v. 讲,谈( speak的第三人称单数 ),说,演说,从某种观点来说;
[例句] He tried to speak, but for once, his voice had left him...
[例句] He speaks with a lisp...
n. 镐( pick的名词复数 ),最佳选择,选中的人(或物);v. 采( pick的第三人称单数 ),摘,啄,
[例句] Mr Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in London...
[例句] I had deliberately picked a city with a tropical climate.
v. 绘画( picture的过去式和过去分词 ),描绘,想像,设想;
[例句] A picture of Rory O'Moore hangs in the dining room at Kildangan.
[例句] ...drawing a small picture with coloured chalks.
v. 翻查,搜出,翻箱倒柜;n. 翻查,搜查,杂物,七零八碎的东西;
[例句] They rummage through piles of second-hand clothes for something that fits...
[例句] Marianne went to rummage in the refrigerator.
n. 重播,重放;v. 重演,重新举
[例句] Drawn matches were replayed three or four days later.
[例句] He stopped the machine and replayed the message.
v. (用建议、指示、有益的情报等)指导( direct的现在分词 ),导演(戏剧或电影),指示方向,把…对准(某方向或某人);
[例句] They'd come on a direct flight from Athens.
[例句] ...the direct route from Amman to Bombay.
adj. 不健康的,对健康有害的,危险的,反常的;
[例句] Avoid unhealthy foods such as hamburger and chips...
[例句] He worked in the notoriously unhealthy environment of a coal mine.
n. 局外人,圈外人,无取胜希望者,(比赛中的)冷门选手;
[例句] The most likely outcome may be to subcontract much of the work to an outsider.
[例句] Malone, a cop, felt as much an outsider as any of them.
vi. 发抖,颤抖,摇动,震动;n. 震动,摇动,〈口〉地震,战栗;
[例句] The quake destroyed mud buildings in many remote villages.
[例句] I just stood there quaking with fear...
n. 诱捕;v. 诱骗( trap的现在分词 ),使受限制,困住,使(水与气体等)分离;
[例句] The locals were encouraged to trap and kill the birds.
[例句] He failed to keep a rendezvous after sensing a police trap…
v. 不公正(或不诚实)对待,冤枉( wrong的现在分词 );
[例句] Pain is the body's way of telling us that something is wrong...
[例句] Nobody seemed to notice anything wrong...
n. 调谐,调整,调音;v. 调音( tune的现在分词 ),调整,(给收音机、电视等)调谐,使协调;
[例句] She was humming a merry little tune.
[例句] She'll also be playing your favourite pop tunes.
上升,响起,(幕布)升起,破产;
[例句] Interest rates went up...
[例句] The cost has gone up to $1.95 a minute...
n. 小袋,烟草袋,育儿袋;vt.& vi. (使)成为袋状,把…装入袋中,吞进;
n. 狙击,[鸟]鹬,沙锥鸟,烟屁股,香烟头,可鄙的人;vt. 狙击,打沙锥鸟,中伤,暗害;vi. 伏击,狙击,猎鸟,诽谤,中伤;
[例句] The Spanish media were still sniping at the British press yesterday.
[例句] Gunmen have repeatedly sniped at US Army positions...
n. 绞车,摇柄,曲柄;vt. 用绞车拉;
[例句] He would attach a cable around the chassis of the car and winch it up on to the canal bank...
[例句] The crew members were winched to safety by helicopters.
n. 虹吸管;vt. 用虹吸管吸(或输送)(液体);vi. 通过虹吸管;
[例句] She puts a piece of plastic tubing in her mouth and starts siphoning gas from a huge metal drum...
[例句] Tell Mac to siphon petrol out of his wagon.
vi. 戒(尤指酒),戒除,弃权,避免;
[例句] Abstain from sex or use condoms...
[例句] Do you drink alcohol, smoke, or abstain?
n. (当众)侮辱,(故意)冒犯;vt. 公开侮辱,冒犯,面对,相遇;
[例句] ...an incident which particularly affronted Kasparov.
[例句] It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this...
n. 交替,轮流,间隔,交替工作,更迭,变换;
[例句] Her aggressive moods alternated with gentle or more co-operative states...
[例句] The three acts will alternate as headliners throughout the tour...