(1) A ship's speed is measured in knots. (2) a device that measures the level of radiation in the atmosphere (3) He's gone to be measured for a new suit.
(1) She was still half asleep (= not fully awake) when she arrived at work. (2) The police found him asleep in a garage. (3) He was so exhausted that he fell asleep at his desk.
(1) That was Nicholas's cue to ask for another chocolate chip cookie. (2) I decided to go to the next house and ask for food. (3) Don'tbe afraid to ask for advice about ordering the meal.
(1) She's a wonderful singer. (2) an opera singer (3) My mother was a singer in a dance band.
singer [ˈsɪŋə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n.歌手;歌唱家;诗人;鸣禽;
adj.文化的;教养的,修习的;耕作的,开垦的,栽培[培养]的;
n.手续费;
屏住呼吸; 倒吸一口气;<非正>休息一下; 歇一口气;
(1) Common units of volume are cubic centimeter. (2) The body has a 3 centimeter margin ( on all sides ). (3) Human brains have more than 100 million cells per cubic centimeter.
(1) Industrial progress should go hand in hand with the development of agriculture. (2) About NewsNews , MORE >> . [ Company News ] go hand in hand with the fly! (3) Marginal grade should go hand in hand with the price of mineral products.
go hand in hand with
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与…相撞;相碰;磕碰;
对…疯狂;
经过; 从旁边走过;<美>来串门;得到;
与…共同行动;与…相配合;与…一致;与…结合在一起;
(1) Repairs to the cable did not take too long... (2) Have you known her parents long?... (3) We had a long meeting with the attorney general...
(1) fate was kind to me that day. (2) By a strange twist of fate , Andy and I were on the same plane. (3) Each of the managers suffered the same fate .
(1) "Have you been chatting for long?" — "Ever since you left." (2) Well, I can't stand here chatting all day. (3) I was chatting to him the other day.
chatting
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n.闲谈,聊天; v.聊天( chat的现在分词 );闲谈;闲聊;参加网络闲聊;
对…有影响,对…起作用,产生效果;
急急忙忙,繁忙;
考虑;想起;有…想法;对…有意见;
(1) a sore throat (2) A sob caught in his throat. (3) He held the knife to her throat.
throat [θrəut] 📢 UK📢 US
n.注意;笔记;注解;便条; vt.注意;记录;对…加注释;指出;
n.咽喉;颈前部;[植物学]管颈; vt.用沙哑的声音或嗓音发音;
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;
n.方法;条理;
(1) I'm trying to clear my mind of all this... (2) There was no doubt in his mind that the man was serious... (3) You have a good mind...
(1) Why do you leave all the hard work up to your mother? (2) He was rigged up to a machine so that the nurses could check his heartbeat. (3) He will go up to the Arctic Region.
up to [ʌp tu:] 📢 UK📢 US
n.厘米;
adj.讨厌的;污秽的;多虱的;不清洁的;
adj.有礼貌的;有教养的,文雅的;上流社会的;应酬的,客套的;
直到;做…;在于…;能胜任;
(1) ‘Can we still buy tickets for the concert? ’ ‘I imagine so . ’ (2) I don't imagine (that) they'll refuse. (3) There's nobody there. You're imagining things .
(1) He refused to take medicine, but buckled under when the doctor told him to. (2) They had to take medicine right down to the people. (3) Do you take medicine when you are sick?
(1) Why don't you take a nap? (2) I usually get up early, and take a nap after lunch. (3) Follow Einstein's advice: take a nap. What does your intuition tell you?
(1) Keep a record of all the payments... (2) There's no record of any marriage or children... (3) ...software packages which record the details of your photographs.
(1) Driving a boat is not the same as driving a car. (2) Bihar had a population roughly the same as that of England. (3) Rick hasn't changed. He looks exactly the same as he did at school.
(1) The thief waved his gun at the bank teller. (2) Marcy started as a bank teller, but now she's a loan officer. (3) DEREK: I tried to ask the bank teller why it changed.