adj. 声音不悦耳、尖细的；

[例句] He could hear the tinny sound of a radio playing a pop song.

[例句] …a small tinny voice.

N-COUNT 钩号(符号为√)；VERB 在(纸)上打钩；VERB (钟表)嘀嗒作响，发出嘀嗒声；N-COUNT (钟表的)嘀嗒声；N-COUNT 一瞬间;一刹那；VERB (某人的思想、愿望或情感使其)做出…举动;有…的行为；N-COUNT 蜱;壁虱；

[例句] His exercise books were full of well deserved red ticks...

[例句] Place a tick in the appropriate box.

vt. 到…旅游（tour的过去式与过去分词形式）；

[例句] The band are currently on a two-month tour of Europe...

[例句] It will be the first official cricket tour of South Africa for 22 years.

vi. 成群结队地走（troop的过去式与过去分词形式）；

[例句] The next phase of the operation will involve the deployment of more than 35,000 troops from a dozen countries...

[例句] There were reports of troop movements.

n. 恐怖( terror的名词复数 )，惊恐，引起恐怖的人[事]，讨厌的人；

[例句] I shook with terror whenever I was about to fly in an aeroplane...

[例句] The day of terror ended after police used teargas and stormed the house.

v. 用平头钉钉( tack的过去式和过去分词 )，附加，增补，帆船抢风行驶，用粗线脚缝；

[例句] He had tacked this note to her door...

[例句] She had recently taken a canvas from the theater and tacked it up on the wall.

n. 热裂法炭黑，上升的热气流，温暖内衣裤( thermal的名词复数 )；

[例句] ...thermal power stations.

[例句] ...financial assistance with repair, thermal insulation and improvements to homes through Government grants.

n. 裁缝业，成衣业；v. 裁制( tailor的现在分词 )，调整使适应；

[例句] We can tailor the program to the patient's needs.

[例句] ...how the local forces were trying to tailor their policing style to increase public confidence.

v. 使或变的紧张（tense的现在分词形式）；

[例句] This gesture of goodwill did little to improve the tense atmosphere at the talks...

[例句] After three very tense weeks he phoned again...

vt. 顺应潮水航行（tide的过去式与过去分词形式）；

[例句] The tide was at its highest...

[例句] The tide was going out, and the sand was smooth and glittering...

adj. 印刷上的，排字上的；

[例句] Owing to a typographical error, the town of Longridge was spelt as Longbridge.

使温和一些；

[例句] The fiery right-wing leader toned down his militant statements after the meeting...

[例句] The forecasts have since had to be toned down, as the economy has exhibited unmistakable signs of slowing…

n. 茶壶；

[例句] On Capitol Hill, senators today appear to view the matter as something of a tempest in a teapot.

n. 打字员；

n. 镇静剂，止痛药，增稳装置；

开始作战， 上阵，出马；

扯开，把…弄乱，使心碎，把…痛苦地分开；

[例句] The quarrel tore the party apart...

[例句] War and revolution have torn families apart.

n. 试车，试验，试运

n. 英国保守党的党员，保守党党员，亲英分子，保守主义者；adj. 保守派的，保守主义的；

[例句] ...the former Tory Party chairman, Chris Patten.

[例句] …the constituency with the largest Tory majority in the country.

adj. 雷鸣般的，多雷的，雷动，山响；

[例句] The audience responded with thunderous applause.

[例句] ...the thunderous roar of an explosion.