(1) Too many uncomfortable thoughts were crowding in on her. (2) Photographers were crowding around outside. (3) Memories crowded his mind.
crowd [kraʊd] 📢 UK📢 US
n.烦恼,忧虑;担心;撕咬; vi.担心,焦虑;为…发愁;撕咬; vt.使烦恼;烦扰;撕咬;
n.染料,染色;颜色; vt.染色;给…染色; vi.染上或粘上(颜色);
n.人群;群众;一群; vi.拥挤,聚集; vt.挤满;将…塞进;催逼;
n.行李架;支架;刑架;(羊、猪等带前肋的)颈脊; vt.使痛苦,使焦虑;剥削,榨取;用刑拘折磨;
(1) [不可数名词]She went through periods of compulsive overeating. (2) If you tend to overeat because of depression, first take steps to recognize the source of your sadness. (3) ...people who overeat spicy foods.
(1) She had her eggs harvested and frozen for her own future use. (2) (figurative)The appeal produced a rich harvest of blankets, medicines and clothing. (3) a good/bad harvest (= a lot of crops or few crops)
(1) I've come to give a hand , but all I get is a kick in the pants. (2) She also give a hand to her classmates who need help. (3) Can you give a hand to children in the swimming?
(1) Have you been invited to their party? (2) I'd have liked to have gone but I wasn't invited. (3) They have invited me to go to Paris with them.
invite [ɪnˈvaɪt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.选择;选择权;精选品;入选者; adj.上等的,精选的;
n.潮汐;潮流,趋势;时机;时期,季节; vt.顺应潮水航行;使随潮水漂行;
vt.邀请;请求;引诱;招致; n.邀请;
不久;为期不远;近期;最近;
(1) All main courses come with salad or vegetables. (2) Is cold meat and salad OK for lunch? (3) a side salad (= a small bowl of salad served with the main course of a meal)
(1) I recall: Which classmate have these initial consonant following in being surnamed? (2) He made a profession of friendship to his classmate Mary. (3) The boy standing there a classmate of mine.
(1) You shouldn't always stare at others. (2) They would sit and watch me stare at my screen and type. (3) He would often stare at the black print for a long time.
(1) Consonants are frequently assimilated to neighboring consonants. (2) An axial electron pair meets at right angles with 3 neighboring pairs. (3) The president is paying a private visit to his neighboring country.
neighboring [ˈneɪbərɪŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
v.淹没,耗尽;
adj.恐惧的;惊恐的;担心的; v.使害怕(scare的过去分词);
n.现金;支付金额; vt.支付现款;兑现; adj.现金的;
adj.邻近的; v.<美>邻居,邻国( neighbor的现在分词 );邻近的,邻接的;
(1) He started the magazine with a schoolmate... (2) He was a favorite with his schoolmasters but not his schoolmates. (3) That tall student who wears a pair of glasses is my schoolmate.
schoolmate [ˈsku:lmeɪt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.纸烟,香烟;
adj.讨厌的;污秽的;多虱的;不清洁的;
adv.意外地,忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
n.同学,校友;
(1) In rural France, English language magazines are rather hard to come by. (2) You just go on ahead. I'll come by later. (3) How did you come by that cheque?
come by [kʌm bai] 📢 UK📢 US
顺便地,附带说说;顺便一提;
n.懒骨头;懒汉;
经过; 从旁边走过;<美>来串门;得到;
请求…; 要求…;找…;自找麻烦;
(1) a packet of salted peanuts (2) peanut oil (3) He gets paid peanuts for doing that job.
peanut [ˈpi:nʌt] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.无聊的,无趣的,烦人的; v.令人厌烦( bore的过去式和过去分词 );挖;掘;钻;
n.名声;名望;传闻;传说; vt.使闻名;使出名;使有名望;<古>盛传;
n.花生;微不足道的人,小人物;很少的钱; adj.微不足道的;
adj.现实的;[艺] 现实主义的,[哲]实在论(者)的;逼真的;栩栩如生的;
(1) I screamed and everyone stared. (2) I stared blankly at the paper in front of me. (3) He sat staring into space (= looking at nothing) .
