vt. 确定…的数量，[逻辑学] 用量词限定；
[例句] It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses.
vt.& vi. 漫游，漫步；n. 漫步，漫游；
[例句] Barefoot children roamed the streets...
[例句] They're roaming around the country shooting at anything that moves...
n. 围攻，围困，围城（期间），不断袭击，长期努力；
[例句] We must do everything possible to lift the siege...
[例句] They are hopeful of bringing the siege to a peaceful conclusion...
n. 汽笛，妖冶而危险的女人，危险的诱惑，塞壬（古希腊传说中半人半鸟的女海妖，惯以美妙的歌声引诱水手，使他们的船只或触礁或驶入危险水域）；
[例句] It sounds like an air raid siren.
[例句] He depicts her as a siren who has drawn him to his ruin.
n. 喷嚏，喷嚏声；vi. 打喷嚏；
[例句] What exactly happens when we sneeze?...
[例句] See your doctor now to beat summer sneezing.
vt. 把…做成流线型，使现代化，组织，使简单化；n. 流线，流线型；
[例句] They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy...
[例句] They say things should be better now that they have streamlined application procedures.
adj. 强壮的，健全的，坚固的，耐用的，坚定的，精力充沛的；n. （羊的）晕倒病；
[例句] She was a short, sturdy woman in her early sixties...
[例句] The camera was mounted on a sturdy tripod.
n. 恐怖主义者，恐怖分子，恐怖分子；adj. 恐怖主义的；
[例句] One American was killed and three were wounded in terrorist attacks.
n. 穿过，横贯，横切，横木，[建]横梁；vt. 横越，横贯，通过，[法]否认，反驳，[木工]横刨；vi. 来回移动，旋转，横越；adj. 横贯的，横切的；
[例句] I traversed the narrow pedestrian bridge.
[例句] …a steep-sided valley traversed by streams.
n. 致敬，悼念，贡品，体现；
[例句] The song is a tribute to Roy Orbison...
[例句] He paid tribute to the organising committee...
vt.& vi. （从水、泥等）蹚，走过，跋涉；n. 跋涉；
[例句] Rescuers had to wade across a river to reach them...
[例句] Spencer waded through the debris of broken chairs and beer bottles...
n. 拙劣的模仿，恶搞，滑稽的模仿诗文；vt. 滑稽地拙劣地模仿，把（他人诗文）模仿成滑稽体裁；
[例句] 'The Scarlet Capsule' was a parody of the popular 1959 TV series 'The Quatermass Experiment'...
[例句] Throughout the Twenties, Lardner tried in vain to write a hit song, so at last he turned to parody.
vi. 垂直落下，骤然跌落；n. 铅锤，坠子，重压物；
[例句] In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day...
[例句] The Prime Minister's popularity has plummeted to an all-time low in recent weeks...
n. 悬崖，峭壁；
[例句] I was beginning to admit to myself that our marriage was rolling toward the edge of a precipice...
[例句] The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice.
n. 怀孕，妊娠，丰富，多产，意义深长；
[例句] It would be wiser to cut out all alcohol during pregnancy...
[例句] She was exhausted by eight pregnancies in 13 years.
vi. 窥探，打探；vt. 撬开，撬动，费力地得到；n. 窥探，撬杠，爱打探的人；
[例句] We do not want people prying into our affairs...
[例句] Imelda might think she was prying...
n. 独唱会，独奏会，小型音乐会、舞蹈表演会等，一系列事件等的详述；
[例句] ...a solo recital by the harpsichordist Maggie Cole.
[例句] Before long we all grew bored with his frequent recital of the foods he couldn't eat...
n. 铆钉；vt. 铆接，把…固定住，加深（爱情，友谊等），使心醉；
[例句] As a child I remember being riveted by my grandfather's appearance...
[例句] He was riveted to the John Wayne movie...
n. 雪橇，雪车，大锤；vi. 乘雪橇；vt. 用雪橇运载，乘雪橇，用大锤打；
[例句] She travelled 14,000 miles by sledge across Siberia to Kamchatka.
[例句] Our hill is marvellous for sledging and we always have snow in January.
vt. 喷射，喷湿，注射；vi. 喷出；n. 喷，细的喷流，注射器，傲慢无礼的年轻人，喷气式飞机；
[例句] Norman cut open his pie and squirted tomato sauce into it...
[例句] The water squirted from its throat...