v. 刺，扎，戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 )，刺伤，刺痛，使剧痛；

[例句] Prick the potatoes and rub the skins with salt...

[例句] He pricks holes in the foil with a pin.

vi. 生小猪（pig的过去式与过去分词形式）；

[例句] ...the grunting of the pigs.

[例句] ...a pig farmer.

n. 装鱼箱，装鱼盘，淘金；

[例句] Heat the butter and oil in a large pan.

[例句] His first high-budget movie, called 'Brain Donors', was panned by the critics.

n. 进步( progress的名词复数 )，前进，[生物学]进化，（向更高方向）增长；v. （使）进步， （使）进行( progress的第三人称单数 )，改进，进展，（时间上）推移；

[例句] The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer...

[例句] The two sides made little if any progress towards agreement.

n. 跳进，投入；vt. 使投入，使插入，使陷入；vi. 投入，跳进，陷入；v. 颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 )，暴跌，骤降，突降；

[例句] At least 50 people died when a bus plunged into a river...

[例句] He ran down the steps to the pool terrace and plunged in.

adj. 拖延的，延长的；v. 拖延“protract”的过去式和过去分词；

[例句] After protracted negotiations, Ogden got the deal he wanted...

[例句] ...a protracted civil war...

adj. 使人怜悯的，可怜的，可鄙的，可悲；

[例句] Her grandmother seemed to her a pitiable figure.

n. 血小板，小盘，小板；

n. （血管、淋巴管、神经等的）丛；

adj. 吊着的，下垂的，摆动的，摆式，悬垂；

[例句] ...a stout, gloomy man with a pendulous lower lip.

[例句] ...pendulous cheeks.

adj. 兼职的，部分时间的；adv. 兼职地，用部分时间地；

[例句] Many businesses are cutting back by employing lower-paid part-time workers...

[例句] Part-time work is generally hard to find...

用力压，奋力前进，坚持，使（某人）负重；

[例句] Organizers of the strike are determined to press on...

[例句] He was persuaded by his advisers to press ahead...

n. 女警察，女警官；

n. 脊髓灰质炎（等于poliomyelitis）；

[例句] Gladys was crippled by polio at the age of 3.

adj. 初生的，初发的，原始的；

[例句] Twenty million years ago, Idaho was populated by dense primordial forest.

[例句] ...the original primordial explosion.

n. 教师，卖弄学问的教师；

[例句] De Gaulle was a born pedagogue who used the public platform and the television screen to great effect.

adj. 柏拉图（哲学）的，理想的，不切实际的，（两性之间关系）纯精神友谊的；

[例句] She values the platonic friendship she has had with Chris for ten years.

[例句] ...the Platonic tradition of Greek philosophy.

n. 足病医生；

vt.& vi. （使）腐烂，（使）腐败，（使）化脓；vi. 腐化，堕落；

[例句] The meat in all of the open flasks putrefied.

[例句] ...putrefying corpses.

n. 量角器，分度规；