每天背單詞 第458期

balcony

英 [?b?lk?ni] 美 [?b?lk?ni]

n. 陽臺；包廂；戲院樓廳

例句：

She drew me onto the balcony.
她把我拉到陽臺上。

All rooms have a balcony or terrace.
所有的房間都有陽臺或露臺。

The balcony juts out over the street.
陽臺伸出在街道上方。

pronounce

英 [pr??na?ns] 美 [pr??na?ns]

vt. 發(fā)音；宣判；斷言

vi. 發(fā)音；作出判斷

例句：

The judge will pronounce sentence today.
法官將于今天宣判。

I don't know how to pronounce this word.
我不知道這個單詞怎么發(fā)音。

It's not always obvious how you pronounce a word when you see it.
當(dāng)你看到一個單詞的時候你并不總是清楚它該如何發(fā)音。

couch

英 [ka?t?] 美 [ka?t?]

n. 睡椅，長沙發(fā)；床；臥榻

vi. 蹲伏，埋伏；躺著

vt. 使躺下；表達；彎下

n. (Couch)人名；(英)庫奇

例句：

She slipped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch.
她快速脫下了那件上衣，把它丟在沙發(fā)上。

We were sitting on the couch in the living room watching TV.
我們那時正坐在起居室的沙發(fā)上看電視。

Linda lay face down on a living room couch, nibbling popcorn.
琳達趴在客廳的一張沙發(fā)上，小口吃著爆米花。

expend

英 [?k?spend] 美 [?k?spend]

vt. 花費；消耗；用光；耗盡

例句：

If you give up exercise, your muscles shrink and fat increases. By the same token, if you expend more energy you will lose fat.
如果你放棄鍛煉，肌肉就會萎縮，脂肪會增多。同樣地，如果你消耗較多的體能，你就會減掉脂肪。

Growth, reproduction, and daily metabolism all require an organism to expend energy.
生長、繁殖和日常的新陳代謝都需要有機體來消耗能量。

Extreme athletes expend lots of energy breaking down and repairing and building muscles.
極限運動員消耗大量能量來分解、修復(fù)和塑造肌肉。

quarrel

英 [?kw?r?l] 美 [?kwɑ?r?l]

n. 吵架，口角；反目，失和；爭吵（或抱怨）的原因；方頭鑿，方頭投擲物；方鏃箭

v. 吵架，爭論；反對；挑剔；抱怨

例句：

They had a quarrel about money.
他們?yōu)殄X吵了一架。

He did not mention the quarrel with his wife.
他沒有提起和妻子的爭吵。

My sister and I used to quarrel all the time.
我和妹妹過去老是吵架。

回顧

1. balcony
2. pronounce
3. couch
4. expend
5. quarrel