n. 生铁，通井；

[例句] ...the grunting of the pigs.

[例句] ...a pig farmer.

n. 浓汤，果泥，菜泥；vt. 煮成浓汤或者酱；

[例句] ...a can of tomato puree...

[例句] Push the potatoes through a sieve to make a puree.

n. 原生质；adj. 原生质的；

vt. 使预先有倾向，使易接受，使倾向于做，使易于患（病）；

[例句] They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well...

[例句] There is evidence to suggest that certain factors predispose some individuals to criminal behaviour.

n. 葡萄牙人，葡萄牙语；adj. 葡萄牙的，葡萄牙人的，葡萄牙语的；

[例句] ...a former Portuguese colony.

[例句] ...a Portuguese woman.

n. 餐具室，食品储存室，〈美俚〉胃；

n. 菠萝，凤梨，〈俚〉手榴弹；

adj. （不辞）劳苦的，辛苦的，煞费苦心的，苦干的，辛勤的，小心的；n. 苦干，刻苦，勤勉，辛苦，煞费苦心；

[例句] Forensic experts carried out a painstaking search of the debris.

n. 妄想狂，偏执狂，（对别人的）瞎猜疑，疑神疑

[例句] The mood is one of paranoia and expectation of war.

[例句] ...the mounting paranoia with which he viewed the world around him.

n. 拨火铁棒，纸牌，扑克，戳火的人；vt. 烙制，用烙画做（图案）；

[例句] Lon and I play in the same weekly poker game.

[例句] Mrs Malone took up the poker and stirred at the little fire burning beside her.

adj. 能穿透的，能渗透的，有毛孔或气孔的，漏洞多的，易穿过的；

[例句] The local limestone is very porous.

[例句] Mr Balaguer is deploying more soldiers along his country's porous border with Haiti...

adj. 受尊敬的，有声望的，魔术的，欺骗的；

[例句] It's one of the best equipped and most prestigious schools in the country.

vt. 延长，拖延（某事物）；

n. 多边形，多角形，龟裂状；

adj. 尖锐的，辛酸的，深刻的，（记忆）活鲜鲜的；

[例句] ...a poignant combination of beautiful surroundings and tragic history.

[例句] ...a poignant love story...

n. 突起，瘤，结节；

[例句] ...a protuberance on the upper jawbone.

n. 起源，出处；

[例句] Kato was fully aware of the provenance of these treasures...

[例句] He had no idea of its provenance.

n. 青春期，春情发动期，开花期，发身；

[例句] Margaret had reached the age of puberty.

v. 提早日期，居先；

[例句] His troubles predated the recession...

[例句] The monument predates the arrival of the druids in Britain.

组成整体，综，缀合，

[例句] He took it apart brick by brick, and put it back together again...

[例句] The factories no longer relied upon a mechanic to put together looms within the plant.