n. 预展,试映,预演( preview的名词复数 );v. 预映( preview的第三人称单数 ),为(影视节目)写预评,概述,扼要介绍;
[例句] He had gone to see the preview of a play.
[例句] ...a sneak preview of the type of car that could be commonplace within ten years.
n. (动植物的)刺,棘( prickle的名词复数 ),刺痛感;v. 感到刺痛,引起刺痛( prickle的第三人称单数 );
[例句] He paused, feeling his scalp prickling under his hat...
[例句] Her skin prickled with apprehension.
n. 操场( playground的名词复数 ),游乐场,娱乐场,(某些集体聚会游乐的)园地;
[例句] ...St Tropez, playground of the rich and famous.
n. 啄( peck的名词复数 ),匆匆的一吻;v. 啄,啄食,小口地吃( peck的第三人称单数 ),匆匆地吻;
[例句] It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find...
[例句] Chickens pecked in the dust...
n. 聚合物(体)( polymer的名词复数 );
(轧辊位置的)预调整;
[例句] ...a computerised timer that can be preset to a variety of programs...
[例句] Bake the cake in a preset oven.
n. 棱柱体( prism的名词复数 ),棱镜;
[例句] Through the smoky prism of time, I could just barely make out my father as a young man.
n. 研究生( postgraduate的名词复数 );
[例句] ...postgraduate courses...
[例句] Dr Hoffman did his postgraduate work at Leicester University.
n. 清除异己( purge的名词复数 ),整肃(行动),清洗,泻药;v. 清除(政敌等)( purge的第三人称单数 ),涤除(罪恶等),净化(心灵、风气等),消除(错事等)的不良影响;
[例句] The leadership voted to purge the party of 'hostile and anti-party elements'...
[例句] He recently purged the armed forces, sending hundreds of officers into retirement...
v. 耕( plow的现在分词 ),犁耕,费力穿过;
n. 刺,戳( prod的名词复数 ),刺激,促使,(用手指或尖物)戳;v. 刺,戳( prod的第三人称单数 ),刺激,促使,(用手指或尖物)戳;
[例句] He prodded Murray with the shotgun...
[例句] Prod the windowsills to check for signs of rot...
v. 宣传(某事物)(尤指用广告)( publicize的现在分词 );
[例句] The author appeared on television to publicize her latest book...
[例句] He never publicized his plans.
n. 地方武装团队( posse的名词复数 );
[例句] ...a posse of reporters...
[例句] A posse of Marsh's friends persuaded them that this was a bad idea.
n. 撅嘴,生气( pout的名词复数 );v. 撅(嘴)( pout的第三人称单数 );
[例句] He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted.
[例句] ...gorgeous pouting models.
n. 人行道( promenade的名词复数 ),散步场所,闲逛;v. 兜风( promenade的第三人称单数 );
[例句] People came out in smarter clothes to promenade along the front.
n. 赞美诗( psalm的名词复数 ),圣诗,圣歌,(中的);
[例句] He recited a verse of the twenty-third psalm.
n. 无产阶级一员( proletarian的名词复数 ),无产者,产业工人,劳工;
[例句] ...a proletarian revolution.
n. 发热,热病;
n. 喧闹,骚动,混乱;vt. (使)紧张不安,(使)焦虑;vi. 喧闹,忙乱;
用欺骗的手段转让或卖掉;
[例句] I couldn't keep palming her off on friends...
[例句] Joseph made sure that he was never palmed off with inferior stuff.