adj. 易怒的，使性子的，脾气坏的；

[例句] His critics say he's just being silly and petulant...

[例句] He picked the pen up with a petulant gesture.

n. （动植物的）刺，棘，刺痛感；vt.& vi. 感到刺痛，引起刺痛；

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

[例句] Her skin prickled with apprehension.

n. 英镑( pound的名词复数 )，磅，敲打，重击声；v. 连续重击( pound的第三人称单数 )，咚咚地走，（持续地）苦干，（驾舟时）拍打（水面）；

[例句] Beer cost three pounds a bottle...

[例句] A thousand pounds worth of jewellery and silver has been stolen.

n. 练习( practice的名词复数 )，实践，（医生或律师的）业务，惯例；

[例句] Some firms have cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice that is illegal in Germany...

[例句] Gordon Brown has demanded a public inquiry into bank practices.

n. 泵( pump的名词复数 )，打气筒，轻软舞鞋，轻便帆布鞋（英式英语）；v. 用抽水机汲水( pump的第三人称单数 )，给…打气，用泵（或泵样器官等）输送，涌出；

[例句] ...pumps that circulate the fuel around in the engine...

[例句] There was no water in the building, just a pump in the courtyard...

v. （使）集合接受检阅( parade的现在分词 )，游行，列队行进，展示，炫耀；

[例句] A military parade marched slowly and solemnly down Pennsylvania Avenue.

[例句] More than four thousand soldiers, sailors and airmen paraded down the Champs Elysee...

n. 中毒，毒害，投毒；v. 毒死( poison的现在分词 )，污染，放毒于，对…有不良影响；

[例句] Poison from the weaver fish causes paralysis, swelling, and nausea...

[例句] Mercury is a known poison.

v. （使）集合接受检阅( parade的过去式和过去分词 )，游行，列队行进，展示，炫耀；

[例句] A military parade marched slowly and solemnly down Pennsylvania Avenue.

[例句] More than four thousand soldiers, sailors and airmen paraded down the Champs Elysee...

adj. 假的，虚伪的；n. [口]假冒的人，伪君子；

[例句] ...pseudo-intellectual images.

n. 俾格米人，特别矮小的人或动物，特别小的东西；adj. 非常小的；

[例句] Reaching a maximum height of 56cm the pygmy goat is essentially a pet.

[例句] ...the pygmy tribes of Papua New Guinea.

adj. 尖的，尖锐的，严厉的，直截了当的，突出的，显然的；v. “point”的过去式和过去分词；

[例句] ...a pointed roof.

[例句] ...pointed shoes.

adj. 有关的，相干的，恰当的，中肯的，关于…的，切题的；

[例句] She had asked some pertinent questions...

[例句] Pertinent information will be forwarded to the appropriate party.

n. 推进，推进力；

[例句] Interest in jet propulsion was now growing at the Air Ministry.

[例句] ...the submarine's propulsion system.

v. 纵容，细心照顾，娇惯；

[例句] Why don't you let your mother pamper you for a while?...

[例句] Pamper yourself with our luxury gifts...

n. 底座，基座，根底，基础，[机]托轴架，受人尊敬的地位；v. 搁在架上，支持，给…加台脚；

[例句] ...a larger than life sized bronze statue on a granite pedestal.

[例句] Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong...

n. 过氧化氢，过氧化物；vt. 用过氧化氢漂白（头发等）；

n. 血浆，原生质，细胞质，乳清，[物]等离子体；

n. 矮种马，小型马，25 英镑；vt.&vi. 用注解书学习，付清；

v. 生产（ produce的现在分词 ），产生，制作，创作；

[例句] The drug is known to produce side-effects in women...

[例句] Talks aimed at producing a new world trade treaty have been under way for six years.

生产，伸出，出版，扑灭；

[例句] I did not blame him for feeling put out...

[例句] He was plainly very put out at finding her there.