n. 家长，族长，元老，（特指）犹太民族的祖先，创始人，鼻祖；
[例句] The patriarch of the house, Mr Jawad, rules it with a ferocity renowned throughout the neighbourhood...
[例句] Joseph Kennedy, the clan's patriarch, communicated with Bobby in a series of notes.
n. 折射（程度），折射角；
[例句] As we age the lenses of the eyes thicken, and thus refract light differently.
[例句] ...surfaces that cause the light to reflect and refract.
n. 翻译，表演，（墙壁的）初涂，打底，（建筑物等）透视图；vt. 致使，表演，打底(render的ing形式)；vi. 给予补偿(rendr的ing形式)；
[例句] ...a rendering of Verdi's Requiem by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
[例句] This phrase may well have been a rendering of a popular Arabic expression.
adj. （指讽刺等）刻薄的，尖锐的，刺痛的，腐蚀的；n. 媒染剂，酸洗剂；vt. 媒染，用媒染剂处理；
[例句] A wicked, mordant sense of humour has come to the fore in Blur's world.
adj. 裸体的，无装饰的，[法]无效的，无偿的；n. 裸体，裸体像；
[例句] The occasional nude bather comes here...
[例句] She turned down £1.2 million to pose nude in Playboy...
adj. 悔罪的，悔过的；n. 后悔者，忏悔者；
[例句] Robert Gates sat before them, almost penitent about the past...
[例句] She is deeply penitent.
adj. 有洞察力的，判断力强的，有识别力的；
[例句] ...one of the most perspicacious and perceptive historians of that period.
adj. （指风、寒冷等）刺骨的，（眼睛或眼神）锐利的，锋利的，打动人心的；v. 刺入，穿透( pierce的现在分词)；
[例句] A piercing scream split the air.
[例句] ...a piercing whistle.
vt. 将…弄碎，将…弄成粉末或尘埃，摧毁，粉碎；
[例句] ...the economic policies which pulverised the economy during the 1980s...
[例句] A factory making armaments had been bombed the night before and a residential area not far away had been pulverized.
n. 俏皮话，妙语，嘲弄，讥讽，双关语；vi. 说俏皮话，嘲弄，讥讽，托辞；
[例句] The commentators make endless quips about the female players' appearance.
[例句] 'He'll have to go on a diet,' Ballard quipped...
adj. 饱食的，充满的，供应充足的；n. [昆] 贮蜜蚁；
[例句] The Harbor was replete with boats...
[例句] History is replete with examples of populations out of control.
n. 树脂，合成树脂，松香；vt. 用树脂处理，涂擦树脂于；
[例句] The resin from which the oil is extracted comes from a small, tough tree.
[例句] Two of the lorries, carrying industrial resin and paint thinner, burst into flames.
vt. 辱骂，痛斥；n. 谩骂者；
[例句] He was just as feared and reviled as his tyrannical parents...
[例句] What right had the crowd to revile the England players for something they could not help...?
n. 大量，普通人，绉，褶；vt. 弄皱；vi. 变皱；
[例句] There'll be a huge ruck with the cops as they try to take photographs...
[例句] Ministers will find their budgets being decided in a political ruck with their colleagues.
vt. 烧焦；
[例句] Grass fires have seared the land near the farming village of Basekhai.
[例句] I distinctly felt the heat start to sear my throat.
n. 许多，大量；v. 杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去式 )；
[例句] The bus slewed sideways...
[例句] A seven-ton lorry slewed across their path...
vt. 添加，附加；
[例句] His picture was superimposed on a muscular body...
[例句] You can superimpose the lettering directly onto one of your pictures.
n. 阵痛，刺痛，一阵思绪（通常指不快的），痛苦；vt.& vi. （使）感到剧痛，（使）刺痛；
[例句] I would have twinges of guilt occasionally…
[例句] For a moment, Arnold felt a twinge of sympathy for Mr Wilson.
vt. 解开（尤指衣服或带子），松开；vi. 解开，脱开，松开；
[例句] When Ted was six we decided that he needed to know how to fasten and unfasten his seat belt...
[例句] Reaching down, he unfastened the latch on the gate...
n. 计划，规划；v. “plan”的现在分词，计划，设计；
[例句] The trip needs careful planning...
[例句] The new system is still in the planning stages.