(1) The tour guide has been a great help. (2) The tour guide gave a running commentary from the front of the coach. (3) I'm now working as a tour guide in a travel agency.
(1) Residents were warned not to be extravagant with water, in view of the low rainfall this year. (2) an extravagant present (3) the extravagant claims/promises of politicians
(1) How did the dinosaurs die out?... (2) I want to teach Irish so that it won't die out. (3) Once the fire has died out, the salvage team will move in.
(1) Jones was the architect of the team's first goal. (2) He was one of the principal architects of the revolution. (3) ...Russia's chief architect of economic reform.
architect [ˈɑ:kɪtekt] 📢 UK📢 US
抱怨，投诉；
adv.尤其地；主要地，格外地；显著地；异常地；
n.病毒；病毒性疾病；毒素，毒害；[计算机科学]计算机病毒；
n.建筑师，设计师；创造者，缔造者；造物主；
(1) Alex didn't read fluently till he was nearly seven. (2) He spoke three languages fluently. (3) He has some acquaintance with German, but doesn't speak it fluently.
fluently [ˈflu:əntlɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.流利地，流畅地；
n.刑罚，惩罚；严厉对待；<口>给吃苦头；
vt.发现；碰见；撞见；获得知识；
n.例子，实例；情况；要求，建议；[法]诉讼手续； vt.举…为例；
(1) a reliable method of predicting earthquakes (2) Nobody could predict the outcome. (3) It is impossible to predict what will happen.
predict [prɪˈdɪkt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.排放，辐射；排放物，散发物（尤指气体）；（书刊）发行，发布（通知）；
vt.预言，预测；预示，预告； vi.预言，预示：预言某事，预言；
adj.令人困惑的；混乱的；混淆的； v.使困窘，使混乱不清(confuse的现在分词)；
继续雇用；继续前进；继续穿着[戴着]；（使）继续服药[接受训练]；
(1) His arms were covered in tattoos. (2) He had a heart tattooed on his shoulder. (3) His shoulder was tattooed with a heart.
(1) It was good to be back on land . (2) We made the journey by land , though flying would have been cheaper. (3) In the distance the crew sighted land.
(1) Today students of English, even if English is thier mother tongue, often cannot understand his jokes. (2) Whither our mother tongue? (3) Instead we learned or acquired our mother tongue by communicating with the people around us.
(1) You certainly get around! Paris one minute, Bonn the next. (2) That child can always get around you and get what it wants. (3) Does Abell get around a great deal?
(1) We'd be on dangerous ground if we asked about race or religion. (2) Mel enjoys living dangerously (= doing things that involve risk or danger) . (3) His father is dangerously ill (= so ill that he might die) .
(1) Yogurt is made from active cultures. (2) to do/take a throat culture (3) a culture of cells from the tumour
culture [ˈkʌltʃə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n.文化；[生物学]（微生物等的）培养；修养；养殖； vt.培植，培养；
vt.破坏，摧毁；消灭，歼灭（敌人）；杀死；使失败；
n.麻袋；洗劫；<英俚>解雇； vt.解雇；把…装进袋里；掠夺；
v.害怕；
(1) Chantal was lucky to be able to salvage her career. (2) He conjectured that some individuals may be able to detect major calamities. (3) It would be nice to be able to afford to retire earlier.
(1) He had gone to the reception desk, presumably to check out. (2) She wheeled sharply and headed for the check-out counter. (3) The police had to check out the call.
check out [tʃek aut] 📢 UK📢 US
合格；[口]看看；检查；相等；
adv.相当，很；非常；确实如此；
adj.自豪的，得意的；光荣的，高尚的；傲慢的；有自尊心的；
幸亏， 多亏， 由于；
(1) fluent movements (2) She's fluent in Polish. (3) a fluent speaker/reader
fluent [ˈflu:ənt] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.流畅的；流利的；液态的；
不久；为期不远；近期；最近；
n.小鸡；小鸟；少妇；<口>小姐； adj.胆小的；雅致的；
n.地占者，地卜者；
(1) During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies. (2) A seven-day TV ad campaign could swallow up the best part of £50,000. (3) The expenses swallow up most of the profits.
