n. 桅杆，栓柱，橡树果实；vt. 在…上装桅杆；

aux. 应该（指道义上有责任），应当（显示所采取行动正确或明智），可能会，预料会做（某事）；vt.& vi. 应该（指道义上有责任），（表示愿望）应当（显示所采取行动正确或明智），可能会，预料会做（某事）；

[例句] Mark, you've got a good wife. You ought to take care of her...

[例句] The people who already own a bit of money or land ought to have a voice in saying where it goes...

n. 传说，传言，（尤指充满惊险的）故事，坏话，谣言，〈古〉计算，总计；

[例句] ...a collection of stories, poems and folk tales...

[例句] Episodes 1 and 2 of Tales of the City will be shown together on Tuesday.

adj. 单调沉闷的，冗长乏味的，令人生厌的；

[例句] Such lists are long and tedious to read.

[例句] ...the tedious business of line-by-line programming.

n. 变化，转换，转换，变换；

[例句] Your metabolic rate is the speed at which your body transforms food into energy...

[例句] Delegates also discussed transforming them from a guerrilla force into a regular army.

vt. 反驳，报复，杀菌釜；vi. 回嘴，反驳；n. 反驳，回嘴，反驳的回答；

[例句] Was he afraid, he was asked. 'Afraid of what?' he retorted...

[例句] Others retort that strong central power is a dangerous thing in Russia.

n. 论文，毕业论文，论点，论题，命题；

[例句] This thesis does not stand up to close inspection.

[例句] ...proponents of the thesis that computers can be programmed to do anything which a human mind does.

vi. 长时间或辛苦地工作，艰难缓慢地移动，跋涉；n. 报酬很低的苦活，苦工，罗网，圈套；

[例句] People who toiled in dim, dank factories were too exhausted to enjoy their family life...

[例句] Workers toiled long hours.

n. 震颤，战栗，震颤声，大地的轻微震动；

[例句] News of 160 redundancies had sent tremors through the community...

[例句] Overproduction and consequent low market prices for wine caused economic tremors.

adj. 天阴的，多云的；vt. 使沮丧，包缝，遮蔽；n. [气象学]阴，阴天，遮盖物(尤指云、雾等，郁闷，忧愁，沮丧，[采矿]风桥；

[例句] For three days it was overcast...

[例句] The weather forecast is for showers and overcast skies...

n. 终止妊娠，结束，终止处，结局；

[例句] Her next remark abruptly terminated the conversation...

[例句] His contract terminates at the end of the season.

adj. 超自然的，神秘的，隐藏的；n. 神秘学；vt. 隐蔽，[天]（使）掩（星）；vi. 定时隐蔽；

[例句] ...sinister experiments with the occult.

[例句] ...books dealing with the occult.

adj. 倾翻，倾卸；n. 倾卸台；v. （使）某物侧边提高，倾斜，翻倒( tip的现在分词 )，给小费，将（所盛之物）倒出，轻打；

[例句] The sleeves covered his hands to the tips of his fingers...

[例句] She poked and shifted things with the tip of her walking stick...

vt.& vi. 重击，捶击，步履沉重地走，（心脏等）扑扑地跳，砰地撞到；n. 砰的重击声，重击，捶击，（电话中的）电报噪音，[无线]键击噪音；

[例句] He thumped my shoulder affectionately, nearly knocking me over...

[例句] I heard you thumping on the door.

vt. 压缩， 压紧，妨害，阻碍，收缩，挤压；vi. 变得收缩；

[例句] Severe migraine can be treated with a drug which constricts the blood vessels...

[例句] My throat constricted, so that I had to concentrate on breathing.

n. 后代，后裔，（由过去类似物发展来的）派生物，弟子；adj. 下降的，祖传的；

[例句] They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers.

[例句] ...Lord Cochrane and his descendants.

n. 窘迫，难堪，令人难堪或耻辱的事；

[例句] It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low...

[例句] I think I would have died of embarrassment...

vt.& vi. 闪烁，闪光，窥视，（箭一样）飞出，使发光，使闪光；n. 闪光，闪耀，短暂微弱的显露，（雷达的）回波起伏；vi. 闪烁，（光线）反射，闪闪发光；

[例句] The sea glinted in the sun...

[例句] Sunlight glinted on his spectacles.

adj. 无能力的，不胜任的，不适当的；n. 无能者，不胜任者；

[例句] The court declared him incompetent to manage his financial affairs...

[例句] I was incompetent at playing the piano...

vt.& vi. 继承；vt. 经遗传获得（品质、身体特征等），继任；

[例句] He has no son to inherit his land.

[例句] ...paintings that he inherited from his father.