n. 新教徒（指16世纪脱离罗马天主教之基督教团体或后来由其形成的教派成员）( Protestant的名词复数 )；

[例句] Most Protestant churches now have women ministers.

n. 钢琴( piano的名词复数 )；

[例句] I taught myself how to play the piano...

[例句] He started piano lessons at the age of 7.

n. 影印本( photocopy的名词复数 )，复印件；

[例句] Staff photocopied the cheque before cashing it.

n. 爆音[裂]（收音机障碍），汽船声；adj. 间歇（振荡）的；v. （意外地、突然地）出现( pop的现在分词 )，突然出现，发出爆裂声，（突然地）行动；

n. 摆，钟摆( pendulum的名词复数 )，摇摆不定的事态（或局面）；

[例句] The pendulum has swung back and the American car companies have made dramatic advances in safety...

[例句] The political pendulum has swung in favour of the liberals.

n. （放牧或驯马的）小围场( paddock的名词复数 )，（准备参赛的马或车的）检阅场；

[例句] The family kept horses in the paddock in front of the house.

n. 盛装的游行( pageant的名词复数 )，穿古代服装的游行，再现历史场景的娱乐活动，盛会；

[例句] In August 1968 women held a demonstration at the Miss America Beauty Pageant.

n. 凤凰，长生鸟（神话中的鸟，在阿拉伯沙漠中，可活数百年，然后自焚为灰而再生）( phoenix的名词复数 )，菲尼克斯 （美国城市）；

[例句] Out of the ashes of the economic shambles, a phoenix of recovery can arise.

n. 悬崖，峭壁( precipice的名词复数 )；

[例句] I was beginning to admit to myself that our marriage was rolling toward the edge of a precipice...

[例句] The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice.

n. 调色板( palette的名词复数 )，（画家使用的）主要色彩，主色调，组件盘、工具箱；

[例句] David Fincher paints from a palette consisting almost exclusively of grey and mud brown.

n. 异教徒，非基督教徒( pagan的名词复数 )；

[例句] The new religion was eager to convert the pagan world.

[例句] ...female saints who took vows of virginity rather than submit to an undesired marriage with a pagan.

n. 市侩，庸人( philistine的名词复数 )，庸夫俗子；

[例句] ...a philistine government that allowed the arts to decline.

[例句] ...a philistine city lacking in elegance.

n. （尤指西班牙语城镇的）露天广场( plaza的名词复数 )，购物中心；

[例句] Across the busy plaza, vendors sell hot dogs and croissant sandwiches.

以脚步测量；

把…划成小块；

邮票；

实施，实

不能保证实现的诺言，空中楼阁；

奖励， 鼓励， 重视， 助长；

n. 伞兵；