第071期-每天背單詞
flatten
英 [?fl?tn] 美 [?fl?tn]vt. 擊敗,摧毀;使……平坦
vi. 變平;變單調(diào)
n. (Flatten)人名;(德)弗拉滕
例句:If you leave, for example, a bar of ice supported only at one end, the end, the unsupported end will deform under its own weight, it'll kind of flatten out at one end, get distorted, deformed.
舉個例子,如果你把一根只有一端支撐的冰放在一邊,沒有支撐的一端會在自身的重量下變形,它的一端會變平,變形。
I'll flatten you if you do that again!
你要再那樣我就把你揍趴下!
Export growth has started to flatten out.
出口增長已逐漸緩了下來。
mother
英 [?m?e?(r)] 美 [?m?e?r]n. 母親;大娘;女修道院院長
vt. 生下;養(yǎng)育;像母親般關(guān)懷或照管
adj. 母親的;出生地的
例句:His mother is partially blind.
他的母親失去了部分視力。
Her mother had never remarried.
她的母親沒有再婚。
His mother overindulged him.
他母親對他過于溺愛。
predict
英 [pr??d?kt] 美 [pr??d?kt]v. 預(yù)言,預(yù)知,預(yù)卜;做預(yù)報;斷言
例句:It is impossible to predict what will happen.
預(yù)知未來的事是不可能的。
Defence planners predict an extended period of retrenchment.
國防規(guī)劃人員們預(yù)計,開支緊縮期會延長。
It is impossible to predict what the eventual outcome will be.
無法預(yù)測最終結(jié)果。
barber
英 [?bɑ?b?(r)] 美 [?bɑ?rb?r]n. (為男子理發(fā)的)理發(fā)師;男子理發(fā)店
v. 為(男子)理發(fā);當(dāng)理發(fā)師
n. (Barber) (美)巴伯(人名)
例句:I gave the barber a tip.
我給了理發(fā)師小費。
My father marched me over to Otto, the local barber, to have my hair cut short.
爸爸把我拽到當(dāng)?shù)乩戆l(fā)師奧托跟前,讓他把我的頭發(fā)剪短。
What about Barber Jones?
那巴伯·瓊斯呢?
brake
英 [bre?k] 美 [bre?k]n. 剎車;阻礙(物);敞篷四輪馬車;纖維搗碎機(jī);灌木叢;歐洲蕨
v. 剎車;阻礙
例句:The brake pedal had just snapped off.
制動踏板剛才突然斷裂了。
The truck fishtailed when Bruun hit the brake.
當(dāng)布隆踩剎車時,卡車擺尾行駛。
High interest rates are a brake on the economy.
高利率阻礙了經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展。
回顧
- flatten
- mother
- predict
- barber
- brake