n. 巡逻者（尤指警官）( patrolman的名词复数 )；

[例句] In Petersburg, 30 patrolmen have died violently in the past five years.

[例句] Mal's car had broken down en route and the AA patrolman had taken an hour to arrive.

n. 肖像，画像( portrait的名词复数 )，生动的描写；

[例句] Lucian Freud has been asked to paint a portrait of the Queen.

[例句] ...the English portrait painter Augustus John.

n. 有害的人或物( pest的名词复数 )，害虫，害兽，害鸟；

[例句] ...crops which are resistant to some of the major insect pests and diseases...

[例句] Each year ten percent of the crop is lost to a pest called corn rootworm.

n. 种植园，大农场( plantation的名词复数 )；

[例句] ...banana plantations in Costa Rica.

[例句] ...a plantation of almond trees.

v. 使瘫痪[麻痹]( paralyse的过去式和过去分词 )，使不能正常活动；

[例句] Her married sister had been paralysed in a road accident.

[例句] ...a virus which paralysed his legs.

v. 预言，预测，预示( predict的第三人称单数 )；

[例句] The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest...

[例句] He predicted that my hair would grow back 'in no time'...

v. 预言，预测，预示( predict的现在分词 )；

[例句] The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest...

[例句] He predicted that my hair would grow back 'in no time'...

n. 丘疹，粉刺，小脓疱( pimple的名词复数 )；

[例句] ...spots and pimples...

[例句] His face was covered with pimples.

n. 馅饼，派( pie的名词复数 )；

[例句] ...a pork pie.

[例句] ...apple pie and custard.

n. 实践性( practicality的名词复数 )，实际性，实用性，实际事物；

[例句] Decisions about your children should be based on the practicalities of everyday life.

n. 水上平台( pier的名词复数 )，（常设有娱乐场所的）突堤，柱子，墙墩；

[例句] ...Brighton Pier.

n. 步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )；

[例句] In Los Angeles a pedestrian is a rare spectacle...

[例句] More than a third of all pedestrian injuries are to children.

n. （纪念性的）匾牌( plaque的名词复数 )，纪念匾，牙斑，空斑；

[例句] After touring the hospital, Her Majesty unveiled a commemorative plaque.

[例句] Deposits of plaque build up between the tooth and the gum.

n. 散黑穗病，紫色( purple的名词复数 )，紫（红）衣，帝位，皇族；

[例句] She wore purple and green silk.

[例句] ...sinister dark greens and purples.

n. 维和士兵( peacekeeper的名词复数 )；

[例句] There's been much fear that the United Nations peacekeepers would be under attack in a situation like that.

[例句] They want the United Nations to play a bigger role as the world's peacekeeper...

n. 允许，许可，准许( permission的名词复数 )；

[例句] He asked permission to leave the room...

[例句] Finally his mother relented and gave permission for her youngest son to marry...

n. （房地产、证券和体育赛事的）承办人( promoter的名词复数 )，出资人，促进者，起促进作用的事物；

[例句] ...one of the top boxing promoters in Britain.

[例句] Aaron Copland was an energetic promoter of American music.

n. 供应者，提供者，（尤指）维持家庭生计者( provider的名词复数 )；

[例句] I'll be glad to provide a copy of this...

[例句] They would not provide any details...

n. 期刊( periodical的名词复数 )；

[例句] The walls would be lined with books and periodicals.

[例句] ...a monthly periodical.

n. 瓷，瓷器( porcelain的名词复数 )；

[例句] There were lilies everywhere in tall white porcelain vases.

[例句] ...decorative 17th and 18th century porcelains.