(1) middle age (2) There's a big age gap between them (= a big difference in their ages). (3) ways of calculating the age of the earth
age [eidʒ] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 票; 券; 车票; 入场券
v. 变老; 老年; 长时间; (使)变老 n. 年龄; 年纪; 时代
n. 房间; 卧室; 空间; 地方
n. 球场
(1) He looks like Father Christmas... (2) Kathy is a great mate, we are like sisters... (3) What was Bulgaria like?...
like [laik] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 许多; 大量; 签; 抽签
v. 希望; 想要 vt. 喜欢; 喜爱 prep. 像; 跟…一样
vi. (非法)交易 n. 交通(量); (非法)交易
n. 大块牛肉片; 牛排; 大块肉(或鱼)片
(1) I'm older than her. (2) There was more whisky in it than soda. (3) He loves me more than you do.
than [ðən] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 慢慢地; 缓慢地
conj. 用于形容词; 副词的比较级之后比
v. 使混合
端午节
(1) the rinse cycle (= in a washing machine) (2) I usually cycle home through the park. (3) We went for a cycle ride on Sunday.
cycle [ˈsaikl] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 唯一的 adv. 只; 仅仅 conj. 可是; 不过
n. 公共汽车站
v. 骑自行车; 循环 n. 自行车; 周期; 循环
vt. 投寄; 邮寄 n. 邮政; 邮局
(1) Her estate was left to her daughter. (2) She lives in a tower block on an estate in London. (3) His estate was valued at $150,000.
estate [isˈteit] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 土地; 地产; 房地产; 财产
n. 产品; 产物; 乘积; 成果
adv. 有时; 不时; 有时候
斑马线; 人行横道; 过街人行横道
(1) a museum of modern art (2) a science museum (3) For months Malcolm had wanted to visit the Parisian art museums.
museum [mju:ˈziəm] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 城镇; 市镇; 市民; 城市商业区
n. 周末; 周末假期
许多; 很多; 大量的; 许多的
n. 博物馆; [美]展览馆
(1) ...a tiny fossil plant, only a few centimetres high. (2) Surf lifesavers removed the 60 centimetre shark by hosing it with fresh water. (3) Round each measurement to the nearest whole inch or centimetre.
centimetre [ˈsentiˌmi:tə] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 暂住; 逗留
n. 公分; 厘米
n.&adj. 西; 西方(的) n. 西方; 西方国家
n. 星星; 明星
(1) young babies (2) a young country (3) Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant.
young [jʌŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 粥
n. 剩余部分; 其余的(人或物)
adj. 年轻的; 幼小的
n. 家; 家庭; 家族
(1) a member of staff/society/the family (2) characteristics common to all members of the species (3) party/union members
member [ˈmembə] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 堵塞; 使卡住; 挤满 n. 拥挤; 堵塞; 果酱
n. 羽毛; 翎毛; 羽状物
一片…
n. 成员; 会员; 社员
(1) Sue shares a house with three other students. (2) There isn't an empty table. Would you mind sharing? (3) We shared the pizza between the four of us.
share [ʃɛə] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 圣代冰淇淋
v. 分享; 共享 vt. 分配
n. 地图; 图; 天体图
n. 假日; 节日; 假期
(1) She sells her eggs for 12 yuan every kilogramme. (2) Increase your total to the nearest full kilogramme. (3) Take a kilogramme of rice for instance , it is valuated differently from people to people.
kilogramme [ˈkiləuɡræm] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 努力地; 勤劳地; 猛烈地; 重重地 adj. 坚硬的; 困难的; 难忍的; 严厉的
v. 节食 n. 日常饮食; 规定饮食; 饮食; 食物
n. 千克; 公斤
v. 转向; 转弯; 变为; 圈 vt. 调频 n. 轮流; 交替
(1) a football/cricket/rugby pitch (2) The rugby tour was a disaster both on and off the pitch. (3) a frenetic pitch of activity
pitch [pitʃ] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 球场
n. 千克; 公斤
n. 公分; 厘米
conj. 在那个时候; 当…时
(1) a litter of puppies (2) a Labrador puppy (3) One Sunday he began trying to teach the two puppies to walk on a leash.
puppy [ˈpʌpi] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 捞取; 探听 vi. 钓鱼 n. 鱼; 鱼肉
n. 小狗; 幼犬
vt. 缝制; 缝补 vi. 缝纫
n. 高; 高度; 身高; 顶点
(1) The idea is to encourage people to get to know their neighbours. (2) I have to get to the bottom of this mess. (3) Was she ever going to get to the point?
