1. air 熟义:n. 空气 生义:n. 神态;印象 She looked at him with a defiant air. 她用蔑视的神情望着他。 2. bear 熟义:n. 熊 生义:v. 怀有(某种感情 ) She bore him no ill will. 她对他没有恶意。 3. blue 熟义:n. 蓝色 生义:adj. 忧郁的;悲伤的 He’d been feeling blue all week. 他整个星期都郁郁不乐。 4. buy 熟义:v. 购买 生义:v. 相信;接受 You could say you were ill but I don’t think they’d buy it. 你可以称病,但我想他们不会相信的。 5. camp 熟义:v. 露营 生义:adj. 夸张的;做作的 The movie is a camp celebration of the fashion industry. 这部电影夸张地颂扬时装行业。 6. capital 熟义:n. 首都 生义:n. 大写字母 The name and address are written in capitals. 姓名和地址是大写的。 7. carrot 熟义:n. 胡萝卜 生义:n. 好处;甜头 They are holding out a carrot of $120 million in economic aid. 他们许诺给予1.2亿美元的经济援助。 8. case 熟义:n. 事例;病例;案例 生义:n. (需特别对待或注意的)人 He’s a hopeless case. 他是无可救药了。 9. click 熟义:v. 点击 生义:v. 豁然开朗 It all clicked into place. 一切都豁然开朗。 10. cloud 熟义:n. 云朵 生义:v. 使难以理解;使模糊 Doubts were beginning to cloud my mind. 11. coast 熟义:n. 海岸 生义:v. 不费力地取得成功(coast through/to sth) He coasted through his final exams. 他毫不费劲地通过了期末考试。 v. (做事)不出力 There was a time when Charles was coasting at school and I should have told him to buckle down. 有一段时间查尔斯在学校不太用功,我当时应该让他加把劲的。 12. club 熟义:n. 俱乐部 生义:v. (用大棒等)猛击 The victim was clubbed to death with a baseball bat. 受害者被用棒球球棒殴打致死。 13. coin 熟义:n. 硬币 生义:v. 创造 The word “lunatic” was coined to describe people who went mad at the full moon. lunatic是个生造词,用来形容月圆时发疯的人。 14. collar 熟义:n. 衣领 生义:v. 抓住;逮住 Police collared the culprit as he was leaving the premises. 罪犯正离开现场时,警察逮住了他。 15. color 熟义:n. 颜色 生义:v. (尤指负面地)影响 This incident colored her whole life. 这事件影响了她的一生。 16. court 熟义:n. 法庭 生义:v. 追求(异性) I was courting Billy at 23 and married him when I was 26. 我23岁开始追求比利,26岁嫁给了他。 17. crash 熟义:v. 碰撞 生义:v. (在不常睡觉的地方)睡觉 I was so tired that I crashed out on the sofa. 我累极了,在沙发上就睡着了。 18. cross 熟义:v. 穿越 生义:adj. 恼怒的 I was cross with him for being late. 我因他迟到而十分生气。 19. deliver 熟义:v. 递送 生义:v. 接生;助产 The baby was delivered by Caesarean section. 这个婴儿是刨腹产下的。 20. dog 熟义:n. 狗 生义:v. (长期)困扰,折磨 He had been dogged by bad health all his life. 他一生多病,备受折磨。 21. drive 熟义:v. 驾驶 生义:n. (为达到某目的而进行的)努力,运动 The ANC is about to launch a nationwide recruitment drive. 非洲国民大会打算在全国范围内发起招募运动。 22. edge 熟义:n. 边;边缘 生义:n. (微弱的)优势 They have the edge on us. 他们略胜我们一筹。 23. even 熟义:adv. 甚至 生义:adj. 均衡的;均等的;均匀的 The two players were pretty even. 这两个运动员不分上下。 24. fly 熟义:v. 飞 生义:v. 成功 It remains to be seen whether his project will fly. 他的计划能否成功尚需拭目以待。 25. fold 熟义:v. 折叠 生义:v. 停业;关门 500 small businesses were folding each week. 每周有500家小企业关张。 |
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