n. 粉，粉末( powder的名词复数 )，粉状物质；

[例句] Put a small amount of the powder into a container and mix with water...

[例句] The wood turns to powder in his fingers.

v. 布道( preach的第三人称单数 )，劝诫，说教，宣传；

[例句] At High Mass the priest preached a sermon on the devil...

[例句] The bishop preached to a crowd of several hundred local people...

v. 感到刺痛，引起刺痛( prickle的现在分词 )；

[例句] He paused, feeling his scalp prickling under his hat...

[例句] Her skin prickled with apprehension.

n. 试验（法），证明，验算；

[例句] ...a bomb-proof aircraft...

[例句] In a large microwave-proof dish, melt butter for 20 seconds.

v. 以为，假定( presume的过去式和过去分词 )，推定，妄行，冒昧地做某事；

[例句] I presume you're here on business...

[例句] Dido's told you the whole sad story, I presume?...

v. 提议（proposition的过去式与过去分词形式）；

[例句] Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition...

[例句] Even among seasoned mountaineers Pinnacle Ridge is considered quite a tough proposition.

n. 削下的皮；v. 削皮( pare的现在分词 )，削掉，修剪（指甲等），逐步减小（数量或体积）；

[例句] ...nail parings.

[例句] ...vegetable parings.

v. 穿孔于，在…上打眼( perforate的过去式和过去分词 )，（在纸张等上）打齿孔[孔眼线]；

[例句] I refused to wear headphones because they can perforate your eardrums.

n. 脓，脓水；

adj. 每人，按人分配的，按人口平均；

[例句] They have the world's largest per capita income...

[例句] The per capita consumption of alcohol has dropped over the past two years.

n. 公立中小学；

[例句] He was headmaster of a public school in the West of England.

[例句] ...the boy from the streets who went to public school.

用木板封住， 用木板隔断；

[例句] Shopkeepers have boarded up their windows.

轻描淡写， 故意缩小…的重要性，和善地对待， 放低身价；

[例句] Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports...

[例句] He plays down rumours that he aims to become a Labour MP...

n. 电力线，输电线，电源线；

pref. 表示“居前，领先”之义，亲；

[例句] He was at the forefront of the pro-democracy campaign in the country...

[例句] Younger voters are strongly pro-European...

跳高；

vi. 直瞪瞪地注视；n. 呆人；

[例句] At weekends the roads are jammed with holidaymakers coming to gawp at the parade...

[例句] Thorpe could only stand and gawp.

n. 枪法，射击术；

n. 管事人之职位及职责，管理工作；

adj. 交响乐团的，音乐团体的，爱好音乐的；n. 交响乐团，爱音乐的人，爱乐团体；

[例句] The Lithuanian Philharmonic Orchestra played Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.