n. 包袱,包裹,(土地的)一块,一批,一群,(货物的)一宗;vt. 分,区分,把…划成部分后分配,给…打成包裹,把…拼在一起;
[例句] ...parcels of food and clothing...
[例句] He had a large brown paper parcel under his left arm.
adj. 奇怪的,古怪的,异常的,特有的,特殊的;n. 专有特权,专有财产,[多用于英国]特殊教堂;
[例句] Mr Kennet has a rather peculiar sense of humour...
[例句] Rachel thought it tasted peculiar.
vt. 使垂直,用测铅测,探索;adj. 垂直的;adv. 恰恰,正,垂直地;vi. 做管道工;n. 铅锤,测锤;
[例句] She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions...
[例句] Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers.
vt.& vi. 拍手,鼓掌,轻轻拍打某人,急速放置,振翼,拍翅膀;n. 鼓掌,拍手,拍手声,噼拍声,破裂声;vi. 鼓掌,拍手,啪地关上;
[例句] The men danced and the women clapped...
[例句] Midge clapped her hands, calling them back to order...
n. 嘴唇,(杯,壶等的)口,边缘,〈俚〉无理的回答,〈美〉律师;adj. 唇的,口头上的,唇音的;vt. 用嘴唇接触,接吻,〈俚〉轻轻地说,唱,把高尔夫球打到穴边而未进去;
[例句] Wade stuck the cigarette between his lips.
[例句] ...the lip of the jug.
adj. 永久(性)的,永恒的,不变的,耐久的,持久的,经久的,稳定的,常务的,常设的;n. 电烫发,烫发;
[例句] Heavy drinking can cause permanent damage to the brain...
[例句] ...a permanent solution to the problem...
adj. 适当的,相当的,正当的,应该的,正式的,正常的,固有的,特有的,独特的,本来的,真正的,严格意义上的,〈古〉漂亮的,优美的;adv. 〈方〉适当地,好好地,非常,很,完完全全地,彻底地;n. [宗教][常用P-]特定节日等用的仪式,弥撒(祈祷、礼仪等)书的章节,特赞;
[例句] Two out of five people lack a proper job...
[例句] I always cook a proper evening meal.
n. 页,(计算机的)页面,年史,重要事件;vt. 标记…的页数,翻页,喊出名字以寻找,(在公共传呼系统上)呼叫;vi. 翻书页,浏览;
[例句] Where's your book? Take it out and turn to page 4.
[例句] ...the front page of the Guardian.
n. 暂时的停顿,犹豫,(诗中)节奏的停顿,[乐]延长号;vi. 暂停,中止,逗留,停滞,(按暂停键)暂停放音,犹豫;
[例句] 'It's rather embarrassing,' he began, and paused...
[例句] He had to pause to clear his throat...
prep. (表示运算)加,(表示包容)外加,[口语]和,(表示数目)在零(度)以上;n. 加号,[数学]正量,好处,附加物;adj. 加的,正的,附加的,比所示数量多的;
[例句] Send a cheque for £18.99 plus £2 for postage and packing...
[例句] They will pay about $673 million plus interest.
n. 奖赏,战利品,值得努力争取的东西;vt. 珍视,珍惜,估价;adj. 获奖的,有望获奖的,理应获奖的;
[例句] You must claim your prize by telephoning our claims line...
[例句] He won first prize at the Leeds Piano Competition...
n. 激情,热情,热心,爱好,热恋,酷爱;vt.&vi. [诗歌用语]表露强烈感情,显示巨大热情;
[例句] ...my passion for a dark-haired, slender boy named James.
[例句] ...the expression of love and passion.
adj. 最重要的,主要的,资本的,本金的;n. 校长,主要演员,主角,[法]委托人,当事人,本金;
[例句] The principal reason for my change of mind is this.
[例句] ...the country's principal source of foreign exchange earnings...
n. 标准,常规,同等,票面价值,[体]标准杆数;adj. 平价的,平均的,正常的,票面的;vt. 标准杆数得分;
[例句] Parts of Glasgow are on a par with the worst areas of London and Liverpool for burglaries.
[例句] He was five under par after the first round.
n. 现在( present的名词复数 ),礼物,[复数]本作品,[语法学]现在时态;v. 举向( present的第三人称单数 ),面向,举枪瞄准,(分娩时婴儿)露出;
[例句] He has brought much of the present crisis on himself...
[例句] ...the government's present economic difficulties...
n. 手掌,手心,棕榈树 ,由Palm公司发明的一种PDA上的操作系统;v. 将…藏于掌中;
[例句] Dornberg slapped the table with the palm of his hand...
[例句] He wiped his sweaty palm.
vt. 准备,预备(饭菜),配备,使(自己)有准备;vt.& vi. 筹备,进行各项准备工作,做好思想准备,作出,制订,锻炼(身体等),训练;
[例句] Two technicians were preparing a videotape recording of last week's programme...
[例句] On average each report requires 1,000 hours to prepare...
n. 财产,房地产,特性,属性;
[例句] Richard could easily destroy her personal property to punish her for walking out on him...
[例句] Security forces searched thousands of homes, confiscating weapons and stolen property.
vi. 跳,跳绳,悄悄溜走,快速转移;vt. 略过,跳过,漏过,不做(应做的事等);n. 跳,蹦跳,废料桶(装工地废料,由卡车拖走),跳跃;
[例句] They saw the man with a little girl skipping along behind him...
[例句] We went skipping down the street arm in arm...
adj. 被动的,消极的,不抵抗的,冷漠的;n. 动词被动形式,被动语态;
[例句] His passive attitude made things easier for me...
[例句] Even passive acceptance of the regime was a kind of collaboration.