n. （飞机的）起飞，（经济的）起飞，开始，起跳；adj. 起跳的，起飞的；

[例句] The aircraft crashed after takeoff from Heathrow in a reservoir...

[例句] The commuter plane was waiting for takeoff...

n. 打雷；adj. 雷鸣的，雷一般响亮的，非常的，极大的；adv. 非常，异常；v. 打雷( thunder的现在分词 )，发出隆隆声，轰隆隆地快速移动，使快速移动；

[例句] There was frequent thunder and lightning, and torrential rain.

[例句] ...a distant clap of thunder.

adj. 可转让的，可流通的，可传递的，可转移的；

[例句] Use the transferable skills acquired from your previous working background…

[例句] Your Railcard is not transferable to anyone else.

vt. 嘲笑，奚落，用嘲笑刺激；n. 嘲弄，奚落，讥讽，嘲弄的对象，笑柄；adj. [航]（桅杆）很高的；

[例句] A gang taunted a disabled man...

[例句] Other youths taunted him about his clothes.

adj. 由两部分组成的，有两部分的，两倍的；adv. 两倍地；

[例句] The case against is twofold: too risky and too expensive.

n. 三十，三十个，三十年代，三十的记号；adj. 三十的，三十个的；num. 三十，三十个；

[例句] Mozart clearly enjoyed good health throughout his twenties and early thirties.

[例句] She became quite a notable director in the thirties and forties.

n. 盘子，托盘，浅盘，满盘；

adj. 热带的，炎热的，热情的；

[例句] ...tropical diseases.

[例句] ...a plan to preserve the world's tropical forests.

n. 手段，策略，战术，战略；adj. 按顺序的，依次排列的；

[例句] What sort of tactics will the President use to rally the people behind him?

[例句] He pressed on in the hope that a few others would join him. The tactic paid off.

n. 地形，地势，地面，地带，[地理]岩层，（知识的）领域范围；

[例句] The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.

[例句] ...a tortuous eight-hour coach ride around 1,200 bends of rough terrain.

adj. （说话、文笔等）精练的，简洁的，扼要的；

[例句] He issued a terse statement, saying he is discussing his future with colleagues before announcing his decision on Monday...

[例句] His tone was terse as he asked the question.

n. 节制（尤指饮食），节欲，戒酒；

[例句] ...a reformed alcoholic extolling the joys of temperance.

[例句] The age of hedonism is being ushered out by a new era of temperance.

adj. 颤抖的，敏感的，胆小的，发抖的手所作的；

[例句] She fidgeted in her chair as she took a deep, tremulous breath.

拒绝，否决，提出（暗示、建议等），掷出，赶下台；

[例句] The defense wants the district Judge to throw out the case.

[例句] He was thrown out of the Olympic team after testing positive for drugs...

v. 拿( take的过去分词)，接受，取得；

[例句] She seems very taken with the idea...

[例句] I was quite taken with him when I was young.

n. 画眉鸟，[医]鹅口疮，（马的）蹄叉腐疽；

adj. 坚强的（ tough的最高级 ），坚韧的，艰苦的，粗暴的；

[例句] He built up a reputation as a tough businessman...

[例句] She is tough and ambitious.

n. 运动鞋，教员，驯兽师；

n. （非正式）燕尾服，男子夜礼服，钱币背面，硬币的背面，尾( tail的名词复数 )，尾部，燕尾服，尾随者；

[例句] The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.

[例句] ...a black dog with a long tail.

n. 思想家，思考者；

[例句] ...some of the world's greatest thinkers.