step·broth·er

the son of your stepmother or stepfather 繼兄，繼弟〔繼母或繼父與過去的配偶所生的兒子〕

brag (bragged, bragging)

to talk too proudly about what you have done, what you own etc – used to show disapproval 自夸，吹噓〔含貶義〕

syn(近義詞) boast

‘I came out top in the test,’ he bragged.

“我測驗(yàn)得了最高分?！彼祰u道。

[+about]

Ben’s always bragging about his success with women.

本總是吹噓他對女人有一套。

brag that

Julia used to brag that her family had a villa in Spain.

朱莉婭以前老吹噓她家在西班牙有一棟別墅。

rhi·no

informal【非正式】 犀牛??

chauf·feur

someone whose job is to drive a car for someone else?〔受雇為他人開車的〕司機(jī)

Pomona

n. 波摩娜（果樹女神）?

Crash

CAR/PLANE ETC?汽車/飛機(jī)等

[I,T]?to have an accident in a car, plane etc by violently hitting something else?（使）〔車〕碰撞；〔飛機(jī)〕墜毀

?collide相關(guān)詞 碰撞，相撞

The jet crashed after take-off.

這架噴氣式飛機(jī)起飛后就墜毀了。

[+into/onto etc]

The plane crashed into a mountain.

飛機(jī)撞上了山頭。

crash a car / bus / plane etc

He was drunk when he crashed the car.

他撞車時(shí)醉醺醺的。

?GRAMMAR?語法

Reciprocal verbs?相互動(dòng)詞

Crash?is a reciprocal verb. This type of verb is used when saying that two or more people or things do something that involves both or all of them.?crash是相互動(dòng)詞，這類動(dòng)詞表示兩個(gè)或兩個(gè)以上的人或事物共同參與某事

Two planes crashed in midair.

兩架飛機(jī)在半空中相撞。

You can also say?也可說:

Two planes crashed with each other in midair.

兩架飛機(jī)在半空中相撞。

One plane crashed with another in midair.

兩架飛機(jī)在半空中相撞。

wind·shield

[C]

AmE【美】?a windscreen?〔汽車前部的〕擋風(fēng)玻璃

a piece of glass or clear plastic fixed at the front of a?MOTORCYCLE?that protects the rider from wind?〔摩托車前面的〕擋風(fēng)玻璃

Crash補(bǔ)充:

1. HIT SB/STH HARD?重?fù)裟橙?某物

[I,T always + adv/prep]?to hit something or someone extremely hard while moving, in a way that causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of noise?〔很響地〕猛撞，猛擊

[+into/through etc]

A brick crashed through the window.

一塊磚嘩啦一聲擊穿了窗戶。

We watched the waves crashing against the rocks.

我們看著海浪嘩啦嘩啦地沖擊巖石。

The plates?went crashing?to the ground.

盤子嘩啦一聲摔落到地上。

A large branch?came crashing down.

一根大樹枝啪啦一聲掉落下來。

2.LOUD NOISE 很響的聲音

[I] to make a sudden loud noise 突然發(fā)出巨響

Thunder crashed and boomed outside.

外面雷聲大作。

3.0COMPUTER 計(jì)算機(jī)

[I,T] if a computer crashes, or if you crash the computer, it suddenly stops working?（使）癱瘓，（使）崩潰

The system crashed and I lost three hours’?worth of work.

系統(tǒng)崩潰了，我白做了三個(gè)小時(shí)的工作。

4.FINANCIAL 金融

[I] if a STOCK MARKET or SHAREs crash, they suddenly lose a lot of value 〔股市或股票〕狂跌，暴跌

5.SPORT 體育

[I] BrE【英】 to lose very badly in a sports event 〔在體育比賽中〕慘敗

Liverpool crashed to their worst defeat of the season.

利物浦隊(duì)遭遇了本賽季最慘痛的失利。

6.SLEEP 睡覺

[I] spoken【口】

a) to stay at someone’s house for the night 〔留在別人家里〕過夜

Can I crash at your place on Saturday night?

星期六晚上我能在你家過夜嗎？

b)(also 又作 crash out) to go to bed, or go to sleep very quickly, because you are very tired 〔由于很疲倦〕很快入睡

I crashed out on the sofa this afternoon.

今天下午我在沙發(fā)上睡著了。

7.PARTY 聚會(huì)

[T] informal【非正式】 to go to a party that you have not been invited to 不請自到〔聚會(huì)〕

We crashed Joe’s party yesterday.

昨天我們沒有受到邀請就去參加了喬的派對。

8.crashing bore

BrE【英】 old-fashioned【過時(shí)】 someone who is very boring 令人厭煩的人