worldlist16 Flashcards
duration
N. /持续时间/length of time something lasts
duress
N. /(非法的)限制,关押/forcible restraint
dutiful
ADJ. /恭敬的;尊重的/respectful; obedient
dwarf
V. /使看上去矮小/cause to seem small
dwindle
V. /缩水;减少/shrink; reduce
dynamic
ADJ. /充满活力的/energetic; vigorously active
earthy
ADJ. /粗糙的;未加工的/unrefined; coarse.
ebb
V. /衰退/recede; lessen
ebullient
ADJ. /热情的,激动的/showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
eccentric
ADJ. /古怪的,奇怪的/irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre.
eccentricity
N. /怪僻,古怪;特性/oddity; idiosyncrasy
ecclesiastic
ADJ. /神职的/pertaining to the church.
eclectic
ADJ. /折衷的/composed of elements drawn from disparate sources.
eclipse
V. /超越;衰落;失色/darken; extinguish; surpass
ecologist
N. /生态学家/a person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their
environment.
economy
N. /俭省节约的,经济的/efficiency or conciseness in using something
ecstasy
N. /全神贯注,入迷,高兴/rapture; joy; any overpowering emotion.
eddy
N. /漩涡/swirling current of water, air, etc
edict
N. /法令,号令;布告/decree (especially issued by a sovereign); official command
edify
V. /教导;启迪,陶冶/instruct; correct morally
eerie
ADJ. /怪异的/weird. In that eerie setting
efface
V. /抹掉/rub out
effectual
ADJ. /有效的/able to produce a desired effect
effervescence
N. /泡腾,沸腾;兴奋,活泼/inner excitement or exuberance
efficacy
N. /功效/power to produce desired effect
effigy
N. /假人(被人憎恨的,如秦桧)/dummy
effrontery
N. /厚颜无耻/shameless boldness