WORLDLIST 20 Flashcards
flippant
ADJ. /轻率的,没礼貌的,嬉皮笑脸的/lacking proper seriousness
flit
V. /掠过/fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by. Like a bee flitting from flower to flower
floe
N. /浮殡冰块;大浮冰/mass of floating ice
flora
ADJ. /植物群
flounder
V. /挣扎,辗转;困难地奋斗/struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or
flourish
V. /生长;繁荣;装饰/grow well; prosper; decorate with ornaments
flout
V. /轻视;嘲笑;愚弄/reject; mock
fluctuate
V. /波动的;起伏的,摇摆不定的/waver; shift
fluency
N. /(语言)流利/smoothness of speech
fluke
N. /意外;小概率事件/unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune
fluster
V. /使混乱,使迷惑/confuse
flux
N. /变迁;流动/flowing; series of changes.
fodder
N. /粗饲料;饲养/coarse food for cattle, horses, etc
foible
N. /缺点;弱点/weakness; slight fault
foil
N. /烘托;衬托/contrast
foil
V. /打击;打败,挫败/defeat; frustrate
foliage
N. /树叶/masses of leaves
foment
V. /鼓动,煽动/stir up; instigate
foolhardy
ADJ. /愚勇的;傻大胆儿/rash
fop
N. /花花公子;过分注意衣着的男人/dandy; man excessively concerned with his clothes.
forbearance
N. /耐心/patience.
ford
N. /津;浅滩/place where a river can be crossed on foot.
forebears
N. /前人;祖先/ancestors
foreboding
N. /不详的预感/premonition of evil
forensic
ADJ. /法院的;适于法庭的/suitable to debate or courts of law
foreshadow
V. /预言;预测/give an indication beforehand; portend; prefigure.
foresight
N. /洞察力/ability to foresee future happenings; prudence.
forestall
V. /预防/prevent by taking action in advance.
forgo
V. /放弃/give up; do without