n. 笼子，牢房，升降车，[棒]练球场；vt. 把…关入牢中，把…关进笼内，把（冰球等）打入球门；
[例句] I hate to see birds in cages.
[例句] If he's trying to rattle your cage, it's working.
n. 倾泻，小瀑布，瀑布状物，串联；vi. 流注，大量落下；
[例句] The women have lustrous cascades of black hair...
[例句] A cascade of mail arrived from friends.
n. 脸颊，脸蛋，无礼而放肆的行为，厚颜，半边屁股，两侧相对的物体；vt. 对…无礼地说话；
[例句] Tears were running down her cheeks...
[例句] She kissed him lightly on both cheeks.
vi. 通勤，代偿；vt. 减刑，交换，用…交换，使…变成；n. 通勤来往，通勤来往的路程；
[例句] Mike commutes to London every day...
[例句] McLaren began commuting between Paris and London...
vt. 授予，颁与，比较，对照；vi. 商议，磋商；
[例句] He conferred with Hill and the others in his office...
[例句] His doctors conferred by telephone and agreed that he must get away from his family for a time.
n. 长沙发椅，睡椅，（病人受检查时躺的）长榻，麦芽床，涂底，涂层；vt. 表达，使躺卧，播撒谷物使发芽；vi. 躺卧，隐蔽，埋伏，使成堆；
[例句] The new centre-right government's radical objectives are often couched in moderate terms...
[例句] This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.
adv. 横地，相反地，故意为难地，乖戾地；
[例句] She was partly to blame for failing to look as she crossed the road...
[例句] Nine Albanians have crossed the border into Greece and asked for political asylum...
n. 部门，部，系，学部，知识范围，车间；
[例句] ...the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare...
[例句] He moved to the sales department.
vt. 剥夺，夺去，使丧失；
[例句] The disintegration of the Soviet Union deprived western intelligence agencies of their main enemies...
[例句] They've been deprived of the fuel necessary to heat their homes.
n. 剂量，药量，（药的）一服，一剂，（处罚等）一回，一次，一番，（酒中的）配料，增味剂；vi. 服药；vt. 给药，给…服药，把（药等）配分剂量，在（酒）中加料；
[例句] One dose of penicillin can wipe out the infection.
[例句] She was born with a healthy dose of self-confidence...
n. 侏儒，矮子，矮小的动物（植物），[天]矮星；vt. （使）显得矮小，使（发育，智能等）受阻碍，使相形见
[例句] His figure is dwarfed by the huge red McDonald's sign...
[例句] The US air travel market dwarfs that of Britain.
adj. 电的，带电的，发电的，导电的，令人激动的，电动的；n. 电动车辆，带电体；
[例句] ...her electric guitar.
[例句] An average electric bill might go up $2 or $3 per month...
n. 喷发，爆发；
[例句] The volcano erupted in 1980, devastating a large area of Washington state...
[例句] Scientists say Mount Pinatubo could erupt again soon.
vt. 检查，调查，考试，诊察，审问；vi. 检查，调查；
[例句] He examined her passport and stamped it...
[例句] Forensic scientists are examining what police believe to have been the bombers' car.
adj. 广阔的，广大的，范围广泛的，[物]广延的，[逻]外延的；
[例句] ...an extensive tour of Latin America...
[例句] When built, the palace and its grounds were more extensive than the city itself.
n. 反馈，反应，反馈噪音；
[例句] Continue to ask for feedback on your work...
[例句] I was getting great feedback from my boss.
vt. 砍倒，打倒；n. 兽皮，一季的木材采伐量；adj. 残忍的，凶恶的；v. 掉下，摔倒，变坏(fall的过去式)；
[例句] Badly infected trees should be felled and burned.
[例句] ...a blow on the forehead which felled him to the ground.
v. 弯曲（关节），收缩（肌肉），显示力量；n. 弯曲，[电]花线；
[例句] He slowly flexed his muscles and tried to stand.
v. 调焦，（使）集中， （使）聚集( focus的现在分词 )，调整（镜头，眼睛）焦点[焦距]以便看清，（光、声等的）焦点，集中（光束于）；
[例句] The research effort has focused on tracing the effects of growing levels of five compounds...
[例句] He is currently focusing on assessment and development...
n. 漂洗工，套柄铁锤，套锤，用套锤锻成的槽（尤指马蹄铁上的槽），制毡工；
[例句] Once the container is full, it stays shut until you turn it clockwise.
[例句] ...a full tank of petrol.