第0228期-英語單詞超好背
upon
英 [??p?n] 美 [??pɑ?n]prep. 在……之上;即將來臨
adv. 在上面地;此后
例句:The wedding season is upon us.
婚禮旺季即將來臨。
He set the tray upon the table.
他把盤子放在桌上。
Her image is engraved upon my heart.
她的形象銘刻在我的心中。
headmaster
英 [?hed?mɑ?st?(r)] 美 [?hed?m?st?r]n. 校長
例句:He was headmaster of a public school in the West of England.
他曾是英格蘭西部一所公學的校長。
She passed a cup of tea to the headmaster.
她遞給校長一杯茶。
They met with the headmaster during lunchtime.
他們在午餐時間會見了校長。
southward
英 [?sa?θw?d] 美 [?sa?θw?rd]adj. 向南的;在南方的
adv. 向南
n. 朝南的方向;朝南的地區(qū)
n. (Southward) (美、英、加)索思沃德(人名)
例句:Instead of her normal southward course towards Alexandria and home, she headed west.
她不走平常向南去亞歷山大和家鄉(xiāng)的路,而是向西走。
As the Arctic ice pack spread southward, Norse voyages to the west were rerouted into the open Atlantic, then ended altogether.
由于北極的大片浮冰向南移動,挪威人的航行路線由向西航行改成了向開闊的大西洋航行,后來向西的航行整個都終止了。
It was the midcontinental corridor between two massive ice sheets—the Laurentide to the west—that enabled the southward migration.
正是兩塊巨大的冰原之間的半大陸性質的通道——西面的勞倫斯泰德冰原——使人們向南遷移成為可能。
preparation
英 [?prep??re??n] 美 [?prep??re??n]n. 預備;準備
例句:The key to success is preparation.
成功的關鍵是準備。
Preparation for the party started early.
聚會的準備工作很早就開始了。
Careful preparation for the exam is essential.
認真準備考試十分必要。
slumber
英 [?sl?mb?(r)] 美 [?sl?mb?r]n. 睡眠;麻木狀態(tài);靜止狀態(tài)
vi. 睡眠;蟄伏;麻木
vt. 睡眠;睡著度過
例句:He had fallen into exhausted slumber.
他已經(jīng)進入了沉睡。
In a moment more he was out of his troubles, in a deep slumber.
過了一會兒,他從煩惱中解脫出來,開始沉睡。
She fell into a deep and peaceful slumber.
她睡著了,睡得又沉又香。
回顧
- upon
- headmaster
- southward
- preparation
- slumber