n. 玩具，玩物，小装饰品，无实用价值的东西；vi. 玩弄，不认真地考虑；adj. 玩具的，作玩具的，个头很小的，小体型品种的；

[例句] He was really too old for children's toys.

[例句] ...a toy telephone.

adj. 传统的，口传的，惯例的，因袭的；

[例句] ...traditional teaching methods.

[例句] ...traditional Indian music.

n. 威胁，恐吓，凶兆；

[例句] Some couples see single women as a threat to their relationships...

[例句] The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly...

n. 琐事，少量，蛋糕；vi. 轻视，藐视，嘲弄，随意摆弄，玩弄；vt. 浪费（时间或金钱），虚度；

[例句] As a photographer, he'd found both locations just a trifle disappointing...

[例句] 'There we go,' said Diane, a trifle too cheerily…

adj. 适时的，及时的；

[例句] The recent outbreaks of cholera are a timely reminder that this disease is still a serious health hazard...

[例句] The exhibition is timely, since 'self-taught' art is catching on in a big way.

adj. 可触知的，确实的，真实的，实际的，[法]有形的；n. 有形资产，可触知的或具体的某事物；

[例句] There should be some tangible evidence that the economy is starting to recover...

[例句] The relief was almost tangible.

n. 滋补品，奎宁水，主音，浊音；adj. 滋补的，声调的，强直的，主音的；

[例句] Keeler sipped at his gin and tonic.

[例句] ...low-calorie tonics.

adj. 三倍的，三重的，高音的，最高声部的，尖锐刺耳的；vt.& vi. 使成为三倍，增加两倍；n. 最高音部，高音，三倍；vi. 变成三倍；

[例句] They will have to pay much more when rents treble in January...

[例句] The city has trebled the number of its prisoners to 21,000.

n. 草皮，泥炭，地盘，势力范围，赛马场，跑马场；vt. 用草皮覆盖，抛出，扔掉，赶走；

[例句] They shuffled slowly down the turf towards the cliff's edge.

[例句] Lift the turfs carefully — they can be reused elsewhere.

adv. （在）今天，现在，现今，现代，当代；n. 今天，今日，现代，当代，现今；

[例句] How are you feeling today?...

[例句] I wanted him to come with us today, but he couldn't.

num. 十，十个，第十；n. 十个人，十点钟，十岁，十元纸币；

[例句] Over the past ten years things have changed.

n. 交通工具的运行时间表，时刻表，计划，课程表，进度；vi. 为…安排时间；

[例句] The timetable was hopelessly optimistic…

[例句] Don't you realize we're working to a timetable? We have to have results...

vt.& vi. （通常指金属）（使）失去光泽，（使）变灰暗；vt. 玷污，败坏；n. 污点，瑕疵，无光泽，晦暗；

[例句] The affair could tarnish the reputation of the prime minister...

[例句] His image was tarnished by the savings and loan scandal.

n. 补锅匠，修理匠，流浪者，吉普赛人；v. 小修，小补，摆弄；

[例句] Instead of the Government admitting its error, it just tinkered with the problem...

[例句] They tinkered with the engine…

adj. 极好的，异乎寻常的，很大的，了不起的；

[例句] What a terrific idea!...

[例句] Everybody there was having a terrific time...

vt.& vi. 逐渐变细，变尖，逐渐减弱；n. 细蜡烛，灯芯，锥形物；

[例句] Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much. It stays fat all the way up...

[例句] ...beautiful hands with long, tapering fingers...

n. 焦油，沥青，柏油，尼古丁，水手，水兵；vt. 以焦油或沥青覆盖或涂抹（某物）；

[例句] The oil has hardened to tar...

[例句] They drove across the river to New Hampshire on a hot tar road.

n. 暴风雨，似风暴般的事物，骚动，风波；vt. 使遭暴风雨（或雪），使骚动，使激动；vi. 起暴风雨（或雪），骚动，激动；

[例句] Torrential rain and a howling tempest cut a swathe of destruction across the country.

[例句] I hadn't foreseen the tempest my request would cause...

vt. （用不同的录音手段）转录，抄写，誊写，改编（乐曲）（以适应他种乐器或声部）；

[例句] She is transcribing, from his dictation, the diaries of Simon Forman...

[例句] Every telephone conversation will be recorded and transcribed.

adj. 胆小的，羞怯的，怕人，羞手羞脚；

[例句] A timid child, Isabella had learned obedience at an early age.

[例句] The President's critics say he has been too timid in responding to changing international developments...