n. 扁平物,[航] 襟翼,拍打,拍打声,〈口〉不安,恐
[例句] Grey sheets flapped on the clothes line...
[例句] They would flap bath towels from their balconies as they chatted.
adj. 不固定的,流动的,浮动的;v. (使)浮动( float的现在分词 ),(使)漂浮[飘动],(使货币汇率)自由浮动,轻盈走动;
[例句] They noticed fifty and twenty dollar bills floating in the water.
[例句] ...barges floating quietly by the grassy river banks...
n. 标签,称标记,符号,[建] 门或窗户上面的线脚;vt. 贴标签于,把…称为,把…列为,[化]用放射性元素使(元素或原子等)示踪;
[例句] He peered at the label on the bottle.
[例句] The stuff has never been properly logged and labelled...
n. 护士,看护,奶妈,保姆,阿妈,保育员,保护人,培养者,养成所,发祥地,[植]保护树,[虫]保护虫,保育虫,[动]世代交替的无性期的个体;vt.& vi. 护理,照料,喂,吃奶;vt. 培育,怀抱,搂抱,调治;
[例句] She had spent 29 years as a nurse...
[例句] Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses.
adj. 可能的,可接受的,合理的,可以允许的,不坏的;n. 可能性,潜在性,可能的人物,可能有的事,最高分;
[例句] If it is possible to find out where your brother is, we shall...
[例句] Everything is possible if we want it enough...
vt.& vi. (使)移动,搅拌,(使)行动,(使)微动;vt. 使打起精神,使奋起,叫醒,唤起;vi. 苏醒,奋起,传播,发生;n. 搅动,骚乱,激动,微动;
[例句] Stir the soup for a few seconds...
[例句] There was Mrs Bellingham, stirring sugar into her tea...
v. 发誓,咒骂;n. 发誓,宣誓,咒骂;
[例句] It's wrong to swear and shout...
[例句] They swore at them and ran off.
adv. 强烈地,坚强地,坚固地,强有力地;
[例句] I'm not strong enough to carry him...
[例句] I feared I wouldn't be able to control such a strong horse.
adj. 末期的,晚期的,定期的,末端的;n. 终端,终点站,航空站,(电路的)端子;
[例句] ...terminal cancer.
[例句] ...his illness was terminal.
vt. 召集,集合,重整,重振,恢复;vi. 聚集,集合,反弹,反败为胜,恢复(元气等);n. 集合,重新集合,重整的信号,反败为胜;
[例句] About three thousand people held a rally to mark international human rights day...
[例句] Supporters of the policy are reported to be gathering in Delhi for a mass rally.
n. 部分,段落,环节,[计算机](字符等的)分段,[动物学]节片;vt.&vi. 分割,划分,[生]使分裂;
[例句] ...the poorer segments of society.
[例句] ...the third segment of his journey.
v. 切( cut的第三人称单数 ),(从某物上)切下,将(某物)切开(或分割),削减;
[例句] Mrs. Haines stood nearby, holding scissors to cut a ribbon...
[例句] Cut the tomatoes in half vertically...
vt. 吸收(液体、气体等),吸引(注意),吞并,合并,忍受,承担(费用);
[例句] Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air and moisture from the soil...
[例句] Refined sugars are absorbed into the bloodstream very quickly.
vt. 承认,鸣谢,对…打招呼,告知已收到;
[例句] Naylor acknowledged, in a letter to the judge, that he was a drug addict...
[例句] Belatedly, the government has acknowledged the problem...
vi.& vt. 产生,出现,起身,起立,起源于,产生于;
[例句] ...if a problem arises later in the pregnancy...
[例句] The birds also attack crops when the opportunity arises.
vt. 分派,选派,分配,归于,归属,[法律] 把(财产,权利、利息)从一人转让给另一人,把…编制;n. [常用复数][法律]受让人,接受财产等转让的人,受托者;
[例句] When I taught, I would assign a topic to children which they would write about...
[例句] Later in the year, she'll assign them research papers...
n. 大气,空气,大气层,风格,基调,气氛;
[例句] ...dangerous levels of pollution in the Earth's atmosphere...
[例句] The Partial Test-Ban Treaty bans nuclear testing in the atmosphere.
vt.& vi. 贴上,系,附上;vt. (有时不受欢迎或未受邀请而)参加,把…固定,把…归因于,(使)与…有联系;vi. 从属,附着,伴随而来,联在一起(to, upon);
[例句] We attach labels to things before we file them away...
[例句] The gadget can be attached to any vertical surface...
vt.& vi. 压紧,(使)坚实,把…弄紧密,把…弄结实,使(文体)简洁,简化,变紧密,变结实;adj. 紧凑的,简洁的,(文体等)紧凑的,小巧易携带的,(物质)致密的,(体格)结实的;
[例句] ...my compact office in Washington.
[例句] ...the new, more compact Czech government.
n. 压缩,压紧,浓缩,紧缩,加压,压抑,(表现的)简练,应压试
[例句] Poor posture, sitting or walking slouched over, compresses the body's organs...
[例句] Air will compress but the brake fluid won't.