get to [ɡet tu:] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 相对的; 比较的 n. 亲属; 亲戚
到达(某地); 到达; 抓住问题的要害; 本质
v. 遇到; 会见
n. 博物馆; [美]展览馆
(1) Caption: Feather pillow: A rose pelican rests its head at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany. (2) A NEW SPECIES OF GENUS CONTRACAECUM ( ORINTOCAECUM ) FROM EUROPEAN WHITE pelican ( ASCARIDATA: ANISAKIDAE ) (3) An Anhinga — a pelican relative — stretches its wings to dry its feathers.
pelican [ˈpelɪkən] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 把…装罐 aux.&v. 能; 会; 可以; 可能 n. 容器; 罐头; 金属罐
n. 小狗; 幼犬
n. 酸奶; 酸乳酪
n. 鹈鹕
(1) the cross-channel ferry service (2) We caught the ferry at Ostend. (3) the Dover-Calais ferry crossing
ferry [ˈferi] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 坚果; 干果; 螺母; 螺帽
vt. 运送 n. 渡船; 渡口
adv. 大声地
n. 爱情; 爱; 爱好
(1) Sue screamed, not loudly, more in surprise than terror. (2) The officials felt taken for granted and grumbled loudly. (3) She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly.
loudly [ˈlaʊdlɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 令人惊恐的; 令人害怕的
v. 乱丢杂物 n. 垃圾; 废物; 杂乱的东西
奶制品; 乳制品
adv. 大声地
(1) We looked out over the city from the heights of Edinburgh Castle. (2) a fear of heights (3) He doesn't have a head for heights (= is afraid of high places) .
height [hait] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 地段; 分区; 部分; 区域
v. 具有; 记(在心里); 粗鲁的人; 经得起 vt. 忍受 n. 熊
n. 高; 高度; 身高; 顶点
adv. 错误地 adj. 错误的; 错的 v. 冤枉 n. 错误; 坏事
(1) You never help me. (2) He has never been abroad. (3) ‘Would you vote for him? ’ ‘never. ’
never [ˈnevə] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 从未; 未曾
废物箱; 垃圾箱
互相(多用作宾语)
v. 大笑; 发笑
(1) It is about 76 kilos in weight . (2) Bananas are sold by weight. (3) In the wild, this fish can reach a weight of 5lbs.
weight [weit] 📢 UK📢 US
闰年
adv. 不久; 很快
n. 重量; 体重; 砝码; 重大
n. 空间; 太空
(1) Are your products and services competitive? how about marketing? (2) how about going shopping and seeing a show in London? (3) "how about having a phone out here?"— 'Not likely!'
how about [hau əˈbaut] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 钓鱼; 捕鱼
adv. 向北 adj. 北方的 n. 北方
那…怎么样; (你觉得)…怎么样
v. 把…切成片 n. 薄片; 切片; 部分
(1) We grew up together. (2) together they climbed the dark stairs. (3) Get all the ingredients together before you start cooking.
together [təˈɡeðə] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 一起; 共同
n. 剑; 刀; 武力
摆设餐具(准备吃饭); 摆放桌子
一张片; 块; …
(1) the Royal family (= the children and close relations of the king or queen) (2) I always think of you as one of the family . (3) Some families have farmed in this area for hundreds of years.
family [ˈfæmili] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 家; 家庭; 家族
vt. (通过扩音器、传呼机等)呼叫 n. 页; 张
n. 工作; 劳动
n. 寿司(一种日本食品); 寿司(一种做成糕饼状或丸状的冷米饭)
(1) They live on a housing estate. (2) Burglars broke into the housing estate yesterday, I heard that that family suffered heavy losses. (3) Wen was shown around a new housing estate , to be a town, housing mainly coal miners.
housing estate [ˈhauziŋ isˈteit] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 洋铁罐; 听; 罐头
n. 正午; 中午
adj. 一千的 num. 千; 千个成千上万
房地产业
(1) Oh, Amy, I love you... (2) We love each other. We want to spend our lives together. (3) Our love for each other has been increased by what we've been through together.
love [lʌv] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 健康的; 健壮的; 有益健康的
n. 爱情; 爱; 爱好
n. 沙堡; 沙塔
n. 英尺(复数feet); 脚
(1) I've just bought a new house... (2) The two had only just met... (3) I'm just making the sauce for the cauliflower...
just [dʒʌst] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 航天器; 宇宙飞船
v.&n. 将要; 意志 v.&aux. 将; 会; 愿; 要 n. 意志; 决心; 遗嘱
v. 说谎; 欺骗
adj. 公平的; 应得的; 方才; 刚刚 adv. 正好; 刚好
(1) I took the kids for a picnic in the park after school. (2) The teacher kept the boys in detention after school. (3) The boys didn't know what to do with themselves after school ended.
