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最熟悉的陌生词(二)

 小酌千年 2019-05-23

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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