第530期-每天背單詞
miner
英 [?ma?n?(r)] 美 [?ma?n?r]n. 礦工;開礦機
n. (Miner)人名;(英)邁納;(西)米內(nèi)爾
例句:Last year, Andrea's husband, Rick, a miner in Nevada was laid off.
安德里亞的丈夫里克是內(nèi)華達州的一名礦工,去年他被解雇了。
Coal output per miner in Tribnia is double what it was five years ago, even though no new mines have opened.
盡管沒有新煤礦投產(chǎn),但 Tribnia 每個礦工的煤炭產(chǎn)量是五年前的兩倍。
The insect, also known as the tomato leaf miner, devastates crops by feeding on fruits and digging into and moving through stalks.
這種昆蟲,也被稱為番茄葉蟲,通過以水果為食和在莖里挖掘與移動而破壞農(nóng)作物。
monumental
英 [?m?nju?mentl] 美 [?mɑ?nju?mentl]adj. 不朽的;紀念碑的;非常的
例句:We have a monumental task ahead of us.
極其繁重的工作在等著我們。
It seems like an act of monumental folly.
這似乎是一種非常愚蠢的行為。
I take no real interest in monumental sculpture.
我對宏偉的雕塑并沒有真正感興趣。
cosmic
英 [?k?zm?k] 美 [?kɑ?zm?k]adj. 宇宙的(等于cosmical)
例句:NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays.
美國國家航空航天局計劃發(fā)射一顆衛(wèi)星來研究宇宙射線。
Anything from cosmic rays to radiation to diet may activate a dormant oncogene.
從宇宙射線到輻射到日常飲食,任何東西都可能激活潛伏的致癌基因。
The AU is a cosmic measuring rod, and the basis of how we scale the Universe today.
天文單位是宇宙的標尺,是我們今天測量宇宙的基礎(chǔ)。
camel
英 [?k?ml] 美 [?k?ml]n. [畜牧][脊椎] 駱駝;打撈浮筒;工作作風官僚
adj. 駝色的;暗棕色的
vi. 工作刻板平庸
n. (Camel)人名;(法)卡梅爾;(阿拉伯)卡邁勒
例句:The llama is related to the camel.
美洲駝和駱駝是近親物種。
The camel that I rode had a bad temper.
我騎的駱駝脾氣很壞。
The camel is a mammal, but the kiwi is a bird.
駱駝是一種哺乳動物,但是幾維鳥是一種鳥。
exasperation
英 [?ɡ?z?sp??re??n; ?ɡ?zɑ?sp??re??n] 美 [?ɡ?z?sp??re??n]n. 惱怒;惡化;惹人惱怒的事
例句:He shook his head in exasperation.
他惱怒地搖了搖頭。
Mahoney clenched his fist in exasperation.
馬奧尼惱怒地攥緊拳頭。
There was exasperation in her reply, half sigh and half groan.
她的回答半是嘆息,半是哀怨,帶著惱怒。
回顧
- miner
- monumental
- cosmic
- camel
- exasperation