adv. 极大地，极端地，极其，非常；

[例句] I felt a tremendous pressure on my chest...

[例句] There's tremendous tension between the local population and the refugees…

adj. 不圆通的，不得体的，粗鲁的，不替别人着想的；adv. 粗鲁地，笨拙地，不老练地；n. 粗鲁，笨拙；

[例句] Throughout his school life Darius was tactless and egocentric...

[例句] He had alienated many people with his tactless remarks.

n. 鲑鳟

v. 收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )，（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. 拖网渔船，拖网捕鱼者，拖网渔民；

adj. 调节的，缓和的，调和的，温和的，适中的；

[例句] He had a temper and could be nasty...

[例句] His short temper had become notorious...

n. 技术，工学院，技术员，技术工作；adj. 技术的；

adj. 热塑性的；n. 热塑性塑料；

n. 闪烁，眨眼间，诙谐的闪光，一刹那；adj. 闪烁的，闪亮的，闪耀的；v. 闪烁( twinkle的现在分词 )，（眼睛）闪亮，（经光照耀而）闪闪发光，（舞蹈者的双脚）轻快地移动；

[例句] At night, lights twinkle in distant villages across the valleys.

[例句] ...a band of twinkling diamonds.

v. [美国口语]忍耐，忍受，熬过（常与 out连用）( tough的现在分词 )；

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

[例句] She is tough and ambitious.

扔掉，屏弃，浪费，错过（机会）；

[例句] I never throw anything away...

[例句] I'm not advising you to throw away your makeup or forget about your appearance.

n. 商人，店主，零售商，手艺人；

n. 麻木，麻痹，迟钝，（动物的）冬眠；

[例句] He had slumped into a state of torpor from which nothing could rouse him...

[例句] The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.

n. 大君，将军，企业巨头，大亨；

[例句] …a self-made Irish property tycoon.

n. 防水帆布，防水帆布罩；

[例句] ...a piece of tarpaulin.

[例句] ...tarpaulin covers.

adj. 戏剧的，悲剧的；n. 演员，悲剧演员；

n. 灌木丛，丛状物，错综复杂；

[例句] ...a bamboo thicket.

[例句] The novel is a thicket of literary references...

n. 三重奏，三人一组，三重奏[三重唱]乐曲，（小步舞曲、谐谑曲等的）中段；

[例句] …classy American songs from a Texas trio…

[例句] The trio are part of Sotheby's sale of Works of Art.

adj. 致命的，好斗的，凶狠的，尖刻的；

n. 初学者，新手，生手；

[例句] ...a tyro journalist.