笑，说俏皮话；

[例句] His captors had put a gag of thick leather in his mouth.

[例句] I gagged him with a towel.

adj. 杰出的，显著的，凸出的，未完成的；

[例句] Derartu is an outstanding athlete and deserved to win.

[例句] ...an area of outstanding natural beauty...

adj. 强迫的，施加压力的；n. 强制，强夺；v. 强制( force的现在分词 )，强作，施强力于，促成早熟；

[例句] He was charged with abducting a taxi driver and forcing him to drive a bomb to Downing Street...

[例句] He was forced to resign by Russia's conservative parliament...

n. 命名；v. 确定( name的现在分词 )，决定，给…取名，说出…的名字；

[例句] 'What's his name?'—'Peter.'...

[例句] I don't even know if Sullivan's his real name...

n. 等候，（宫廷中的）侍奉，侍女，侍奉期间；adj. 等待的，（尤指因迟到）让人等候，服侍的，（用于告诉某人立刻行动）你还在等什么呢；v. 等候( wait的现在分词 )，等待，（尤指长期地）希望，盼望；

[例句] I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus...

[例句] Stop waiting for things to happen. Make them happen...

n. 动物油脂，油膏，润滑油，〈俚〉贿赂；vt. 涂油脂于，用油脂润滑，贿赂；

[例句] ...grease-stained hands.

[例句] I greased front and rear hubs and adjusted the brakes.

n. 跟踪；v. 跟踪( track的现在分词 )，跟踪摄影，留下（脏）足迹，追随（潮流等）；

[例句] We set off once more, over a rough mountain track.

[例句] The two men turned to watch the horses going round the track.