(1) Colin had been put into a bath and been scrubbed from head to foot. (2) Living with my parents is doing my head in. (3) Ethiopia, for instance uses the equivalent of just twenty kilos of oil per head a year.
(1) The real headache will be getting the bank to lend you the money. (2) I have a splitting headache (= a very bad one) . (3) Red wine gives me a headache.
headache [ˈhedeɪk] 📢 UK📢 US
n.头痛;令人头痛的事;
n.车辆;交通工具;传播媒介,媒介物;[药]赋形剂;
vt.欢迎;乐于接受; adj.受欢迎的;令人愉悦的;表示感谢的; n.欢迎,迎接;
vt.形成,造成;产生物理反应;产生(后代);引起;
(1) Cinderella on ice (2) We've had to put our plans on ice for the time being. (3) His excuses cut no ice with me.
(1) Do you have to hum so loudly? (= it is annoying) (2) Of course, it had to start raining as soon as we got to the beach. (3) This war has got to end soon.
have to [ˈhæv tə] 📢 UK📢 US
n.多样;种类;杂耍;变化,多样化;
n.学期;条款;术语;期限; vt.把…称为;把…叫做;
不得不,只好;只得;必须;不得已;
n.弹药库;杂志;弹仓;胶卷盒;
(1) She had moved out of hearing. (2) I had no reason to believe there was anyone within hearing. (3) She shouldn't have said such things in your hearing.
(1) Those cops beat the hell out of me. (2) I patted the top of her head in the condescending way I knew irritated the hell out of her... (3) I got the hell out of Glasgow and I can honestly say I will never go back.
(1) You'll mend. The X-rays show that your arm will heal all right. (2) The wounds may heal cleanly or they may ooze a clear liquid. (3) Minor cuts and grazes can usually be left uncovered to heal by themselves.
(1) if I were you, Mrs Gretchen, I just wouldn't worry about it... (2) I am surprised by the fuss she's making. It's not as if my personality has changed. (3) Asthma drugs are not addictive and you don't need to keep increasing the dose. if anything, the reverse is true.
(1) The true consequences will only be known several years hence. (2) We suspect they are trying to hide something, hence the need for an independent inquiry. (3) ...the much larger peacekeeping force that is meant to be fully deployed five months hence.
(1) He could only understand a word here and there. (2) I do a bit of teaching here and there... (3) Instead of staying in the here and now, you bring up similar instances from the past.
(1) The boat heeled over in the strong wind. (2) News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures. (3) He fled from the stadium with the police at his heels.
(1) He spoke fluently and without unnecessary hesitations. (2) I have no hesitation in recommending her for the job. (3) [不可数名词, 可数名词]She agreed without the slightest hesitation .
n.一群;包裹;(纸牌的)一副;一组; vt.& vi.(把…)打包;塞进;拥进;(使)聚集成团; vt.挑选;压紧;携带;拧紧; vi.包装;紧挤在一起;便于折叠收藏的;匆忙离去(有时与 off 连用);
(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) .
(1) The Church became increasingly identified with opposition to the regime. (2) You should not identify wealth with happiness. (3) He was not the ‘tough guy ’ the public identified him with.
(1) My heart was in my mouth when I walked into her office. (2) He appealed to his countrymen not to lose heart. (3) I tried to learn some lines but my heart wasn't really in it.
(1) The General is ideally qualified for the job. (2) The hotel is ideally situated for country walks. (3) They were an extremely happy couple, ideally suited.
(1) You can have my ticket... (2) When the police came, Larry had him by the ear and was beating his head against the pavement. (3) The bridge is not as impressive as some guides would have you believe...
(1) In the heat of the argument he said a lot of things he regretted later. (2) In the heat of the moment she forgot what she wanted to say (= because she was so angry or excited) . (3) The chairman tried to take the heat out of the situation (= to make people calmer) .
(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.
(1) She helpfully suggested that I try the local library. (2) The staff couldn't have been more helpful. (3) I called the police but they weren't very helpful.
helpful [ˈhelpfl] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.给予帮助的,有益的;愿意帮忙的;
n.资料,材料;datum的复数;[计算机]数据,资料;从科学实验中提取的价值;
n.原因;动机;(某种行为、感情等的)理由;缘故; vt.成为…的原因;导致;引起;使遭受;
adj.高兴的;欣喜的; v.使高兴;使欣喜( delight的过去式和过去分词);
(1) the health of your marriage/finances (2) health and safety regulations (= laws that protect the health of people at work) (3) health insurance
(1) She doesn't seem to have any idea of what I'm talking about. (2) I had some idea of what the job would be like. (3) The brochure should give you a good idea of the hotel.
idea [aɪˈdɪə] 📢 UK📢 US
vi.发生;碰巧;出现;偶然遇到;
vt.决定;决心;解决;裁决; vi.决定;下决心;
n.主意,想法;[哲]理念,观念;[乐]乐句;模糊想法;
n.牛仔裤;瘦腿紧身裤;
(1) hate mail (= letters containing cruel comments) (2) a hate campaign (= cruel comments made about sb over a period of time in order to damage their reputation) (3) a look of hate