n. (画上的)高光,笔致,绝技,触觉( touch的名词复数 ),手感,手法;v. 接触,触摸( touch的第三人称单数 ),吃,涉及,与…有关;
[例句] Her tiny hands gently touched my face...
[例句] Don't touch that dial…
n. [航]食物,劣质材料,赝品,方针,方法,航向;vt. 用平头钉钉,附加,增补;vi. 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.
vt. 移植,移种,移民,迁移,移植(器官、皮肤、头发等);n. (器官、皮肤、头发等的)移植,移植物,移植者;vi. 迁移,移居,经得起移植;
[例句] He was recovering from a heart transplant operation.
[例句] ...the controversy over the sale of human organs for transplant.
vt. 改变,改观,变换;vi. 改变;n. [数]变换式;
[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.
n. 翻译,译本,转变,转化;
[例句] ...MacNiece's excellent English translation of 'Faust'...
[例句] I've only read Solzhenitsyn in translation.
n. 学说,理论,原理,推测;
[例句] Marx produced a new theory about historical change based upon conflict between competing groups...
[例句] Einstein formulated the Theory of Relativity in 1905.
n. 交通,运输量,(非法的)交易,通信量,交际;vt. 用…作交换,在…通
[例句] There was heavy traffic on the roads...
[例句] Traffic was unusually light for that time of day.
n. 旅行,观光,巡回演出,任职期,轮班;vt. 到…旅游,在…巡回演出;vi. 观光,巡回;
[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.
n. 过渡,转变,变迁,[语]转换,[乐]变调;v. 转变,过渡;
[例句] The transition to a multi-party democracy is proving to be difficult.
[例句] ...a period of transition.
vt. 使负担重,消耗精力,向…征税,责备,谴责;n. 税,税额,负担;
[例句] No-one enjoys paying tax...
[例句] They are calling for large spending cuts and tax increases.
vt. 使倾斜,(在马上)拿枪扎,抨击,攻击;vi. 倾斜,〈美〉有倾向性,偏袒,抨击;n. 倾斜,歪斜,斜坡,坡度,马上刺枪比赛,跳动锤,落锤;
[例句] She tilted the mirror and began to comb her hair...
[例句] Leonard tilted his chair back on two legs and stretched his long body...
adj. 技术(性)的,工艺的,学术(上)的,专门(技术)的,艺术的,[法]根据法律的,法律上的,[商]人造的,用工业方法制造的,由市场内部因素(如投机等)引起的,〈美俚〉外表的,表面上的,浅薄的;
[例句] In order to reach this limit a number of technical problems will have to be solved.
[例句] ...jobs that require technical knowledge...
n. 跟踪;v. 跟踪( track的现在分词 ),跟踪摄影,留下(脏)足迹,追随(潮流等);
[例句] We set off once more, over a rough mountain track.
[例句] The two men turned to watch the horses going round the track.
n. 树干,象鼻,躯干,汽车车尾的行李箱;
[例句] ...the gnarled trunk of a birch tree.
[例句] …toadstools growing on fallen tree trunks.
n. 货车,(铁路的)无盖货车,(行李)搬运车;vt. 用卡车装运;vi. 驾驶卡车,以物易物;
[例句] Now and then they heard the roar of a heavy truck.
[例句] They were loaded on the railway trucks to go to Liverpool.
vt.& vi. 收紧,(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...
vt. 打(谷等)使脱粒,猛烈摆动,(用棍、鞭等)痛打,责打,彻底打败;vi. 打谷,脱粒,猛烈摆动,拍打,徒劳地努力,白忙;n. 打谷,拍打,[泳](自由式用脚,手)打水,[航]逆
[例句] Second-placed Rangers thrashed St Johnstone 5-nil.
[例句] 'Liar!' Sarah screamed, as she thrashed the child. 'You stole it.'
n. 质地,结构,本质;v. 使具有某种结构;
[例句] Aloe Vera is used in moisturisers to give them a wonderfully silky texture...
[例句] Her skin is pale, the texture of fine wax.
n. 塔,楼塔,要害地,〈罕〉(负伤鸟的)笔直向上飞,〈美〉铁路信号所;vi. 远远高于,远远超过,高耸,超越;na. “Towers“的变体;
[例句] ...an eleventh century castle with 120-foot high towers.
[例句] ...the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
adj. 驯服的,平淡的,无精打采的;v. 驯服,抑制;
[例句] The deer never became tame; they would run away if you approached them.
[例句] Some of today's political demonstrations look rather tame...