n. 钩针编织品，钩针织物；vt. 用钩针编织；

[例句] ...a black crochet waistcoat.

[例句] She offered to teach me to crochet...

adj. 沮丧的，泄气的，嗒然，抑郁，意志消沉；

[例句] I feel despondent when my work is rejected.

vi. 屈膝（尤指宗教礼节中）；

[例句] He genuflected in front of the altar.

[例句] They refrained from genuflecting to the laws of political economy.

n. 短柄小斧，言归于好；adj. 瘦削而棱角分明的；

[例句] ...an old naval sergeant, with a hatchet face and drooping moustaches.

n. 进口，[电]引入，插入物，水湾；v. 引进，嵌入，插入；

[例句] ...a sheltered inlet.

[例句] ...a blocked water inlet.

adj. 口渴的，渴望（求）…的，干旱的，缺水的，耗油的；

[例句] If a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often...

[例句] Drink whenever you feel thirsty during exercise.

n. 旅行者，观光客，〈美〉冬季到南部做工的流动工人；

[例句] ...foreign tourists...

[例句] Blackpool is the top tourist attraction in England.

n. 电报；vt. 电报：用电报机发送的信息；

[例句] Scores of congratulatory telegrams and letters greeted Franklin on his return...

[例句] The President received a briefing by telegram.

n. 学费，教学，讲授；

[例句] The courses will give the beginner personal tuition in all types of outdoor photography.

[例句] Angela's $7,000 tuition at University this year will be paid for with scholarships.

vt. 筛分，精选，撒，审查；vi. 筛，细查；

[例句] Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl.

[例句] Police officers have continued to sift through the wreckage following yesterday's bomb attack...

adj. （指讽刺等）刻薄的，尖锐的，刺痛的，腐蚀的；n. 媒染剂，酸洗剂；vt. 媒染，用媒染剂处理；

[例句] A wicked, mordant sense of humour has come to the fore in Blur's world.

adj. 悔罪的，悔过的；n. 后悔者，忏悔者；

[例句] Robert Gates sat before them, almost penitent about the past...

[例句] She is deeply penitent.

n. 阵痛，刺痛，一阵思绪（通常指不快的），痛苦；vt.& vi. （使）感到剧痛，（使）刺痛；

[例句] I would have twinges of guilt occasionally…

[例句] For a moment, Arnold felt a twinge of sympathy for Mr Wilson.

n. （教堂或大学）的围地，选区，管辖区，界限，范围；

[例句] The Centre was a pedestrian precinct with a bandstand in the middle.

[例句] The shooting occurred in the 34th Precinct.

adj. 弱的( weak的最高级 )，微弱的，无说服力的，淡的；

[例句] I was too weak to move or think or speak...

[例句] His arms and legs were weak.

n. 残渣，尾料，嵌入墙中砖石突出部，屑；

[例句] The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.

[例句] ...a black dog with a long tail.

n. 申请人，求职人，请求者；

adj. 黑的( black的最高级 )，黑色的（以幽默的方式对待讨厌的或可怕的事物，如凶杀），黑暗的，（关于）黑人的；

[例句] She was wearing a black coat with a white collar...

[例句] He had thick black hair...

n. 隐藏，隐瞒，隐匿处，隐藏手段；

[例句] The criminals vainly sought concealment from the searchlight.

[例句] ...the concealment of weapons.

num. 八，八个，第八；n. 八，八人（或物）一组，八人划船队；adj. 八个的；

[例句] So far eight workers have been killed.