vi. 啜泣,呜咽,抱怨;vt. 啜泣或呜咽着说;n. 啜泣声,呜咽声,怨声;
[例句] She lay at the bottom of the stairs, whimpering in pain...
[例句] He made another pathetic whimpering sound.
vi. (船)偏航,偏离航线,(飞机)偏航;
[例句] As the plane climbed to 370 feet, it started yawing...
[例句] He spun the steering-wheel so that we yawed from side to side.
adj. 着火的,发光的,闪耀的;adv. 着火,闪耀;
[例句] Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
[例句] The chamber was ablaze with light...
adv.& adj. 正大光明的,桌面儿上;
n. 〈英口〉同“advertisement”;vi. 引起注意,提到;
[例句] I saw an advert for a job with a large engineering company...
[例句] Many caravans are let by private individuals through adverts in papers or shop windows.
adj. 深情的,挚爱的,慈爱的,有感情的,亲热;
[例句] They seemed devoted to each other and were openly affectionate...
[例句] She gave me a very long and affectionate hug.
n. 飞机;
n. 炼金术,炼丹术,(改变事物、物质的)魔力(或方法),(事物、物质的)神秘变化;
[例句] Let us imagine that by some political alchemy it had been possible to make all men equal.
n. 合金,(合金中的)劣等金属,搀杂品,成色;v. 合铸,熔合(金属),铸成合金,在…中搀以杂质,使(金属)减低成色;
[例句] Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin...
[例句] The company produces titanium alloy.
n. 技工,工匠;
vi. 畏缩不前,犹豫,(指马)不肯跑,拒绝,[体]假动作;vt. 阻止,阻碍,推诿,过错;n. 阻碍,妨碍,错误,挫折,田埂,[体]假动作;
[例句] Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments...
[例句] Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a $24m profit had turned into a $20m deficit.
n. 芭蕾舞,芭蕾舞剧,芭蕾舞团,芭蕾舞音乐;
[例句] I trained as a ballet dancer...
[例句] She is also keen on the ballet.
n. 存在,生物,人,要素,本质;
[例句] It being a Sunday, the old men had the day off...
[例句] Little boys, being what they are, might decide to play on it...
adj. 温和的,和蔼的,平和的,味道温和的,无动于衷的;
[例句] Serle has a blander personality than Howard...
[例句] It sounds like an advert: easy on the ear but bland and forgettable.
n. 一滴,一抹,难以名状的一团;vt. 弄脏,弄错;
[例句] ...a blob of chocolate mousse...
[例句] It's only necessary to use just a very small blob.
n. 锅炉,烧水壶,热水器;
vt. 联合抵制,抵制(货物等),拒绝参加;n. 联合抵制,联合拒绝购买,拒绝参加;
[例句] The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections.
n. 呼吸,(空气、花香等的)飘动,微风,短暂休息;adj. 呼吸着的,活的,栩栩如生的,逼真的;v. 呼吸( breathe的现在分词 ),轻声说话,低语,低声说;
[例句] He stood there breathing deeply and evenly...
[例句] Always breathe through your nose...
n. 出租车,(公共汽车、火车等的)司机室,驾驶室,出租马车;vi. 乘出租车;
[例句] A Luton van has additional load space over the driver's cab.
n. (可供居住的)拖车,大篷车,(穿过沙漠地带的)旅行队(如商队),活动住宅,移民列车;vi. 乘拖车度假,参加旅行队旅
[例句] ...the old caravan routes from Central Asia to China.