0401 Flashcards
points
A contact breaker (or “points”) is a type of electrical switch, and the term typically refers to the switching device found in the distributor of the ignition systems of spark-ignition internal combustion engines.
escargot
法国田螺
excrement
When you bite into a mopane worm, it’s not uncommon for its yellow-greeen excrement to squirt into your mouth.
formal the solid waste material that you get rid of through your bowels
ooze
I’ll never forgot the day I bit a mopane worm in half and that yellow-green ooze came out and I thought, “I ‘m eating catepillar shit.”
1 [uncountable] very soft mud, especially at the bottom of a lake or sea
cripple
The debt was crippling the company, and instead of paying off the debt he was drinking what little cash he made.
1 old-fashioned to hurt someone badly so that they cannot walk properly SYN disable
She was crippled in a car accident.
2 to damage something badly so that it no longer works or is no longer effective
Industry is being crippled by high interest rates.
taper
He got spankings at first, but they tapered off and eventually went away.
to become gradually narrower towards one end, or to make something become narrower at one end
maneuver
Abel was much bigger and stronger than me, but being in a confined space was to my advantage because he didn’t have the room to maneuver.
sloppy
Maybe a couple of times after I was sloppy and he’d land a punch or a kick before I could get away.
1 not done carefully or thoroughly SYN careless
accord
Despite being nine years younger than me, ANdrew was really the eldest son in that house, Abel’s firstborn, and that accorded him a respect that I and even my mother never enjoyed.
1 [transitive] to give someone or something special attention or a particular type of treatment
glint
For me, the first glint of anger or madness from Abel and I was gone.
1 a look in someone’s eyes which shows a particular feeling SYN gleam
1 if a shiny surface glints, it gives out small flashes of light SYN sparkle
