(1) He stood in an attitude of complete astonishment, and we burst out laughing. (2) Both of them burst out laughing, and Harry enraptured and was at his ease. (3) And so begins the story of three people, absurd, strange, people burst out laughing.
(1) The firm may be forced to relocate from New York to Stanford. (2) The company relocated its head office to Stanford. (3) [不可数名词]relocation costs
relocate [ri:ˈləʊkeɪt] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.现在,当今; n.当今,现在;
n.缺乏,不足;缺点,缺陷;不足额;
v.无关;
vt.& vi.迁移;重新安置;
(1) If this guy is a billionaire, I ' m a Dutchman. (2) B : if you were a billionaire, you would have other dreams. (3) The Indian billionaire any direct contacts with Indian table tennis teams.
billionaire [ˌbɪljəˈneə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
那正是要点;那正是问题所在;够了;好了;
n.亿万富翁;巨富;
adj.不贵的,便宜的;廉;贱;
v.尽力,耐心;操心;着意;
(1) Parts for the aircraft will be made all round the world. (2) I'd love to go on a round-the-world cruise. (3) He vainly hope to travel round the world on foot.
round-the-world [raund ðə wɜː(r)ld] 📢 UK📢 US
n.消费者,顾客;[生态]取食者,食物链中以其他生物为食物的生物;
adj.环球的,环游世界的;
在…之初;
n.桉树;桉属植物;
(1) an oil millionaire (2) She's a millionaire several times over. (3) a millionaire businessman
(1) gay activists (2) The police say they suspect the attack was carried out by animal rights activists. (3) This is increasingly a focus of activist shareholders, including hedge funds.
(1) Bombs were exploding all around the city. (2) There was a huge bang as if someone had exploded a rocket outside. (3) Bomb disposal experts exploded the device under controlled conditions.
(1) He's a really successful man─you can't argue with that. (2) He was too tired to argue the point (= discuss the matter) . (3) a well-argued article
argue [ˈɑ:gju:] 📢 UK📢 US
n.大猩猩;<口>暴徒,打手;
adj.渴望的;热切的,热情洋溢的;热心的;急切;
adv.自动地;无意识地;不自觉地;机械地;
vt.坚决主张;提出理由证明;说服,劝告;表明,证明; vi.争论,辩论;提出理由;
(1) Her behaviour has brought disgrace on her family. (2) The swimmer was sent home from the Olympics in disgrace . (3) There is no disgrace in being poor.
(1) You may have some strange disease that may not show up for 10 or 15 years... (2) The orange tip shows up well against most backgrounds. (3) He wanted to teach her a lesson for showing him up in front of Leonov...
show up [ʃəu ʌp] 📢 UK📢 US
n.权威;权力;学术权威;[复数]当权者;
结束;(使)破碎;放假;(使)散开;
adj.合理的,公道的;明白道理的;适当的;有理性的;
显而易见;到场;(使)看得见;羞辱;
(1) pour in some of the syrup, but not all of it, as it will probably overflow. (2) Heat the oil in a non-stick frying-pan, then pour in the egg mixture. (3) We would pour in supplies.
(1) I wanted a divorce. I wanted to get away. (2) They managed to get away from the coast undetected. (3) It's probably done you good to get away for a few hours.
get away [ɡet əˈwei] 📢 UK📢 US
n.省份;大行政区;范围;职责;
n.驴,毛驴;笨蛋,傻瓜;(美国)民主党的象征;
离开,脱身;逃掉;抽身;拔身;
n.树袋熊;考拉;
(1) Wine deepens on aging. (2) He is aging rapidly. (3) These problems include the high sex ratio and the growing population aging.
(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) to be paid/rewarded handsomely (2) a handsomely produced book (3) a handsomely dressed man
handsome [ˈhænsəm] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.(男子)英俊的,漂亮的;(女子体态)优美的;可观的;大方的,慷慨的;
adj.外科的,外科手术的;(服装)治疗用的;
vt.漂洗;冲洗;漂净;冲掉; n.冲洗;染发剂;漂洗;
adj.自然(界)的;身体的;物质的;自然规律的; n.身体检查,体格检查;
(1) Only One - Way Inbound Port can be bound to a One - Way Receive Port. (2) Only Two - Way Outbound Port can be bound to a Two - Way SendPort. (3) Only Inbound Port can be bound to a Receive Port.
be bound to [bi: baund tu:] 📢 UK📢 US
一定要…;终归;不得不;注定;
n.财政;金融;财源;资金; vt.为…供给资金, 从事金融活动;赊货给…;掌握财政;
vt.坚决主张;提出理由证明;说服,劝告;表明,证明; vi.争论,辩论;提出理由;
n.(物体的)飞行;航班;飞翔;楼梯的一段; vi.成群地迁徙或飞行; vt.射击;使惊飞;
(1) Everyone was quiet when Janice suddenly burst out crying. (2) Suddenly, she burst out crying. (3) Scarcely had she heard the sad story when she burst out crying.
burst out crying [bə:st aut ˈkraɪɪŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
突然哭起来;
n.威胁;恐吓;凶兆;
n.消化,领悟;消化能力;细菌分解;(精神上的)同化吸收,融会贯通;
n.紧张,不安;紧张气氛;[物]张力,拉力;矛盾; vt.紧张;使紧张;
(1) ‘What's so funny ? ’ she demanded. (2) A funny thing happened to me today. (3) It's funny how things never happen the way you expect them to.
