Week 4 Flashcards
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zipper
中释 拉链
英释 a fastener consisting of two rows of metal or plastic teeth on strips of tape and a sliding piece that
closes an opening by drawing the teeth together
例句 The zipper was stuck and we couldn’t open the suitcase.
zealous
中释 热情的;热烈的;充满激情的
英释 marked by fervent partisanship for a person, a cause, or an ideal
例句 I was zealous in my demands on my sisters for promptness in rehearsals. I was passionate, intolerant
of small talk, hungry for knowledge, grabby, bossy, precocious.
yield (up)
中释 放弃;缴出
英释 to relinquish one’s possession of (something, such as a position of advantage or point of superiority)
例句 They were forced to yield (up) their land to the occupying forces.
yawn
中释 呵欠
英释 an opening of the mouth wide while taking a deep breath often as an involuntary reaction to fatigue
or boredom
例句 I tried to stifle a yawn.
wobble
中释 摆动
英释 a hobbling or rocking unequal motion (as of a wheel unevenly mounted)
例句 The frequency of this wobble is proportional to both the strength of the magnetic field and the size
of the magnetic dipole moment of the needle
witness
中释 见证
英释 to have personal or direct cognizance of
例句 They were staying in the capital at the time of the riots and witnessed several street battles.
withstand
中释 承受;抵住;顶住;经受住
英释 to be proof against
例句 The materials used have to be able to withstand high temperatures.
withdraw
中释 (使)撤回,撤离
英释 to take back or away : REMOVE
例句 The prosecutor withdrew her question to the witness.
wind
中释 蜿蜒;曲折而行
英释 to have a curving course or shape
例句 The path wound down to the beach.
wilderness
中释 荒野,不毛之地
英释 a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings
例句 She enjoys hikes through the wilderness.
widespread
中释 广泛的
英释 widely diffused or prevalent
例句 There is widespread public interest in the election.
whisk
中释 迅速移动
英释 to move nimbly and quickly
例句 She used a whisk to beat the eggs for the cake batter.
well established
中释 良好的
英释 accepted and recognized or followed by many people
例句 Now an established character actor, Gossett starred in films like Iron Eagle, The Principal, Enemy
Mine, and Jaws 3-D in the Eighties, and continued to work steadily over the ensuing decades.
weaver
中释 织布工;编织工
英释 one that weaves especially as an occupation
例句 The villagers in the study worked in a wide range of professions: shopkeepers, farmers, craftspeople
and weavers, for example.
weathering
中释 风化; 侵蚀
英释 the physical disintegration and chemical decomposition of earth materials at or near the earth’s
surface
例句 Many granite blocks were left at the pyramid’s base, never to be placed, and millennia of
weathering and vandalism reduced the pyramid’s casing to just seven granite layers.
weary
中释 (使)非常疲倦
英释 to make weary
例句 Amanda wouldn’t admit how much the children wearied her.
wayward
中释 难以控制的;任性的;倔强的
英释 not going or moving in the intended direction
例句 Around that time, the ship’s pilots called for tugboats to come help guide the wayward vessel.
warrant
中释 需要;值得
英释 to serve as or give adequate ground or reason for
例句 promising enough to warrant further consideration
warn
中释 警告
英释 to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or evil
例句 I had been warned about the difficulties of the job.
wandering
中释 离题的
英释 not keeping a rational or sensible course
例句 Your decidedly wandering essay loses its punch—stick to one theme.
wander
中释 漫步
英释 to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal
例句 We decided to wander through the park and enjoy the scenery.
waive
中释 放弃(权利、要求等)
英释 to officially say that you will not use or require something that you are allowed to have or that is
usually required
例句 She waived her right to a lawyer
vulnerable
中释 脆弱的
英释 capable of being physically or emotionally wounded
例句 He was very vulnerable after his divorce.
vulgar
中释 庸俗的
英释 of or relating to the common people
例句 When Flack clarified and said that, actually, the work was incredibly earnest, the critics withdrew
their praise and labeled the piece vulgar.