(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
在…前面;当着…的面;面前;
adj.懒惰的;没精打采的;慢吞吞的;
n.默想;默念;沉思;冥想;
n.耳环;耳饰;
(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) 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
一种;
合格;[口]看看;检查;相等;
急急忙忙,繁忙;
n.恢复知觉,苏醒;
(1) an extinct species (2) to become extinct (3) Servants are now almost extinct in modern society.
extinct [ɪkˈstɪŋkt] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.令人满意的;符合要求的;[神]赎罪的;
n.(尤指女子的)发式,发型;
adj.灭绝的;绝种的;消逝的;破灭的;
n.典礼,仪式;礼仪,礼节;虚礼,客气;
(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
n.马铃薯, 土豆,洋芋;土豆块茎;
n.链子,链条;连锁,连续;拘束;连锁店或旅馆系列的事物; vt.用铁链锁住;监禁,束缚;
vt.推测;猜测,臆测;猜中;假定,认为; vi.猜,猜测;猜对; n.猜测;推断;
adj.过度的,过分的;奢侈的,浪费的;放肆的;大量的;
(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) 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
v.淹没,耗尽;
vi.相撞;碰撞;冲突;抵触;
虽然, 尽管…;不顾;别看;
n.选择;选择权;精选品;入选者; adj.上等的,精选的;
(1) Yogurt is made from active cultures. (2) to do/take a throat culture (3) a culture of cells from the tumour
(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...
(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.辐射;放射物;辐射状;分散;
与…相撞;相碰;磕碰;
与某人闲聊某事;
(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) 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
[化] 防晒露;
adj.痛苦的;(肉体)疼的;费力的,(工作)困难的;讨厌的,使人厌烦的;
adj.方便的;[废语]适当的;[口语]近便的;实用的;
adv.全世界;举世;五洲四海;普天之下;
(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) 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) We only communicate by email. (2) They communicated in sign language. (3) Dolphins use sound to communicate with each other.
communicate [kəˈmju:nɪkeɪt] 📢 UK📢 US
abbr.electronic-mail 电子函件,电子邮件;
adj.<口>渴望,切盼;垂死的,临终的;会死的;快熄灭的; v.“die”的现在分词;
vt.传达,表达;显示:清晰地揭示;表明;传染:扩散; vi.通讯;交际;相连;相通;
n.名声;名望;传闻;传说; vt.使闻名;使出名;使有名望;<古>盛传;
(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.
(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?
get around [ɡet əˈraund] 📢 UK📢 US
n.灵魂;精神;幽灵;人; adj.美国黑人文化的;
传播;绕开;随意走走;说服;
与…同样的;无异;何啻;
n.危险,冒险;保险额;被保险人或物; vt.冒…的危险;使…冒风险(或面临危险);
(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.
native [ˈneɪtɪv] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.发现;碰见;撞见;获得知识;
adj.富有的;充分的; n.富人,有钱人,阔人;
adj.本国的;土著的;天生的;天真的,纯朴的; n.当地人;土著人;当地产的动(植)物;
在前头;预先,事先;提前;先期;
(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) 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) 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) 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;
vt.不断找岔,抱怨;困扰,折磨; vi.叱责,抱怨;困扰,焦虑; n.挑剔的人;马,老马;
n.[生]恐龙;守旧落伍的人,过时落后的东西;
n.莫扎特;
(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) 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) 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.
be able to [bi: ˈeibl tu:] 📢 UK📢 US
与某人[观点]一致, 同意[赞同]某人的意见;与…相符, 与…一致;(气候、食物等)适合于;相合;
v.能,会;能够;克;
vt.压下,压低;使沮丧;使萧条;使跌价;
到达;来到;达成;获得;
(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.
observatory [əbˈzɜ:vəˌtɔ:ri:] 📢 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.天文台;气象台;瞭望台;
n.现金;支付金额; vt.支付现款;兑现; adj.现金的;
n.卵石;水晶;水晶透镜;卵石花纹; vt.用卵石铺;用石子扔;使纹理粗糙;
(1) cultural differences between the two communities (2) economic, social and cultural factors (3) a cultural event