n. 赛跑者起跑时脚底所撑的木块，阻挡( block的名词复数 )，（吗啡）块（一立方吗啡的量度，每盎司吗啡约有125块），（印度的行政单位）区，[美国英语] 街区(4条街道当中的区域)；v. 堵塞( block的第三人称单数 )，阻碍，设计（电视录像的摄像镜头布局），[球类]（合法）阻挡（对手）；
[例句] ...blocks of council flats.
[例句] ...a white-painted apartment block.
n. 球茎，块茎植物，电灯泡，[解剖学]肿块；
[例句] The stairwell was lit by a single bulb.
[例句] ...tulip bulbs.
vt. 擦亮（金属等），磨光；vi. 被擦亮，磨光；n. 光泽，光亮，抛光；
[例句] The European Parliament badly needs a president who can burnish its image.
n. （船或飞机装载的）货物，负荷，荷重；
[例句] The boat calls at the main port to load its regular cargo of bananas.
[例句] ...cargo planes.
n. 人口普查，统计，人口财产调查；
n. （由失败等引起的）懊恼，懊丧，悔恨；vt. 使懊恼，使懊丧，使悔恨；
[例句] One of the first things we did when we moved in, to the chagrin of the architect, was to replace the leaded windows.
n. 锦标赛，锦标，优胜，冠军称号，拥护者[支持者，提倡者]的身分，保持冠军称号的时期；
[例句] ...the world chess championship.
[例句] He went on to take the championship...
n. 木炭，炭画笔，木炭画；vt. 用木炭画，炭烤；
n. 方格图案；vt. 使（某物）呈现方格图案或不同颜色或不同深浅的方
[例句] Modern word processors usually have spelling checkers and even grammar checkers.
n. 布，织物，一块布，用作某种用途的布，桌布，擦布，揩布，（统称）牧师；
[例句] She began cleaning the wound with a piece of cloth.
[例句] Clean the surface with a damp cloth.
n. 结合体，联合，同盟，（两党或多党）联合政府；
[例句] Since June the country has had a coalition government...
[例句] It took five months for the coalition to agree on and publish a medium-term economic programme.
n. 一致性，相干性，凝聚，联接；
[例句] The anthology has a surprising sense of coherence.
n. （尤指古典音乐）作曲家，调停人，设计者；
adj. 可理解的，能懂的；
[例句] He spoke abruptly, in barely comprehensible Arabic.
n. 隐藏，隐瞒，隐匿处，隐藏手段；
[例句] The criminals vainly sought concealment from the searchlight.
[例句] ...the concealment of weapons.
adj. 作为结果的，间接的，重要的；
[例句] The actual estimate for extra staff and consequential costs such as accommodation was an annual £9.18m.
[例句] This new transformation is at least as consequential as that one was...
n. （培植植物的）温室，暖房，音乐学校；adj. 有保存力的，保管人的；
[例句] ...the New England Conservatory of Music.
vt. 抵触，与…不相容，违反，违背，否定，反驳；
[例句] The Board has banned the film on the grounds that it contravenes criminal libel laws...
[例句] He said the article did not contravene the industry's code of conduct.
n. 县，郡，县民，郡民；
[例句] He is living now in his mother's home county of Oxfordshire...
[例句] Over 50 events are planned throughout the county.
vt.& vi. 达到极点；
[例句] They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk...
[例句] The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner on November 20.