(1) a bowl of soup (2) chicken soup (3) (British English) tinned/packet soups
soup [su:p] 📢 UK📢 US
闲耍;虚度光阴;(和某人)乱搞(男女关系);鬼混;
n.汤,羹;浓雾;硝化甘油炸药;困境; vt.加大马力;
vt.&vi.(使)扩大;(使)增加;夸张;
vt.预言,预测;预示,预告; vi.预言,预示:预言某事,预言;
(1) I'm a creature of habit (= I have a fixed and regular way of doing things) . (2) He began to finance his habit through burglary. (3) She's tried to give up smoking but just can't kick the habit .
habit [ˈhæbɪt] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.创造,创作;产生;封爵,把…封为(贵族); vi.[英][俚]大发脾气,大发牢骚;
v.体重增加;
吃药,服药;
n.习惯,习性;气质;宗教服装; vt.给…穿衣服;打扮;
(1) She was a sort of policewoman-cum-prosecutor. (2) His face assumed a sort of dreamy expression. (3) You can't see in this light, but my new coat is a sort of brownish colour.
(1) The game has already been postponed three times. (2) We'll have to postpone the meeting until next week. (3) It was an unpopular decision to postpone building the new hospital.
(1) Should an injury result from nonstandard practice, a malpractice claim for damages could be made. (2) We desperately need a result from this match. (3) Conclusion: DGE can result from the comprehesive factor.
result from [riˈzʌlt frɔm] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.优美的,优雅的;雅致的,美好的;得体的;飘逸;
产生于…, 由…引起;
adj.有耐性的;能容忍的; n.患者;病人;病号;
adj.每年的;一年的;[植物]一年生的; n.年刊;一年生植物;
(1) It may be necessary to buy a new one. (2) It doesn't seem necessary for us to meet. (3) Only use your car when absolutely necessary.
(1) The new drug is a potential lifesaver. (2) The cervical smear test is a lifesaver. (3) Mike: You could be my lifesaver and help me then.
lifesaver [ˈlaɪfseɪvə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.户外的,露天的;喜欢户外活动的;(医院等)院外的;室外;
n.救生者,水难救生员,济急的人;
n.浪漫史;爱情小说;恋爱;传奇色彩; vt.& vi.虚构;渲染;谈情说爱;追求某人;
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;
(1) No westerner could fly in without a visa. (2) Elias, unspeaking, continued to stare at Eolair after the westerner had finished. (3) She said that although her face was oriental she was, at heart, a westerner.
(1) Normally she wore little make-up... (2) She checked her makeup one last time, and then walked out with a spring in her step. (3) There was some fatal flaw in his makeup, and as time went on he lapsed into long silences or became off-hand.
(1) keep in mind you're going to be fighting lots of men who hit plenty hard. (2) keep in mind that we are talking about the drawbacks of negative feedback from a computer. (3) keep in mind that it's the small dimension of the slit which does the spreading out.
keep in mind [ki:p in maind] 📢 UK📢 US
n.外向;性格外向的人;<口>活跃、愉快、爱交际的人;
n.汉堡包;无牛肉馅的三明治;
记住;怀;挂心;志;
n.牙签;
(1) He passed by a cosmetics store without looking in the window. (2) The shop sells lipstick, hair gel, and a whole range of other cosmetics. (3) In my younger days girls never went in for cosmetics and fancy dresses.
(1) Britain still boasts the cheapest postal service... (2) We have started a campaign for better nursery and school services... (3) ...the BBC World service.
(1) I'd like to reserve a table for three for eight o'clock. (2) I've reserved a room in the name of Jones. (3) These seats are reserved for special guests.
(1) Have any of you guys ever stepped on a toothpick? (2) Lighters have seen this automatic toothpick extinguishers? (3) Six years, six million toothpicks and 170 litres of glue: it's toothpick City!
toothpick [ˈtu:θpɪk] 📢 UK📢 US
n.陨星;陨石;陨铁;流星;
vt.& vi.战斗;斗争;打架;吵架; n.打架;吵架;战斗;斗志;
n.牙签;
n.尊严;高尚;自豪;自尊;
(1) Our goods must be up to export standards before the Inspection Bureau releases them. (2) Those boys hiding behind the building be up to something bad. (3) Our productivity, technology capability and quality level be up to international standard.
(1) I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish. (2) I also met with Pollack again to kind of shoot the bull. (3) That's not the kind of talk one usually hears from accountants.
kind of [kaind ɔv] 📢 UK📢 US
<口>稍微,有点儿,有几分;
adj.怀孕的;孕育着…的;富于想象的;富于成果的;
n.音乐会;一致,和谐; vt.通过双方协议来计划或安排;调整,解决; vi.协调一致行动;
adj.方便的;[废语]适当的;[口语]近便的;实用的;
(1) The sketch should be a kind of rehearsal for the eventual painting. (2) Many girls have a kind of mechanical attitude towards sex. (3) She maintained a kind of meek-ness.
(1) I still find it terrifying to find myself surrounded by large numbers of horses... (2) Rabies has been described as one of the most terrifying diseases known to man. (3) His Adi is more terrifying than any monster.
terrifying [ˈterɪfaɪɪŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.可怕的;极大的; v.使恐怖,使惊吓;恐吓(terrify的现在分词);
患(某种病),受(某种病痛)折磨;因…而受罚[苦,损];闹;罹;
n.尊敬;敬意;荣誉;光荣; vt.尊敬,给以荣誉; [美国英语] =honour;
n.欧洲;欧盟;(除英国以外的)全欧洲;除英国外的欧洲国家;
(1) He covered her mouth to stop her from screaming. (2) The kids were screaming with excitement. (3) People ran for the exits, screaming out in terror.
(1) Flying terrifies her. (2) It was a terrifying experience. (3) Flying terrifies him...
terrify [ˈterɪfaɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.使恐怖,使惊吓;恐吓,吓唬;威胁;
n.移民,侨民;殖民者;决定者;
n.灯杆,路灯柱;
adj.不可思议的;惊人的;难以置信的;未必可能的;
(1) Not much in the habit of such travelling your - self, I think, sir?' (2) He and Crossjay, were in the habit of ranging over the country. (3) Does your dog bite ? ie Is it in the habit of biting people?
in the habit of [in ðə ˈhæbit ɔv] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.给予帮助的,有益的;愿意帮忙的;
与某人闲聊某事;
有…的习惯,常常;
n.救助者;救星;(S-)救世主;上帝;
(1) in that case he and she must have plotted this together. (2) in that case, I'll go. (3) in that case, we won't wait any longer.
(1) Its most recent eruption began in 1992 and ended in 2002. (2) Most shopping centers have knocked ten percent off the price. (3) Sales of new models have skided 60 percent.
(1) She put on her coat and went out... (2) Maximo put on a pair of glasses... (3) The band are hoping to put on a UK show before the end of the year...
(1) We checked in our luggage and went through to the departure lounge. (2) We've checked in at the hotel. (3) ‘Is Mary in the office? ’ ‘Just a moment. I'll go and check. ’
(1) She stood in the doorway for a moment before going in. (2) homeless people sleeping in shop doorways (3) Hannah looked up to see David and another man standing in the doorway...
(1) the sole/only survivor of the massacre (2) The plane crashed in an area of dense jungle. There were no survivors. (3) There are only a few survivors from the original team (= members who remain in it while others have been replaced) .