20230815單詞學(xué)習(xí)

crew member

n.組員；船員水手；工作班人員

· descent /d??s?nt/

o 1.N-VAR A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position. 下降

? Sixteen of the youngsters set off for help, but during the descent three collapsed in the cold and rain.
那些年輕人中有16人出發(fā)尋求幫助，但在下山過(guò)程中有3人在寒冷和陰雨中倒下了。

o 2.N-COUNT A descent is a surface that slopes downward, for example, the side of a steep hill. 下坡

? On the descents, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed.
在下坡道上，自行車手們飛快地掠過(guò)汽車，靠慣性極速?zèng)_下山去。

o 3.N-SING When you want to emphasize that a situation becomes very bad, you can talk about someone's or something's descent into that situation. 沉淪; 沒(méi)落

? ...his swift descent from respected academic to struggling small businessman.
…他從受人尊敬的學(xué)者到掙扎求存的小商人的迅速淪落。

o 4.N-UNCOUNT You use descent to talk about a person's family background, for example, their nationality or social status. 出身

? All the contributors were of African descent.
所有捐助者都是非洲血統(tǒng)。

· coat hanger

o N-COUNT A coat hanger is a curved piece of wood, metal, or plastic that you hang a piece of clothing on. 衣架

· crane /kre?n/

o 1.N-COUNT A crane is a large machine that moves heavy things by lifting them in the air. 起重機(jī)

? The little prefabricated hut was lifted away by a huge crane.
那間小小的預(yù)制棚屋被一臺(tái)巨大的起重機(jī)吊走了。

o 2.N-COUNT A crane is a kind of large bird with a long neck and long legs. 鶴

o 3.V-T/V-I If you crane your neck or head, you stretch your neck in a particular direction in order to see or hear something better. 伸長(zhǎng) (脖子)

? She craned her neck to get a better view.
她伸長(zhǎng)脖子以便看得清楚一些。

? Children craned to get close to him.
孩子們伸長(zhǎng)脖子想靠近他。

on one's own

獨(dú)自地，靠自己：指一個(gè)人獨(dú)立完成某事，沒(méi)有他人的幫助。

· hook /h?k/

o 1.N-COUNT A hook is a bent piece of metal or plastic that is used for catching or holding things, or for hanging things up. 鉤子

? One of his jackets hung from a hook.
他的一件夾克衫掛在掛鉤上。

o 2.V-T/V-I If you hook one thing to another, you attach it there using a hook. If something hooks somewhere, it can be hooked there. 掛; 鉤

? Paul hooked his tractor to the car and pulled it to safety.
保羅把他的拖拉機(jī)掛在那輛小汽車上，然后把它拖到安全的地方。

o 3.V-T If you hook your arm, leg, or foot round an object, you place it like a hook round the object in order to move it or hold it. 使 (臂、腿、腳等) 成鉤狀

? She latched on to his arm, hooking her other arm around a tree.
她一只手抓住他的胳膊，另一只胳膊抱住一棵樹(shù)。

o 4.V-T If you hook a fish, you catch it with a hook on the end of a line. 用魚(yú)鉤釣住

? At the first cast I hooked a huge fish, probably a tench.
第一次拋竿我就釣到了一條大魚(yú)，可能是條丁鯛。

o 5.N-COUNT A hook is a short sharp blow with your fist that you make with your elbow bent, usually in a boxing match. (拳擊中的) 鉤拳

? Lewis desperately needs to keep clear of Ruddock's big left hook.
劉易斯務(wù)必要拼命躲開(kāi)拉多克強(qiáng)有力的左鉤拳。

o 6.V-T/V-I If you are hooked into something, or hook into something, you get involved with it. 卷入; 涉足

? I'm guessing again now because I'm not hooked into the political circles.
現(xiàn)在我又在猜測(cè)了，因?yàn)槲覜](méi)有涉足政界。

o 7.PHRASE If someone gets off the hook or is let off the hook, they manage to get out of the awkward or unpleasant situation that they are in. 脫身

? Officials accused of bribery and corruption get off the hook with monotonous regularity.
被指控受賄和貪污的官員無(wú)一例外總能脫身。

o 8.PHRASE If you take a phone off the hook, you take the receiver off the part that it normally rests on, so that the phone will not ring. (電話聽(tīng)筒) 未掛上

? I'd taken my phone off the hook in order to get some sleep.
我把電話聽(tīng)筒拿了下來(lái)，以便可以睡會(huì)兒覺(jué)。

o 9.PHRASE If your phone is ringing off the hook, so many people are trying to telephone you that it is ringing constantly. (電話) 響個(gè)不停

? Since war broke out, the phones at donation centres have been ringing off the hook.
自從戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)爆發(fā)以來(lái)，捐款中心的電話一直響個(gè)不停。

compound subject

復(fù)合主語(yǔ)：由兩個(gè)或多個(gè)單詞組成的主語(yǔ)，通常由并列連詞（如and、or）連接。