vt.& vi. （鱼、蛙等）大量产（卵），引起，酿成；vt. 大量生产；n. （鱼、蛙等的）子，卵，（裂殖菌类植物的）丝，菌，产物，结果；
[例句] ...her passion for collecting frog spawn.
[例句] ...fish species like salmon and trout which go upstream, spawn and then die...
vt. 综合，人工合成，（通过化学手段或生物过程）合成，（音响）合成；vi. 合成，综合；
[例句] After extensive research, Albert Hoffman first succeeded in synthesizing the acid in 1938...
[例句] A vitamin is a chemical compound that cannot be synthesized by the human body.
adj. 贪吃的，贪婪的，渴求的，如饥似渴的；adv. 贪婪地；n. 贪婪，贪吃；
[例句] Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.
[例句] ...the band's voracious appetite for fun.
adj. 喜怒无常的，忧悒的，（无缘无故）不高兴的，脾气坏的；adv. 喜怒无常地，情绪多变地；n. 喜怒无常；
[例句] David's mother was unstable and moody...
[例句] Ray is a complicated, moody man behind the joking front.
vt. 惠顾，资助，保护，屈尊；
[例句] Don't you patronize me!...
[例句] Cornelia often felt patronised by her tutors.
adj. 华丽灿烂的，辉煌的，靡丽，光芒万丈，鲜艳夺目；
[例句] Bessie, resplendent in royal blue velvet, was hovering beside the table.
[例句] ...the resplendent hotel banqueting-room.
v. 斜视，斜着眼睛看，倾向；n. 斜视，一瞥；adj. 斜视的，细眯着眼看的；
[例句] The girl squinted at the photograph...
[例句] The man squinted up at him...
adj. 强壮的，结实的，坚定的，可靠的；n. 高大健壮的人，忠实拥护者；
[例句] His free-trade policies aroused suspicion among Tory stalwarts...
[例句] Moving to Germany, he became a stalwart of the revered Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra.
n. 猛击，冲击力，奔驰，快感；vt. 猛击，击败；vi. 冲过去，打滚，颠簸，沸腾；adj. 大的，极大的；
[例句] Once, she walloped me over the head with a frying pan.
[例句] ...a big-serving tennis player who wallops the ball so hard that it often finishes out of court.
n. 赎回，偿还，补救；
[例句] He craves redemption for his sins.
[例句] ...redemption of the loan.
vt. （将大工程）转包，分包，制定[履行]转包；n. 转包契约；
[例句] The company is subcontracting production of most of the parts...
[例句] They are cutting costs by subcontracting work out to other local firms.
n. 空( space的名词复数 )，空间，空白，间隔；
[例句] Under the plan, bits of open space — fields, golf-course borders and small parks — will be preserved.
[例句] ...cutting down yet more trees to make space for houses...
adj. （叶子等）畸形伸长的，引长的；v. 生产( produce的过去式和过去分词 )，产生，制作，创作；
[例句] The drug is known to produce side-effects in women...
[例句] Talks aimed at producing a new world trade treaty have been under way for six years.
n. 肩( shoulder的名词复数 )，（衣服的）肩部，山肩，路肩（公路两侧供车辆紧急停靠的地带）；v. 承担( shoulder的第三人称单数 )，背，用肩顶…，挤；
[例句] She led him to an armchair, with her arm round his shoulder...
[例句] He glanced over his shoulder and saw me watching him.
adj. 事先准备好的，愿意的，期望的；adv. 事先准备好地，愿意地，期望地；v. 准备( prepare的过去式和过去分词)，预备（饭菜），配备，使（自己）有准备；
[例句] Are you prepared to take industrial action?...
[例句] Members of the KGB service were only prepared to take orders from the President.
adj. 书面的，写成文字的，明显受到…影响，（感情）全挂在脸上；v. 写( write的过去分词)，写信；
[例句] Learners may have to take a written exam before they pass their driving test...
[例句] Amy discovered that the theoretical and written work came easily to her.
n. 痔，痔疮，桩( pile的名词复数 )，一堆，绒头，摞；v. 堆起( pile的第三人称单数 )，堆叠，放置，装入；
[例句] ...a pile of sand...
[例句] ...a little pile of crumbs...
v. 拉紧( strain的第三人称单数 )，尽量利用，尽全力，过滤；
[例句] The prison service is already under considerable strain...
[例句] The vast expansion in secondary education is putting an enormous strain on the system.
[机] 较贱金属；
[例句] There was a cycle path running along this side of the wall, right at its base...
[例句] Line the base and sides of a 20cm deep round cake tin with paper.
n. 圆( circle的名词复数 )，环，圈子，圆状物；
[例句] The flag was red, with a large white circle in the center...
[例句] I wrote down the number 46 and drew a circle around it.