(1) The poem humorously describes local characters and traditions. (2) He had a wide mouth and humorous grey eyes. (3) He gave a humorous account of their trip to Spain.
(1) And he said unto him, "Who is my neighbor?" (2) "Who is it?" he called.— 'It's your neighbor.' (3) He matched his dog against his neighbor's in a race.
(1) They are campaigning to save the area from building development. (2) to conduct a campaign (3) a campaign against ageism in the workplace
campaign [kæmˈpeɪn] 📢 UK📢 US
n.宽慰,安心;免除,减轻;救援物资;代班人;
vt.& vi.出版,发行;发表,宣布(结婚等);公布,颁布;出版…的著作;
n.运动;竞选运动;战役;季节性竞赛; vi.参加[发起]运动,参加竞选;参战,参加战役;作战;
adj.父亲的;父亲(般)的;父系的;父方的;
(1) If I take your medicine, I'll definitely kick the bucket. (2) You're right, and it's enough to make one kick the bucket here. (3) His heirs were greedily waiting for him to kick the bucket.
(1) a bomb/nuclear/gas explosion (2) There were two loud explosions and then the building burst into flames. (3) Bomb Squad officers carried out a controlled explosion of the device.
explosion [ɪkˈspləʊʒn] 📢 UK📢 US
n.商业,交易;生意;事务,业务;职业,行业;
突出;坚持;超群;向前跨步;
n.<美>邻居,邻国; adj.邻近的,邻接的; vi.友好;毗邻而居; vt.邻接;
n.爆炸,炸裂;爆发;扩张,激增;(感情,尤指愤怒的)突然爆发;
(1) Consonants are frequently assimilated to neighboring consonants. (2) An axial electron pair meets at right angles with 3 neighboring pairs. (3) The president is paying a private visit to his neighboring country.
neighboring [ˈneɪbərɪŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.邻近的; v.<美>邻居,邻国( neighbor的现在分词 );邻近的,邻接的;
adj.环球的,环游世界的;
n.航线;航空公司;
<口>稍微,有点儿,有几分;
(1) Dirty streets and homelessness are no advertisement for a prosperous society. (2) Put an advertisement in the local paper to sell your car. (3) Miss Parrish recently placed an advertisement in the local newspaper.
advertisement [ədˈvɜ:tɪsmənt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.广告,宣传;公告;出公告,做广告;
n.习语,成语;方言,土语;(语言)风格;惯用语法;
n.文本,原文;课文,教科书;主题;版本; v.发短信;
打开,开动,启动;接入;起动;
(1) He'd got a way of his own and I tend to take after him. (2) He didn't have to take after Lennie. (3) Your son doesn't take after you in any way.
(1) You also a great sense of humor and become interested in comedy or games. (2) And a great of humor. (3) When a person offends you or makes you angry respond with humor rather than hostility.
(1) It's fashionable but wearable, and it's easy to look after. (2) I just can't be bothered to look after the house. (3) They wanted someone responsible to look after the place at night-time.
n.一群;包裹;(纸牌的)一副;一组; vt.& vi.(把…)打包;塞进;拥进;(使)聚集成团; vt.挑选;压紧;携带;拧紧; vi.包装;紧挤在一起;便于折叠收藏的;匆忙离去(有时与 off 连用);
注视;照顾,照看(某人或某物);陪;看管;
(1) I'll make the tea and you pop off for a while. (2) He was lost in the con-templation of the landscape for a while. (3) He moped around the office for a while, feeling bored.
for a while [fɔ: ə hwail] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.暂时;小;
n.动物园迷(指喜欢去动物园的人);
n.挑战;盘问;质疑;怀疑; vt.质疑;向…挑战; vi.提出挑战,要求竞赛(或竞争);驳斥;
adj.腐烂的;恶臭的;堕落的;极坏的; adv.非常;极其;
(1) He slipped and tumbled down the stairs. (2) The scaffolding came tumbling down. (3) (figurative)World records tumbled at the last Olympics.
(1) Lee was ill so I went instead. (2) He didn't reply. instead, he turned on his heel and left the room. (3) She said nothing, preferring instead to save her comments till later.
(1) If you fit the bill, send a CV to Rebecca Rees. (2) That piece of plywood will just fit the bill. (3) If you're very hungry a double helping of spaghetti should fit the bill!