第0353期-英語四級(jí)單詞每天背
butt
英 [b?t] 美 [b?t]n. 煙蒂,煙頭;(武器或工具)粗端;笑柄;<美,非正式>屁股;(頭的)頂撞;大桶;槍靶,靶場;(尤指接近地面部分的)樹干
v. 用頭(或角)頂,撞;(使)毗連,相鄰
【名】 (Butt)(英)巴特,(俄、德、印、巴基)布特(人名)
例句:Sorry, I don't mean to butt in.
對(duì)不起,我不是故意要插一杠子。
Frieda grinned, pinching him on the butt.
弗里達(dá)咧嘴笑了,在他屁股上擰了一把。
She was the butt of some very unkind jokes.
她受到了刻薄的嘲弄。
recede
英 [r??si?d] 美 [r??si?d]v. 逐漸遠(yuǎn)離,漸漸退去;(質(zhì)量)下降,(問題或疾病等)逐漸減弱;(前額的頭發(fā))脫落;(面部特征)向后傾斜;(常指牙齦因?yàn)楦腥荆┪s
例句:Just as I started to think that I was never going to get well, the illness began to recede.
就在我開始認(rèn)為我將永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)好起來的時(shí)候,我的病開始好轉(zhuǎn)。
The hills recede into the distance and now we are in vast grasslands dotted with termite mounds, skyscraper sandcastles of the insect world.
群山漸漸隱去,我們現(xiàn)在是在廣闊的草原上,白蟻丘星羅棋布,那是昆蟲世界的摩天大樓。
Afterwards during the season of subsidence, the water would subside, or recede, revealing a new layer of fertile black silt and allowing for the planting of various crops.
在隨后的沉降季節(jié),水會(huì)退去,并露出一層新的肥沃的黑色淤泥,可以在這上面種植各種作物。
winding
英 [?wa?nd??] 美 [?wa?nd??]v. 蜿蜒而行;纏繞;卷繞;被彎曲;環(huán)繞(核心);給(鐘表等)上發(fā)條;轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)(鑰匙、把手);(使)(錄像帶、錄音帶等)倒退(或前進(jìn));(用絞車等)吊起(某物);(使)氣急;輕拍后背使(嬰兒)打嗝;嗅出(人或動(dòng)物的)氣味;(詩、文)吹(號(hào)角)(wind的現(xiàn)在分詞)
n. 卷繞;線圈;蜿蜒曲折的路徑
adj. 蜿蜒曲折的
n. (Winding)(美)溫?。ㄈ嗣?/p> 例句:
That can't be true! You're winding me up.
那不會(huì)是真的!你在故意氣我。
You operate the trapdoor by winding this handle.
你要轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)這個(gè)手柄來操縱活動(dòng)天窗。
Calm down! Can't you see he's only winding you up?
別激動(dòng)!難道你看不出他只是在氣你嗎?
eighteen
英 [?e??ti?n] 美 [?e??ti?n]n. 十八,十八個(gè)
adj. 十八個(gè)的,十八的
num. 十八
例句:His boat is an eighteen-footer.
他的小船長十八英尺。
The party was ousted from power after eighteen years.
該黨執(zhí)政十八年后被趕下臺(tái)。
Leeds United had waited for success for eighteen years.
利茲聯(lián)隊(duì)企盼奪冠已經(jīng)十八年了。
ivory
英 [?a?v?ri] 美 [?a?v?ri]n. 象牙,(其他動(dòng)物的)長牙;象牙制品;象牙色,乳白色;<非正式>鋼琴鍵;<非正式>(人的)牙齒
adj. 象牙色的,乳白色的;象牙制成的
【名】 (Ivory)(英)艾沃里(人名)
例句:He showed him how to blow into the ivory mouthpiece.
他給他演示了如何把氣吹進(jìn)象牙吹口。
The ivory industry employed about a thousand carvers.
象牙工業(yè)雇傭了大約一千個(gè)雕刻工。
The Ivory Coast became the world's leading cocoa producer.
象牙海岸成了世界上領(lǐng)先的可可粉生產(chǎn)地。
回顧
- butt
- recede
- winding
- eighteen
- ivory