n. 踏车，单调的工作，（锻炼身体的）跑步机；

[例句] Mr Stocks can expect a gruelling week on the publicity treadmill.

n. （多数位于北极圈的）冻土带，苔原，冻原，寒漠；

vt.& vi. 换羽，脱毛；n. 换羽期，脱毛期；

adj. 辛辣的，开胃的，刺激的，有趣的；

[例句] ...a crisp mixed salad with an unusually piquant dressing.

[例句] There may well have been a piquant novelty about her books when they came out.

n. 获得，取得，采购；

[例句] Russia was cutting procurement of new weapons 'by about 80 per cent', he said.

n. 摄政者；adj. （用在名词后）摄政的；

n. 流浪者，无业游民，乞丐，无赖；adj. 流浪的，（思想）游移不定的，（风等）无定向的，（植物）蔓生的；

[例句] He lived on the street as a vagrant.

逐渐发生，展开，结束，使精疲力竭；

[例句] Her union reforms were played out against a background of rising unemployment...

[例句] The film has eerie parallels with the drama being played out in real life.

n. 上紧，固定，紧密；v. 收紧( tighten的现在分词 )，（使）变紧，（使）绷紧，加紧；

[例句] Luke answered by tightening his grip on her shoulder...

[例句] Her arms tightened about his neck in gratitude...

n. 树（ tree的名词复数 ），乔木，树状图，世系图；

[例句] I planted those apple trees.

[例句] ...a variety of shrubs and trees.

v. 照料( tend的第三人称单数 )，照顾，招待，侍候；

[例句] A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy...

[例句] In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger...

n. 泰国人，泰国语；

[例句] Thai food is terrific.

[例句] ...Thai businessmen.

n. 款待( treat的名词复数 )，招待，乐事，乐趣；v. 处理( treat的第三人称单数 )，探讨，对待，请（客）；

[例句] Artie treated most women with indifference...

[例句] Police say they're treating it as a case of attempted murder...

n. 茶匙，一茶匙的量；

[例句] Drop the dough onto a baking sheet with a teaspoon.

[例句] He wants three teaspoons of sugar in his coffee.

n. [计算机]标记( tag的名词复数 )，附加语（为加强语气，如 Yes, I do 一句中的 I do），名言，污块毛；

[例句] Staff wore name tags.

[例句] ...baggage tags.

n. （帆船）抢风行驶，定位焊[铆]紧钉；v. 用平头钉钉( tack的现在分词 )，附加，增补，帆船抢风行驶，用粗线脚缝；

[例句] He had tacked this note to her door...

[例句] She had recently taken a canvas from the theater and tacked it up on the wall.

n. （正式）提出( tender的名词复数 )，（在大船和海岸之间载运人和货物的）供应船，投标，蒸汽机车的)煤水车；v. 提出( tender的第三人称单数 )，使变温柔，使变脆弱，[法律]清偿，偿债；

[例句] Her voice was tender, full of pity...

[例句] Patients may not receive the tender, loving care once associated with a hospital stay.

n. 预兆，征兆，怪事，奇物；

[例句] The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region...

[例句] I hope this is a portent for the rest of the year...

n. 大道，大街，通

[例句] ...a busy thoroughfare.

vt. 劫持，诱拐，使外展；

[例句] His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen...

[例句] She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child.