n. 拇指( thumb的名词复数 )，（手套的）拇指部份；

[例句] She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me.

[例句] It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to Howth...

n. 小报，通俗小报，药片，文摘，小型画报；adj. 摘要的，缩编的，小报式的，轰动性的，扼要的；

[例句] 'The British tabloids called me leggy and stunning,' she recalls.

n. 工作，任务，差事( task的名词复数 )；

[例句] Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill...

[例句] She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.

n. （演讲、文章或艺术作品的）题目( theme的名词复数 )，主题，（乐曲的）主题，（学生的）作文；

[例句] The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe...

[例句] 'That's another element in choosing a style of writing, you see,' he says, returning to his main theme...

n. 拇指甲，极小的东西；adj. 极小的，极短的；

n. 手电筒( torch的名词复数 )，火把，火炬；

[例句] They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.

[例句] …a torch-lit march for peace.

adj. 腐坏的，污染的，沾污的，感染的；v. 使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )，使污染，败坏，被污染，腐坏，败坏；

[例句] Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption.

[例句] ...a series of political scandals that has tainted the political stars of a generation.

轮子斜向；

[例句] This may encourage gold traders to dip their toes back into the markets...

[例句] Universities are dipping their toes in the waters of management education.

v. 使痛苦( torture的现在分词 )，使苦恼，使焦急；

[例句] French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed...

[例句] Three members of the group had been tortured to death…

v. （使）变厚（或粗、浓、密），使更厚（或更密、更浓、更粗）( thicken的过去式和过去分词 )，使（话等）不清晰，使模糊，使（情节等）复杂，变得不清晰，变得模糊；

[例句] Thicken the broth with the cornflour...

[例句] Keep stirring until the sauce thickens.

adj. 声音低沉的，喉音的，嘶哑的；

adv. 因此，于是，立即，随即；

[例句] Some months ago angry demonstrators mounted a noisy demonstration beneath his window. His neighbours thereupon insisted upon more security.

n. 肿瘤，肿块，疙瘩，赘疣；

n. 电信，电通信；

n. 蹒跚行走的人，幼童装，学步的幼儿；

n. 单调乏味，令人生厌，冗长；

[例句] She began to wonder whether she wouldn't go mad with the tedium of the job.

n. 护身符，驱邪物，有不可思议的力量之物，法宝；

n. 铃鼓，手鼓，（鸣声似铃鼓的）白胸森鸠；

vt.& vi. （使某物）变紧，拉紧，绷紧，紧张；

[例句] Her whole body tautened violently...

[例句] There are exercises that tauten facial muscles.

n. 致醉的饮料，烈酒；v. 不断喝，饮烈酒；

[例句] My favourite tipple is a glass of port.