第0234期-英語四級通關訓練
jelly
英 [?d?eli] 美 [?d?eli]n. 果凍;(常涂于面包上的)果醬;肉凍;膠狀物;輕便塑料鞋;明膠基軟糖;<美,非正式>輕松愉快的事
v. 把(食物)做成膠凍(或果凍),把(食物)包上膠凍(或果凍)
【名】 (Jelly) (英)杰利,(俄)葉利(人名)
例句:You can even get peanut butter and jelly on an English muffin for breakfast.
早餐時你甚至可以吃到英式松餅,佐以花生醬和果凍。
I want some jelly, please.
我想要些果凍,謝謝。
Thank you. I love jelly.
謝謝,我愛吃果凍。
origin
英 [??r?d??n] 美 [???r?d??n]n. 起源,起因;出身,血統(tǒng);(原)產(chǎn)地;肌肉起端;神經(jīng)(或血管)起端;(數(shù))原點
例句:The origin of the custom is obscure.
該習俗的起源鮮為人知。
The origin of the word remains obscure.
該詞的來源尚不清楚。
They talked about the competing theories of the origin of life.
他們談論那些相互矛盾的生命起源理論。
sausage
英 [?s?s?d?] 美 [?s??s?d?]n. 香腸,臘腸;香腸形狀;<英>用作親密稱呼小家伙,小子
例句:That sausage doesn't smell right.
這香腸聞起來不對勁。
The knife for cutting sausage was sitting in the sink.
用于切香腸的刀在水槽里。
This is a Danish sausage.
這是丹麥香腸。
irrigate
英 [??r?ɡe?t] 美 [??r?ɡe?t]v. 灌溉;沖洗(尤指傷口);使清新
例句:The lines were thought to have been a system of canals that had been built to irrigate the surface.
這些管道被認為是用來灌溉地表的運河系統(tǒng)。
He wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
他想用該水來灌溉貧瘠的沙漠土地。
None of the water from Lake Powell is used to irrigate the area.
鮑威爾湖的水沒有被用來灌溉這一地區(qū)。
surplus
英 [?s??pl?s] 美 [?s??rpl?s]n. 過剩,剩余,過剩量;盈余,順差;超凈資產(chǎn)
adj. 過剩的,剩余的,多余的;(商店)出售剩余(或過時的)軍用品的
v. 甩賣,變賣
例句:Wheat was in surplus that year.
那一年小麥過剩。
Surplus grain is being sold for export.
過剩的谷物正銷往國外。
If you eat too much, the surplus is laid down as fat.
要是吃得太多,過剩的營養(yǎng)就會堆積成為脂肪。
回顧
- jelly
- origin
- sausage
- irrigate
- surplus