(1) a pile of books/clothes/bricks (2) He arranged the documents in neat piles. (3) She looked in horror at the mounting pile of letters on her desk.
pile [paɪl] 📢 UK📢 US
幸亏, 多亏, 由于;
n.桩;一堆;绒头;摞; vt.堆起;堆叠;放置;装入; vi.蜂拥,拥挤;
n.噩梦;<口>可怕的事情,无法摆脱的恐惧;泛滥成灾;紧张; adj.可怕的,噩梦似的;
n.祖国,家乡;(南非种族隔离制度下的)黑人住宅区;
(1) He was 29 when war broke out... (2) I was in a nightclub in Brixton and a fight broke out. (3) The two men broke out of their cells and cut through a perimeter fence.
(1) Sorry, guys. I goofed. (2) We goofed last week at the end of our interview with singer Annie Ross. (3) I could write for TV as well as any of those goofs.
(1) I thought a 15 min break from his work would do him good... (2) They are currently taking a short break in Spain. (3) Because of the heat we broke our journey at a small country hotel.
(1) of course, not all alcoholics and drug abusers produce deviant offspring. (2) of course, now she is away at boarding school. (3) of course, the British will suffer such daily stresses patiently.
(1) A good accountant can analyze an unprofitable operation quickly. (2) The accountant went to prison for juggling his firm's accounts. (3) The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family.
accountant [əˈkaʊntənt] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.& vi.(使)吃得过多;
n.会计人员,会计师;
n.麻烦事,纰漏;汤;开水;
有…的习惯,常常;
(1) We can just hang out and have a good time. (2) He used to have a good time, but it has been breathed upon recently. (3) Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities to have a good time.
have a good time [hæv ə ɡud taim] 📢 UK📢 US
过得愉快, 玩得痛快;
n.怜悯;同情;可惜的事;憾事; vt.对…表示怜悯;对…感到同情;
n.目的,目标;目的地,终点;[罕用语]预定,指定;
n.历史,历史学;发展史;履历,经历;(某地的)沿革;
(1) a bunch of bananas (2) ...a bunch of bananas. (3) People went bananas with boredom...
(1) to treat people with respect/consideration/suspicion, etc. (2) treat your keyboard with care and it should last for years. (3) My parents still treat me like a child.
(1) We should take some comfort from the ability of the judicial system to fight back against corruption. (2) The teenage attackers fled when the two men fought back... (3) He is still fighting for his life in hospital.
fight [faɪt] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.疯狂的;精神病的;非常愚蠢的;
n.额;前部;
adj.温和的,和蔼的;平和的;味道温和的;无动于衷的;
vt.& vi.战斗;斗争;打架;吵架; n.打架;吵架;战斗;斗志;
(1) a field of corn (2) ears/sheaves of corn (3) corn-fed chicken
corn [kɔ:n] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.不会的,不稳的,摇摆的;
n.<英>谷物;<美>玉蜀黍;鸡眼;
adj.非常激动人心的;惊人的;惊险的;使人透不过气来的;
n.<医>气喘,哮喘;
(1) Do you have any plans for the summer? (2) There are no plans to build new offices. (3) Your best plan (= the best thing to do) would be to go by car.
plan [plæn] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.警告,告诫;通知;预告; vi.发出警告;
n.<英>谷物;<美>玉蜀黍;鸡眼;
n.计划;打算;平面图;示意图; vt.& vi.计划,打算,设计;
adj.流畅的;流利的;液态的;
(1) This kind of watermelon is remarkable for its size. (2) The watermelon has gotten bad. (3) Oh, what a big watermelon!
watermelon [ˈwɔ:təmelən] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.舒适的,安逸的,惬意的; n.保温罩;
n.西瓜;
为了向…表示敬意;
adj.不道德的;邪恶的;猥亵的;悖德;
(1) a high/low sound (2) a clicking/buzzing/scratching, etc. sound (3) the different sounds and smells of the forest