n. 茶壶,烧水壶;
adj. 高的( tall的比较级 ),难以置信的,难以完成的,(用以表示或询问高度)有…高;
[例句] Being tall can make you feel incredibly self-confident...
[例句] She was a young woman, fairly tall and fairly slim...
n. 题目,论题,话题( topic的名词复数 );
[例句] The weather is a constant topic of conversation in Britain…
[例句] The main topic for discussion is political union...
v. 拖,拉,拽( tow的现在分词 ),拖带;
[例句] He had been using the vehicle to tow his work trailer...
[例句] They threatened to tow away my car...
v. 兜售( tout的现在分词 ),招揽,侦查,探听赛马情报;
[例句] It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates.
[例句] …a popular advertising industry practice of using performers to tout products…
n. 柚木,柚木棕色;
[例句] The door is beautifully made in solid teak.
adj. 某种语气的,某种语调的;
[例句] …a beautiful silver-toned voice ideal for Mozart.
[例句] ...soft, pastel-toned drawings.
adv. 理论地,理论上;
[例句] Theoretically, the price is supposed to be marked on the shelf...
[例句] Emigration was still theoretically a matter of choice.
vt. 用卡车装运(truck的过去式与过去分词形式);
[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.
adj. 如雷的,要打雷的,情形不妙的,雷鸣;
[例句] Thundery weather is forecast...
[例句] Heavy thundery rain fell throughout Thursday.
n. 隧道效应,开挖隧道,掘进;
[例句] ...two new railway tunnels through the Alps.
[例句] …the motorway tunnels under the Hudson river.
n. 诱惑,引诱( temptation的名词复数 ),诱惑物;
[例句] Will they be able to resist the temptation to buy?
[例句] ...the many temptations to which you will be exposed.
n. 牵引感;v. 用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的现在分词 );
[例句] A little boy came running up and tugged at his sleeve excitedly...
[例句] She kicked him, tugging his thick hair.
v. (使)成三倍( treble的现在分词 );
[例句] They will have to pay much more when rents treble in January...
[例句] The city has trebled the number of its prisoners to 21,000.
adj. 带色彩的;v. 染色( tint的过去式和过去分词 ),着色于…,染(发),使受影响;
[例句] Its large leaves often show a delicate purple tint...
[例句] Green has many different shades and tints.
adv. 不倦地;
[例句] He was a tireless worker for justice.
[例句] ...Mother Teresa's tireless efforts to help the poor.
v. 兜售( tout的过去式和过去分词 ),招揽,侦查,探听赛马情报;
[例句] It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates.
[例句] …a popular advertising industry practice of using performers to tout products…
v. (用不同的录音手段)转录( transcribe的过去式和过去分词 ),改编(乐曲)(以适应他种乐器或声部),抄写,用音标标出(声音);
[例句] She is transcribing, from his dictation, the diaries of Simon Forman...
[例句] Every telephone conversation will be recorded and transcribed.
vt. 用…作交换(traffic的过去式与过去分词形式);
[例句] There was heavy traffic on the roads...
[例句] Traffic was unusually light for that time of day.
n. 置换,更换,移位,移项;
[例句] Genetic engineers transpose or exchange bits of hereditary material from one organism to the next...
[例句] The director transposes the action from 16th Century France to post-Civil War America.