(1) the North/South divide (2) the divide between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland (3) The issue has divided the government.
divide [dɪˈvaɪd] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 推荐
n. 数,数字,号码,数量
vt. 分，划分
a. 差的，弱的，淡的
boat--race [reɪl] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 快餐店
n. 划船比赛
n. 草；草场；牧草
n. 巧克力
(1) He was buried in Highgate Cemetery. (2) (figurative)Their ambitions were finally dead and buried . (3) She's 85 and has buried three husbands.
bury [ˈberi] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 埋；葬
a.精神的； 心灵的
a.明确的,具体的,独特的
n. 手帕
(1) a consultant in obstetrics (2) a consultant surgeon (3) a firm of management consultants
consultant [kənˈsʌltənt] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 角色
n. 下午，午后
n. 书法
n. 顾问
(1) Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface. (2) Lightly flour a rolling pin... (3) Remove the dough from the bowl and put it on a floured surface.
flour [ˈflaʊə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 象
vt.（去）取（物）来，（去）带（人）来
n. 鲸
n. 面粉，粉
(1) This new zealand winery produces some of the best antipodean wines. (2) Can the new zealand bowlers fight back after their thrashing at Christchurch? (3) Information on travel in new zealand is available at the hotel.
new zealand [eɪdʒ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.& vi. 逃跑；逃脱
v.&aux. （表示将来）将要，会；……好吗
n. 禁令 v. 禁止；取缔
n. 新西兰
(1) chinese waiters stood in a cluster, sharing a private joke. (2) Her chinese friends referred to the Empress as their venerable ancestor. (3) Cartons of chinese food were arrayed on a large oak table.
chinese [ˌtʃaɪˈni:z] 📢 UK📢 US
a.中国的；中国人的；中国话的，汉语的 n.中国人；中国话，汉语，中文
n. 研究，调查
conj. 和；又；而
n. 点心，便餐；(会议后的)简单茶点招待
(1) a research institute (2) the institute of Chartered Accountants (3) institutes of higher education
(1) a football/sports stadium (2) an all-seater stadium (3) ...a baseball stadium.
stadium [ˈsteɪdiəm] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 公元前
n. 香港
n. 省
n. （露天）体育场
(1) Have you had an answer to your letter? (2) As if in answer to our prayers, she offered to lend us £10 000. (3) I rang the bell, but there was no answer.
answer [ˈɑ:nsə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
a. 稳固的，牢固的
v. 欣赏； 感激
n.回答,答复;回信;答案 v.回答,答复;回信;（作出）答案
n. 外科医生
(1) the elder of their two sons (2) the elder Pitt (3) Pitt the elder
elder [ˈeldə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 长者；前辈
n. 剪刀，剪子
pron.他 它们自己
n. 食欲，胃口
(1) a rattling noise (2) What's that noise? (3) Don't make a noise .
noise [nɔɪz] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 图表；航海图
n. 奉献，奉献精神
n. 声音，噪声，喧闹声
n. 声音，噪声，喧闹声
(1) " Ho, ho , what was it the trolley - bus driver called me today? (2) We got out of the trolley bus at Yan'an Road . (3) The trolley bus connects here with a bus for the airfield.
trolley-bus [ˈtrɔli bʌs] 📢 UK📢 US
a. 诚实的，正直的
n. 碗
vt.欣赏；享受乐趣；喜欢
n. 无轨电车
(1) a polling/voting booth (2) a phone booth (3) I called her from a public phone booth near the entrance to the bar...
booth [buːð] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 开具，启子
没有营养的垃圾食品
n. 假期，休假
n.岗；（为某种用途而设的）亭或小隔间
(1) natural disasters (2) the natural world (= of trees, rivers, animals and birds) (3) a country's natural resources (= its coal, oil, forests, etc.)
natural [ˈnætʃərəl] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 收集，搜集
a. 自然的
vt. 擦（打）火, 侵袭
n.地面，地板.（楼房的）层
(1) She was sitting importantly behind a big desk. (2) More importantly, can he be trusted? (3) He likes to feel important.
important [ɪmˈpɔ:tnt] 📢 UK📢 US
a. 重要的
pron. (who的宾格 )
prep.& conj.直到…为止
n. 便条，笔记，注释；钞票，纸币；音符，音调 vt. 记下，记录；注意，留意
(1) She leaned on the ship's rail and gazed out to sea. (2) a picture/curtain/towel rail (3) to travel by rail
rail [reɪl] 📢 UK📢 US
v./n. 改革，改进，改良
a.软的，柔和的
vi. 痊愈；恢复
n. 铁路
(1) to have a wide/limited vocabulary (2) your active vocabulary (= the words that you use) (3) your passive vocabulary (= the words that you understand but don't use)
vocabulary [vəˈkæbjələri] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 词汇, 词汇表
n. 访问者，参观者
n. 污点，污渍，染色剂
n. 鉴定，辨别
(1) middle age (2) There's a big age gap between them (= a big difference in their ages). (3) ways of calculating the age of the earth
age [eɪdʒ] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 昆虫
n. 11月
n. 年龄；时代
n. 日光，白昼； 黎明
(1) a period of consultation/mourning/uncertainty (2) The factory will be closed down over a 2-year period/a period of two years. (3) This compares with a 4% increase for the same period last year.
