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. 赞助，发起，倡议，保证人；

[例句] Campbell is one of an ever-growing number of skiers in need of sponsorship...

[例句] Private sponsorships only accounted for a third of all arts funding last year.

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.

n. 探针( probe的名词复数 )，探索，探头，探测仪；v. 探索，用探针（或探测器等）探查，探测( probe的第三人称单数 )，盘问，（用试探性袭击等）侦察（敌情），用尖物刺穿（物件）；

[例句] The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become...

[例句] For three years, I have probed for understanding...

v. 经历( plumb的过去式和过去分词 )，探究，用铅垂线校正，用铅锤测量；

[例句] She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions...

[例句] Magda had plumbed her own heart for answers.

n. 脉搏( pulse的名词复数 )，[无线电]（电磁波等）脉动，活力，有节奏的跳动（或拍打）；

[例句] Mahoney's pulse was racing, and he felt confused.

[例句] ...the repetitive pulse of the music.

n. 猪圈，脏房间；

[例句] The office is a pigsty.

连接，联播，联机，[俚语]结婚；

[例句] ...technicians who hook up computer systems and networks...

[例句] He brought it down, hooked it up, and we got the generator going.

adj. 可被渗透的，可透过的，可通行的，能接受的；

vi. 撒尿，鬼混，游荡；

放置不用，贮存，储蓄，使（某人）待在床上或室内；

[例句] I was laid up in bed with acute rheumatism...

[例句] Powell ruptured a disc in his back and was laid up for a year.