worldlist39 Flashcards
quay
N. /码头/dock; landing place.
queasy
ADJ. /易恶心的,易呕吐的/easily nauseated; squeamish
quell
V. /镇压;平息,使安静/extinguish; put down; quiet
quench
V. /熄灭;抑制(欲望),满足/douse or extinguish; assuage or satisfy
querulous
ADJ. /发牢骚的,暴躁的/fretful; whining
query
N. /质问,疑问/inquiry; question
quibble
N. /吹毛求疵的异议/minor objection or complaint.
quiescent
ADJ. /休止的,休眠的;休息的;暂时停止活动的/at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
quietude
N. /安静;宁静/tranquility
quintessence
N. /精华,典范/purest and highest embodiment.
quip
N. /嘲弄;讽刺/taunt.
quirk
N. /急转,未被预料的事情/startling twist; caprice
quiver
V. /振动;颤抖;/tremble; shake
quiver
N. /箭囊/case for arrows
quixotic
ADJ. /唐吉诃德式的;狂想家的/idealistic but impractical
quizzical
ADJ. /戏弄的;揶揄的/teasing; bantering; mocking; curious
quorum
N. /法定人数/number of members necessary to conduct a meeting.
rabid
ADJ. /疯狂的,狂热的/like a fanatic; furious
raconteur
N. /善于讲故事的人/storyteller
rail
V. /责骂;怒斥/scold; rant
raiment
N. /衣服,服饰/clothing
rally
V. /集结,给予新力量/call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate.
ramble
V. /漫游/wander aimlessly (physically or mentally
ramification
N. /分枝,衍生物/branching out; subdivision.
ramify
V. /(使)分枝;(使)分叉/divide into branches or subdivisions
ramp
N. /斜坡;(飞机的)舷梯/slope; inclined plane
rampant
ADJ. /蔓延的,不受限制的
/growing in profusion; unrestrained
ramshackle
ADJ. /摇摇欲坠的/rickety; falling apart.
rancid
ADJ. /像油脂腐臭味的,腐臭的/having