period [ˈpɪəriəd] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 分离，隔离
a. 油煎的
n. 时期，时代
a. 巧妙的，使人印象深刻的，技艺高的
(1) The city was liberated by the advancing army. (2) Writing poetry liberated her from the routine of everyday life. (3) [不可数名词, 单数]a war of liberation
liberate [ˈlɪbəreɪt] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 解放，使获自由
a. 大西洋的
vi. 点头
n. 羔羊
(1) practical/medical/scientific knowledge (2) He has a wide knowledge of painting and music. (3) There is a lack of knowledge about the tax system.
knowledge [ˈnɒlɪdʒ] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 文本，课文
n. 公鸡
a. 每年的，年度的，一年一次的
n. 知识，学问
(1) one of the great successes of British cinema (2) the local cinema (3) I used to go to the cinema every week.
cinema [ˈsɪnəmə] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 电影院；电影
a. 巨大的，广阔的
n.智力,才智,智慧
n. 碰撞事故
(1) Don't eat between meals. (2) Children must attend school between the ages of 5 and 16. (3) Many changes took place between the two world wars.
between [bɪˈtwi:n] 📢 UK📢 US
n.&vt. 打,撞,击中
prep. 在（两者）之间；在…中间
v.& n. 快跑，冲刺，短跑
a. 确信，肯定 ad. (口语)的确，一定，当然
(1) Boswell's biography of Johnson (2) ...a volume of biography and criticism. (3) I am hoping to write a short biography on them both.
biography [baɪˈɒgrəfi] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 惊恐；恐吓
n. 满意
n. 传记
n.郊游，远足
(1) motivated by personal ambition (2) She was intelligent but suffered from a lack of ambition. (3) She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer.
ambition [æmˈbɪʃn] 📢 UK📢 US
n.目标,野心,雄心,抱负
ad.在后；后来 prep.在…之后；在 后面conj.在…以后
n. 绘画者,（油）画家
ad. 大声地
(1) a charming country cottage with roses around the door (2) (British English)a holiday cottage (3) They used to have a cottage in N.W. Scotland...
cottage [ˈkɒtɪdʒ] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 法语 a法国的；法国人的；法语的
n. (郊外)小屋,村舍,别墅
n. 幸福，愉快
vi. 道歉，谢罪
(1) Five pounds doesn't buy much nowadays. (2) He can't be bought (= he's too honest to accept money in this way) . (3) Her fame was bought at the expense of her marriage.
buy [baɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 疾病
a. 每日的；日常的 ad. 每天 n. 日报
vt. 买
n. 激光
english -speaking [ˈsɪnəmə] 📢 UK📢 US
n.&vi. 聊天，闲谈
n. 段，部分，部门
a.说英语的
ad. 因此，所以
(1) the 20th century (= AD1901–2000 or 1900–1999) (2) eighteenth-century writers (3) ...a 17th-century merchant's house.
century [ˈsentʃəri] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 洗衣机
n. 世纪，百年
a. 美妙的，精彩的；了不起的；太好了
n. 祖宗； 祖先
(1) to travel by sea (2) a cottage by the sea (3) The waste was dumped in the sea .
sea [si:] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 战士；斗士
n. 猴子
n. 海，海洋
n. 水坝，堰堤
(1) The concert is to be headlined by Elton John. (2) The story was headlined ‘Back to the future ’. (3) headline news
headline [ˈhedlaɪn] 📢 UK📢 US
pron. 我的
v.假定，假设
n. （报刊的）大字标题
n. 背心，内衣
(1) If I don't get more money I'll quit. (2) He has decided to quit as manager of the team. (3) He quit the show last year because of bad health.
(1) The swan flapped its wings noisily. (2) wing feathers (3) the east wing
wing [wɪŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
a. 英俊的
v. 探险
n. 机翼，翅膀
n. 书橱
(1) The roof was declared unsafe. (2) It was considered unsafe to release the prisoners. (3) unsafe sex (= for example, sex without a condom )
unsafe [ʌnˈseɪf] 📢 UK📢 US
a. （男）同性恋的；快活的，愉快的
vt.承认，准许（入场，入学，入会）
a. 乐观的
a. 不安全的；危险的
(1) a sensitive and caring man (2) She is very sensitive to other people's feelings. (3) an actor's sensitive reading of the poem
sensitive [ˈsensətɪv] 📢 UK📢 US
n.演讲人，演说家
a. 公平的，合理的 a. (肤色)白皙的； （人）白肤金发的 n. 集市；庙会；展览会
a.体贴的,善解人意的
n. 旗；标志；旗舰
(1) ‘Was he very angry? ’ ‘indeed he was. ’ (2) ‘Do you agree? ’ ‘indeed I do/Yes, indeed. ’ (3) ‘You said you'd help? ’ ‘I did indeed─yes. ’
indeed [ɪnˈdi:d] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 歌唱；歌曲
a. 聋的
a. 两倍.双的 n. 两个.双
a. 确实；实在
(1) a rose bush (2) holly bushes (3) Trees and bushes grew down to the water's edge.
bush [bʊʃ] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 代表某人，为了某人
n. 灌木丛，矮树丛
n. 焰火
n. 大教堂（天主教）
(1) The blame for the Charleston fiasco did not lie with him. (2) I'll report back the moment I have located him. (3) He claimed that the businessman had conned him of £10,000.