adv. 火速地，急匆匆地；vt.& vi. 急

[例句] ...a group of actors hot-footing it for the bar.

vt. [法]控告，起诉，告发；

[例句] He was later indicted on corruption charges...

[例句] She has been indicted for possessing cocaine...

adj. 不慎重的，轻率的，不明智的，不警觉的；

[例句] He is notoriously indiscreet about his private life...

[例句] Had he been indiscreet in what he had said?

adj. 有刺激性的，使无效的，使失效的；n. 刺激物，刺激因素；

[例句] He said the issue was not a major irritant.

[例句] Many pesticides are irritants.

adj. 表面暗淡的，无光泽的，不光滑的；n. 无光表面，衬边；vt. 使…无光，把…熔炼为锍（等于matte）；

[例句] ...a creamy white matt emulsion.

[例句] ...matt black.

n. 花生，微不足道的人，小人物，很少的钱；adj. 微不足道的；

[例句] ...a packet of peanuts...

[例句] Add 2 tablespoons of peanut oil.

n. 腕，手腕，腕关节，（衣袖等的）腕部；

n. 涡轮机，汽轮机，透平机；

adj. 横向的，横断的，横切的，向横活动的；n. 横向物，横轴，横断面，[解]横

n. 论文，论述，专著；

[例句] ...Locke's Treatise on Civil Government.

adj. 暴君的，暴君似的，专制的，专横的；

[例句] He killed his tyrannical father with a blow to the head...

[例句] His behavior grew more unpredictable by the day, and increasingly tyrannical.

vt. 使改寄，更改（信件等）姓名地址，改变方向，改变线路，重新寄送，再查问（证人等）；adj. 再直接的；

[例句] Controls were used to redistribute or redirect resources.

[例句] She redirected them to the men's department.

vi. 突升，猛涨；

[例句] Production has dropped while prices and unemployment have skyrocketed.

[例句] ...the skyrocketing costs of health care.

n. （稻草、芦苇等盖的）茅草屋顶，乱蓬蓬的头发，又脏又乱的头发；vt. 用茅草盖（房子等）的屋顶，用茅草覆盖（屋顶）；

[例句] They would live in a small house with a green door and a new thatch.

[例句] Thatch is naturally warm in winter and cool in summer.

adj. （人）通晓、使用多种语言的，（书等）用多种语言写的；n. 通晓多种语言的人；

[例句] ...Chicago's polyglot population.

[例句] ...a polyglot who speaks four languages.

vt.& vi. 把…安排妥当，（从…中）区分出来，辨别出来，分类，整理，整顿，解决；

[例句] Sort out all your bills, receipts, invoices and expenses as quickly as possible and keep detailed accounts...

[例句] Davina was sorting out scraps of material...

放弃，呕吐，产生（人才），匆匆建造（某物）；

[例句] She said she had thrown up after reading reports of the trial.

[例句] If it had hit the Earth, it would have made a crater 100 miles across and thrown up an immense cloud of dust.

adj. 旅行的，巡回的，旅行用的；n. 旅

[例句] …troupes of travelling actors.

[例句] ...travelling entertainers.

n. （书刊的）一种( title的名词复数 )，冠军，（尤指土地或财产的）所有权，权益；

[例句] 'Patience and Sarah' was first published in 1969 under the title 'A Place for Us'.

[例句] Pirandello titled his play 'Six Characters in Search of an Author'...

adj. 发接触音的；v. 开发( tap的过去式和过去分词 )，（从容器等）汲取（液体），割[打]开…取[放]液体，轻拍，轻敲；

[例句] She turned on the taps.

[例句] ...a cold-water tap...