brood孵蛋，沉思，擔憂（brood about擔憂），一窩幼雛 ??Where did the rest of the brood fly to??一窩中其他的飛到哪兒去了? gorge峽谷，厭惡氣憤，貪婪的吃 ，盡情享受沉醉 mermaid美人魚，女子游泳健將 ?factor in考慮到，把某個因素列入考慮范圍 hub中心，樞紐機場，樞紐城市（central hub） earmark指定……的用途；劃撥（款項）；責成（人或物）要有某種結(jié)果 earmark+time ??earmark some time in your busy schedules ??Or earmark Thursday nights for a foosball tournament followed by ice cream sundaes.?或者留出每周四的晚上一起比賽桌上足球，然后品嘗圣代冰淇淋。 mortgage按揭，抵押貸款;?抵押貸款額 ??We paid off our mortgage after fifteen years.?我們歷經(jīng)十五年的時間還清了抵押借款。 ?come in handy派上用場 ??Don't throw that away—it might come in handy.?別把它扔了—它或許有用。 caliber/calibre口徑，才干，水準，器量 ??It was no accident that many leading Roman soldiers and statesmen were writers of high caliber.?許多羅馬的領(lǐng)軍人物和政治家都是高水平的作家，這并非偶然。 You bet!當然！ metamorphosis變形，變質(zhì) ??By what invisible power has this surprising metamorphosis been performed??是什么無形的力量完成了這一驚人的蛻變？ fetal胎兒的fetus胎兒 conk昏迷，壞掉（conk out機器壞掉） sedan轎車，轎子 ??It will be known as the sedan car at the time.?當時，它將被稱為轎車。 rickety搖晃的，虛弱的 ??Mona climbed the rickety wooden stairs.?莫娜爬上了搖搖晃晃的木樓梯。 delve into鉆研，探究