v. 感觉( perceive的现在分词 ),视为,认为,理解为;
[例句] A key task is to get pupils to perceive for themselves the relationship between success and effort...
[例句] 'Precisely what other problems do you perceive?' she asked.
n. 预防措施( precaution的名词复数 ),防备,避孕措施;
[例句] Could he not, just as a precaution, move to a place of safety?...
[例句] I had taken the precaution of doing a little research before I left London...
n. 负责人( principal的名词复数 ),[法律]本人,主要的人(或物);
[例句] The principal reason for my change of mind is this.
[例句] ...the country's principal source of foreign exchange earnings...
adj. 有孔的;
[例句] The size of your pores is determined by the amount of oil they produce.
[例句] A plant's lungs are the microscopic pores in its leaves.
n. 原型,雏形,蓝本( prototype的名词复数 );
[例句] Chris Retzler has built a prototype of a machine called the wave rotor.
[例句] ...the first prototype aircraft.
n. 似非而是的隽语,看似矛盾而实际却可能正确的说法( paradox的名词复数 ),用于语言文学中的上述隽语,有矛盾特点的人[事物,情况];
[例句] The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive financial systems...
[例句] The paradox of exercise is that while using a lot of energy it seems to generate more...
n. 多年生植物( perennial的名词复数 );
[例句] ...the perennial urban problems of drugs and homelessness...
[例句] There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.
v. 使烦恼,纠缠( pester的过去式和过去分词 );
[例句] I thought she'd stop pestering me, but it only seemed to make her worse...
[例句] I know he gets fed up with people pestering him for money.
adj. 经皮的,由皮的;
adj. 脓的,含脓的;
触诊,扪诊;
n. 电视机之显像管;
铲起,舀;
[例句] Use both hands to scoop up the leaves...
[例句] He began to scoop his things up frantically.
加起来,算出总数;
n. 零用钱;
[例句] We agreed to give her £6 a week pocket money.
[例句] Volunteers receive £21 pocket money each week, accommodation and expenses.
(指一整段笑话中最后几句最能引人发笑的)点睛之笔,妙语如珠;
n. 北极熊;
n. 电话号码;
跳远;
n. 白杨,(非洲,阿拉伯和欧洲的)角蝰(一种毒蛇);abbr. Active Server Page的缩写,意为“动态服务器页面。;