swallow up [ˈswɔləu ʌp] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.美味的，可口的；有趣的；；喷香；
v.淹没，耗尽；
n.灯杆，路灯柱；
adj.值得的；有…的价值；等值的；有…的财产； n.财富，财产；价值；
(1) cultural differences between the two communities (2) economic, social and cultural factors (3) a cultural event
(1) a tribe threatened with extinction/in danger of extinction (2) The mountain gorilla is on the verge of extinction . (3) An operation is beginning to try to save a species of crocodile from extinction...
extinction [ɪkˈstɪŋkʃn] 📢 UK📢 US
和…简单谈谈；
对…有影响，对…起作用，产生效果；
n.环境，外界；周围，围绕；工作平台；（运行）环境；
n.熄灭；消灭，灭绝；废除；[物]消光，自屏，衰减；
(1) Family therapy showed us how to communicate with each other. (2) Group members have to communicate with each other through role-play. (3) They went into a trance to communicate with the spirit world.
communicate with [kəˈmju:nikeit wið] 📢 UK📢 US
与…联系，与…交往；与…相通；
保持健康；保养；摄生；颐；
脱离危险；
n.动荡，不安定；骚乱；风潮；乱腾；
(1) your native land/country/city (2) It is a long time since he has visited his native Chile. (3) Her native language is Korean.
(1) She touched him gently on the arm. (2) He held the dirty rag at arm's length (= as far away from his body as possible) . (3) He escaped with only a broken arm.
(1) to study architecture (2) the architecture of the eighteenth century (3) modern architecture
architecture [ˈɑ:kɪtektʃə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
用规定食谱，节食；
n.渔夫，钓鱼者，渔船；
n.建筑学；建筑风格；体系结构；（总体、层次）结构；
adj.户外的，露天的；喜欢户外活动的；（医院等）院外的；室外；
(1) as long as I live, the bridge lives. (2) It can take as long as eight days to rig up rope ladders and to establish supply bases before a descent can be made into a very deep cave. (3) I kept a straight face as long as I could, but I finally had to crack up.
(1) It's the kind of book that keeps you guessing right to the end. (2) guess who I've just seen! (3) guess what! He's asked me out!
guess [ges] 📢 UK📢 US
对…感到满意；
vt.推测；猜测，臆测；猜中；假定，认为； vi.猜，猜测；猜对； n.猜测；推断；
n.傻瓜，笨蛋；白痴；
adj.活着的；活泼的；有生气的；敏感的；
(1) I look forward to hearing from you in the near future. (2) I wouldn't dream of studying abroad in the near future. (3) The President will visit China in the near future.
(1) a pair of earrings (2) Throw some light on this corner to see if the lost earring is there. (3) Our product including Tiffany bracelet, cuff links, earring, Gucci product key ring, necklace and ring.
earring [ˈiəˌriŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.耳环；耳饰；
n.呼吸；一口气；呼吸力；微量；
与…相撞；相碰；磕碰；
adj.健康的；健全的；大量的；有益于健康的；
(1) a terrorist cell (2) a photoelectric cell (3) blood cells
(1) She conveniently forgot to mention that her husband would be at the party, too (= because it suited her not to say) . (2) Fruit is a convenient source of vitamins and energy. (3) A bicycle is often more convenient than a car in towns.
convenient [kənˈvi:niənt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.建筑师，设计师；创造者，缔造者；造物主；
adj.方便的；[废语]适当的；[口语]近便的；实用的；
顺便地，附带说说；顺便一提；
adj.吃惊的，惊奇的； v.使大为吃惊，使惊奇( amaze的过去式和过去分词 )；
(1) cellular blankets (2) cellular structure/processes (3) a cellular network
cellular [ˈseljələ(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
增加；装（船、火车、飞机）；穿上；上演；
经过； 从旁边走过；<美>来串门；得到；
adj.可怕的；极大的； v.使恐怖，使惊吓；恐吓(terrify的现在分词)；
adj.细胞的；由细胞组成的；多孔的；蜂窝状；
(1) Fujian Province meteorological observatory on 29 th about 6:00 continues to issue typhoon orange warning. (2) It is set up by the Cosmology Group of the National Astronomical observatory of China. (3) FRAN ? OISE COMBES, an astronomer at the Paris observatory, is a leading expert on galaxy dynamics.