n. [史]掠夺兵，暴兵，海盗，阻挠议事的议员，会议妨碍行为；vt. 阻碍议案通过；vi. 阻饶议事，掠夺，侵夺；
[例句] Senator Seymour has threatened a filibuster to block the bill.
[例句] They simply threatened to filibuster until the Senate adjourns...
n. 渔业，水产业，渔场，水产公司，捕鱼权；
[例句] ...the fisheries off Newfoundland.
n. 敌人，仇敌，危害物，反对者；
n. 脚步（声），足迹；
[例句] I heard footsteps outside.
[例句] My father is extremely proud that I followed in his footsteps and became a doctor.
n. 锻炼，伪造；v. 锻造( forge的现在分词 )，伪造，艰苦干成，努力加强；
[例句] The Prime Minister is determined to forge a good relationship with America's new leader...
[例句] They agreed to forge closer economic ties...
v. 促进( forward的过去式和过去分词 )，（按新地址）转寄，发送，助长；
[例句] He came forward with his hand out. 'Mr and Mrs Selby?' he enquired...
[例句] She fell forwards on to her face...
vt. 使新鲜，使清爽，使有精神，把（自己）盥洗一番，（使）洁净，使掺酌于，加浓（饮料）；vi. 使恢复精力，增强，淡化，（产后）开始泌乳；
[例句] The wind had freshened.
[例句] A thorough brushing helps to freshen up your mouth...
vt. （用手）搜（某人）的身；vi. （动物）活蹦乱跳；
[例句] Drago pushed him up against the wall and frisked him.
n. 小玩意，小配件，小装置；
[例句] ...kitchen gadgets including toasters, kettles and percolators.
[例句] ...the latest gadget for the technology obsessed: pocket-sized computers that you write on with a pen.
n. 星系，银河系，一群显赫的（出色的）人物；
[例句] Astronomers have discovered a distant galaxy.
[例句] The Galaxy consists of 100 billion stars.
n. 含漱剂，漱口药；v. 漱，漱口；
[例句] Try gargling with salt water as soon as a cough begins...
[例句] At the sink, Neil noisily gargled something medicinal.
vt. 使发芽，使发育，使发展；vi. 发芽，生长，发育；
[例句] Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so...
[例句] First, the researchers germinated the seeds.
n. [物]梯度，陡度，（温度、气压等）变化率，梯度变化曲线，（道路的）倾斜度，坡度；adj. 倾斜的，[动]步行的，能步行的；
[例句] ...a gradient of 1 in 3...
[例句] The courses are long and punishing, with steep gradients.
n. 火腿，（旧时的）小镇，村庄，大腿后部，拙劣演员（尤指表演过火者）；vi. 表情夸张，表演过火；adj. 过火的，做作的，蹩脚的，自满的，搞业余无线电收发报的；
[例句] ...a huge baked ham.
[例句] ...ham sandwiches.
n. 少数，少量，一把（的量），难以控制的人（或动物），棘手事；
[例句] He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar...
[例句] One spring morning a handful of potential investors assembled in Quincy.
vt. [军]扰乱，骚扰，使烦扰，折磨，反复袭击；
[例句] A woman reporter complained one of them sexually harassed her in the locker room...
[例句] We are almost routinely harassed by the police.
vi. 听，回想，重提；
[例句] Hark. I hear the returning footsteps of my love.
n. 鱼镖，鱼叉；vt. 用鱼叉叉，用鱼叉捕获；
[例句] Norwegian whalers said yesterday they had harpooned a female minke whale.
n. 直升机，直升飞机；vt. 用直升飞机载送；vi. 乘直升飞机；
vt. 使类同，使…均质；vi. 变均匀；
[例句] Even Brussels bureaucrats can't homogenize national cultures and tastes.