after school [ˈɑ:ftə sku:l] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 江; 河; 水道
n. 谢谢(只用复数)
adv.放学后；课外；课余
n. 电影院; 电影(业); 电影艺术
(1) That's absolutely right... (2) Clocks never told the right time... (3) Walking, done in the right way, is a form of aerobic exercise...
right [rait] 📢 UK📢 US
超过; 多于
adv. 直接地; 恰好; 立即 adj. 正确的; 合适的; 右边的; 可以的 n. 权利
n. 火腿; 无线电收发报业余爱好者
vt. 炫耀; 夸示 n. 体育运动; 运动; 运动会
(1) sometimes I go by car. (2) He sometimes writes to me. (3) I like to be on my own sometimes.
sometimes [ˈsʌmtaimz] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 有时; 不时; 有时候
vt. 选择; 挑选; 情愿; 决定
n. 加拿大[北美洲]
n. 长形纸匣
(1) only the President could authorize the use of the atomic bomb... (2) ...the guidance and discipline that can be provided only by a strong male... (3) The lawyer is paid only if he wins...
only [ˈəunli] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 最喜爱的; 特别受喜爱的 n. 特别喜爱的人(或物)
n. 色拉; 凉拌菜; 生菜
adj. 唯一的 adv. 只; 仅仅 conj. 可是; 不过
adj. 冻结的; 冰冻的
(1) Don and Susie really loved each other (= he loved her and she loved him) . (2) They looked at each other and laughed. (3) We can wear each other's clothes.
each other [i:tʃ ˈʌðə(r] 📢 UK📢 US
互相(多用作宾语)
软饮料; 软饮(不含酒精的饮料)
一点; 少量; 一些; 少许
n. 旅馆; 宾馆
(1) Can you skate? (2) It was so cold that we were able to go skating on the lake. (3) He skated an exciting programme at the American Championships.
skate [skeit] 📢 UK📢 US
indef.&det. 另一个人(或物)
v. 滑冰; 溜冰
n. (英)人行道; (美)铺过的道路
conj. 因为; 由于
(1) I'm usually home by 6 o'clock. (2) We usually go by car. (3) How long does the journey usually take?
usually [ˈjuːʒuəli] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 告诉; 讲述; 吩咐
adv. 快地; 敏捷地
n. 成员; 会员; 社员
adv. 通常; 平常; 一般
(1) My brother is much heavier than me. (2) She was struggling with a heavy suitcase. (3) They had employed heavies to evict shop squatters from neighbouring sites.
heavy [ˈhevi] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 粗大的; 沉重的
adj. 微小的; 详细的 n. 分; 分钟; 一会儿; 片刻
v. 到达; 来临
adv. 在明天; 在明日 n. 明天
(1) Are you doing anything over the weekend ? (2) Have a good weekend! (3) It happened on the weekend of 24 and 25 April.
weekend [ˌwi:kˈend] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 周末; 周末假期
n. 月饼
v. 思考; 考虑; 想起; 想
n. 清单; 一览表; 名单; 目录
(1) Jack showed off his latest squeeze at the weekend. (2) She knew I wanted to try the boat out at the weekend. (3) They arrived at the weekend and gave three concerts in the week.
at the weekend [æt ðə ˌwi:kˈend] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 桃子; 桃树; 桃红色
adj. 有趣的; 有意思的
n. [植] 洋葱
在周末
(1) I have just met the man I want to spend the rest of my life with... (2) He's the kindest and sincerest person I've ever met... (3) We could meet for a drink after work...
meet [mi:t] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 遇到; 会见
vt. 结束 n. 结束; 终点; 末端; 目标
n. 幼儿园; 幼稚园
n. 故事; 小说; 楼层
(1) to crack a nut (= open it) (2) a Brazil nut (3) a hazelnut
nut [nʌt] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 安全的; 无风险的
n. 坚果; 干果; 螺母; 螺帽
adj. 粗大的; 沉重的
vt. 剥(皮); 削(皮)
(1) If it doesn't fit, you can always take it back. (2) If he can't help, there's always John. (3) As always, Polly was late for school.
always [ˈɔ:lweiz] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 重量; 体重; 砝码; 重大
adv. 总是; 一直
n. 板; 片; 盘
vt. 停放; 停放车辆 n. 公园; 停车场; 运动场
(1) You do not need to dress up for dinner... (2) I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing... (3) Mother loved to dress me up.