vt. 抓住,捉牢,搏斗,与…格斗,用铁锚(铁钩)钩住;vi. 抓住,格斗;n. 扭打,格斗,紧握,抓机,抓斗,与…格斗;
[例句] The economy is just one of several critical problems the country is grappling with.
[例句] He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon...
vi. (雷)作隆隆声,嘟哝,愤愤不平地抱怨;vt. 低声咆哮着说,粗鲁地说出;n. 低吼,狺狺声,咆哮,粗声大气;
[例句] The dog was biting, growling and wagging its tail.
[例句] His fury was so great he could hardly speak. He growled some unintelligible words at Pete...
n. 光环,荣光,(日月等的)晕;vt. 使有晕轮,围以光环;vi. 成晕轮;
[例句] The sun had a faint halo round it...
[例句] She angrily slung a scarf around her head, flattening her halo of hair.
adv. 头向前地,急速地,轻率地;adj. 头向前的,急速的,轻率的,险峻的;
[例句] He ran headlong for the open door.
[例句] She missed her footing and fell headlong down the stairs.
n. 遗产,继承物,传统,文化遗产;
[例句] The historic building is as much part of our heritage as the paintings.
[例句] ...the rich heritage of Russian folk music.
n. 嗝,连续地打嗝,暂时性的小问题,短暂的停顿;vi. 打嗝;
[例句] A recent sales hiccup is nothing to panic about...
[例句] Despite the occasional hiccup, the US and Laos have had quite cordial relations.
n. 水合物;vt.& vi. (使)水合;
[例句] ...aluminium hydrate.
[例句] After-sun products will cool and hydrate your skin.
vi. 移入;vt. 移民,移居外国,迁移;
[例句] ...a Russian-born professor who had immigrated to the United States...
[例句] He immigrated from Ulster in 1848...
n. 盖印,痕迹,特征,版权标记;v. 盖(印),刻上(记号),使铭记;
[例句] The city bears the imprint of Japanese investment...
[例句] Both King and Gandhi were tremendously brave men whose unique form of courage left a lasting imprint on their nations' histories.
adj. 不可缺少的,绝对必要的,责无旁贷的,不可避开的;n. 不可缺少的人或物;
[例句] She was becoming indispensable to him.
[例句] ...the indispensable guide for any traveller in France.
adj. (语言) 非正式的,口语体的,不拘礼节的,友好随便的;
[例句] She is refreshingly informal...
[例句] His friend was less good-looking, but a lot more informal and relaxed.
n. 插入(物);
[例句] He took a small key from his pocket and slowly inserted it into the lock...
[例句] Wait for a couple of minutes with your mouth closed before inserting the thermometer.
n. 正式禁止,禁令,(罗马天主教)停止(某人)教权的禁令,停止某地参加圣事活动;vt. 禁止(行动),禁用,限制;
[例句] Troops could be ferried in to interdict drug shipments.
[例句] ...efforts to isolate the theater of operations by interdicting the bridges.
n. 解释者,口译译员,[军事]判读员,[自]翻译器;
[例句] Aristide spoke to the press through an interpreter.
[例句] Over the years Freni has been one of the supreme interpreters of Puccini's heroines.
vt.& vi. 嘲笑,戏弄;n. 嘲讽,讥笑的言语;
[例句] Marchers jeered at white passers-by, but there was no violence, nor any arrests...
[例句] His motorcade was jeered by angry residents...
n. 新闻工作者,新闻记者,记日志者;
n. 肾,肾脏,(可食用的动物的)腰子,脾气,性
[例句] ...lambs' kidneys.
[例句] ...steak and kidney pie.
adj. 连接的,显示连环遗传的;v. 连接( link的过去式和过去分词 ),联系,相关联,说明(两件东西或两人之间)有联系(或关系);
[例句] ...the link between smoking and lung cancer.
[例句] The UN Security Council has linked any lifting of sanctions to compliance with the ceasefire terms...
n. 化装舞会,伪装,掩饰;vi. 伪装,假扮,乔装,冒充;
[例句] He masqueraded as a doctor and fooled everyone.
[例句] ...vices masquerading as virtues.
n. 数学,〈诗〉同“ripen”,算学;
[例句] Elizabeth studied mathematics and classics.
[例句] ...a professor of mathematics at Boston College.