adj. 倒数第二的，倒数第二音节的；n. 倒数第二，倒数第二音节；

[例句] ...on the penultimate day of the Asian Games.

[例句] ...in the penultimate chapter.

n. （柱的）底座，基座，（花瓶、塑像等的）底座；

n. 装腔作势的人；

[例句] I am sometimes accused of being an inveterate poseur.

n. 百花香（指放在罐内的干燥花瓣和香料混合物，能散发香味），（文学作品的）集锦，集锦引曲，混杂物；

[例句] ...a potpourri of architectural styles from all over the world.

n. 节目主持人，演播员，推荐者，提出者，赠送者；

[例句] Most people think being a television presenter is exciting...

[例句] Marcel Berlins is the presenter of the BBC radio programme Law in Action.

n. 患者( patient的名词复数 )，接受治疗者，受动着，承受者；

[例句] The earlier the treatment is given, the better the patient's chances...

[例句] She was tough but wonderful with her patients...

n. 乘客( passenger的名词复数 )，旅客，白吃饭的人，闲散人员；

[例句] Mr Fullemann was a passenger in the car when it crashed.

[例句] ...a flight from Milan with more than forty passengers on board.

n. 榜样( pattern的名词复数 )，样品，花样，方式；v. 模仿( pattern的第三人称单数 )，以图案装饰，复写，使形成；

[例句] All three attacks followed the same pattern...

[例句] A change in the pattern of his breathing became apparent.

n. 乘积( product的名词复数 )，（自然、化学或工业过程的）产物，产量，制品；

[例句] Try to get the best product at the lowest price...

[例句] South Korea's imports of consumer products jumped 33% in this year.

adj. 肥胖的；

[例句] ...a portly middle-aged man.

n. （前面与the连用）足球场，水池( pool的名词复数 )，（统称）备用人员，（液体等的）一滩，共同储金；v. 集中…共同使用，共用( pool的第三人称单数 )；

[例句] ...a heated indoor pool...

[例句] During winter, many people swim and the pool is crowded.

n. 绘画颜料；v. 画，绘画( paint的第三人称单数 )，描绘，在…上涂涂料[油漆]，往（指甲、嘴唇等上）施化妆品；

[例句] ...a pot of red paint...

[例句] They saw some large letters in white paint.

n. 讲道，讲道法；v. 布道( preach的现在分词 )，劝诫，说教，宣传；

[例句] At High Mass the priest preached a sermon on the devil...

[例句] The bishop preached to a crowd of several hundred local people...

n. 一副( pair的名词复数 )，一对男女，套在一起的两匹马，雌雄成对的动物；v. （使…）成对， （使…）成双( pair的第三人称单数 )，交配，交尾；

[例句] ...a pair of socks.

[例句] ...trainers that cost up to 90 pounds a pair...

n. 教授( professor的名词复数 )，（大学的）讲师，教员；

[例句] ...Professor Cameron...

[例句] In 1979, only 2% of British professors were female.

n. 排，团，一群，一组，〈美〉警察队；

n. 打桩，打桩工程；v. 堆起( pile的现在分词 )，堆叠，放置，装入；

[例句] ...bridges set on stone pilings.

v. 刨平；乘飞机旅行(plane的过去分词)；

[例句] He had plenty of time to catch his plane...

[例句] Her mother was killed in a plane crash.

adj. 合并的；v. 集中…共同使用，共用( pool的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] ...a heated indoor pool...

[例句] During winter, many people swim and the pool is crowded.

n. 垫( pad的名词复数 )，发射台，住所，肉趾；v. 给…装衬垫，加垫子( pad的第三人称单数 )，步行，放轻脚步走；

[例句] He withdrew the needle and placed a pad of cotton-wool over the spot.

[例句] ...a scouring pad.