每天背單詞 第348期

shilling

英 [???l??] 美 [???l??]

n. 先令

n. (Shilling)人名；(英)希林

例句：

Mrs. Medlock said I was to have a shilling a week to spend.
梅德洛克太太說我每星期有一先令可以花。

There's twelve of us an' my father only gets sixteen shilling a week.
我們家有十二口人，我父親一星期只掙十六先令。

In former times, 12 pence went to a shilling.
過去，十二便士等于一先令。

razor

英 [?re?z?(r)] 美 [?re?z?r]

n. 剃（須）刀

v. 用剃刀剃，用剃刀刮

例句：

He plugged his razor in to recharge it.
他把剃刀插在插座上，給它充電。

Van Gogh cut off his left ear with a razor blade in 1888.
1888年，梵高用剃須刀片割掉了自己的左耳。

Their electric razor gets hot and now the whole house smells like singed hair.
他們的電動剃須刀變熱了，現(xiàn)在整個房子聞起來像燒焦的頭發(fā)。

he

英 [hi; i?; i; hi?] 美 [hi; i?; i; hi?]

pron. 他；（泛指的）人；上帝

n. 男性，男子；雄性動物

n. (He) （中、美、丹）赫（人名）

例句：

He feels he is blameless.
他覺得自己是清白的。

He says he was framed.
他說他是被誣陷的。

He wouldn't come—he said he was too busy.
他不愿來，他說他太忙。

catastrophe

英 [k??t?str?fi] 美 [k??t?str?fi]

n. 大災(zāi)難；大禍；慘敗

例句：

From all points of view, war would be a catastrophe.
從各個方面來看，戰(zhàn)爭都會是一場災(zāi)難。

Early warnings of rising water levels prevented another major catastrophe.
提前發(fā)出的洪水水位上漲警報防止了又一次的重大災(zāi)害。

The expulsion of thousands of people represents a humanitarian catastrophe of enormous proportions.
驅(qū)逐成千上萬人意味著人道主義的巨大災(zāi)難。

roller

英 [?r??l?(r)] 美 [?ro?l?r]

n. [機(jī)] 滾筒；[機(jī)] 滾軸；輥?zhàn)?；滾轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)

n. (Roller)人名；(英、德、俄、匈、羅、捷、瑞典)羅勒；(法)羅萊

例句：

A boy of about ten came up on roller skates.
一個大約十歲的男孩穿著雙排四輪旱冰鞋滑了過來。

The last few weeks have been a real roller coaster.
過去的幾個星期，形勢真是變幻莫測。

A cinema and roller rink attracted customers and profit.
一家兼作溜冰場的電影院吸引了顧客，也招來了利潤。

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1. shilling
2. razor
3. he
4. catastrophe
5. roller