(1) Police in the city have been cleaning up the debris left by a day of violent confrontation... (2) Nina and Mary were in the kitchen, cleaning up after dinner. (3) Under pressure from the public, many regional governments cleaned up their beaches.
(1) Most attractive property of super - hydrophobic surface is the self - cleaning effect. (2) W photocatalyst tube with function of sterilization, de - odor, anti - germs and self - cleaning. (3) A self cleaning dip - in package is disclosed.
self-cleaning [ˈselfˈkli:niŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.激进主义分子;积极分子;积极行动者; adj.激进主义的;激进主义分子的;
adj.自洁式的,自动清洗的;自清洗;
adj.俄国的,俄罗斯的;俄语的; n.俄国人,俄罗斯人;俄语;
vt.保护,保卫;贸易保护;备款以支付;
(1) He's an old grouch but she puts up with him. (2) One of the biggest grouches is the new system of payment. (3) Wang started to be a grouch.
(1) armed robbery (= using a gun, knife, etc.) (2) There has been a spate of robberies in the area recently. (3) The gang members committed dozens of armed robberies...
(1) to be politically naive (2) I can't believe you were so naive as to trust him! (3) a naive question
naive [naɪˈi:v] 📢 UK📢 US
如果是那样的话;
vt.支持;帮助;支撑;维持; n.支撑;支持者;[数学]支集;支撑物;
adv.出差;因公;
adj.幼稚的;天真的;单纯的;
(1) I thought she might be interested in Paula's proposal. (2) to be interested in wildlife conservation (3) I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.
(1) The plan has a sting intail: it means we lose one day's holiday. (2) at least Jeremy had the good form to go back and apologize. (3) at least the club keeps the young people off the streets.
(1) a mop and bucket (2) a mop of curly red hair (3) She wiped all the surfaces and mopped the floor.
mop [mɔp] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.绝望地;不顾一切地;<口>极度地;猛烈地;
很多,大量的;
vt.用拖把拖;擦拭; vi.用拖把拖;擦拭;搭拉着脸; n.拖把;蓬松的头发;鬼脸;
n.手提行李; adj.手提的;
(1) What do you like to do in your spare time? (2) This was obviously a reasonable suggestion; it doesn't, however, find favor with the men. (3) The new teacher finds favor in the eyes of the parents.
favor [ˈfeivə] 📢 UK📢 US
侵犯;侵害;破坏;
n.好感;宠爱;关切;欢心; vt.支持;赞成;照顾;促成; [美国英语]= favour;
n.止痛药;
adj.直的;连续的;直率的;整齐的; adv.直地;直接地;坦率地;立即; n.直线;直线部分;
(1) a heavy smoker (= sb who smokes a lot) (2) a smoker's cough (3) a cigarette/cigar/pipe smoker
smoker [ˈsməʊkə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n.吸烟者;
醒来;活跃起来;引起注意;(使)认识到;
n.仪器;手段,工具;乐器;法律文件; vt.用仪器装备;为演奏谱曲;向…提交文书;
n.心情;语气;气氛;坏心境;
(1) to rob a bank (2) The tomb had been robbed of its treasures. (3) A last-minute goal robbed the team of victory.
rob [rɔb] 📢 UK📢 US
n.懒骨头;懒汉;
n.秘密,谜;神秘,神秘的事物;推理小说,推理剧;常作 mysteries 秘技,秘诀;
adj.神秘的,诡秘的;难以理解的,不可思议的;魔;玄妙;
vt.抢劫;抢夺,掠夺;非法剥夺;使丧失; vi.抢劫;掠夺;
(1) I can recommend the chef's dish of the day . (2) a soap dish (3) What a dish!
(1) She looked desperately around for a weapon. (2) They desperately wanted a child. (3) I was absolutely desperate to see her.
desperate [ˈdespərət] 📢 UK📢 US
n.经济学;经济,国家的经济状况;
adj.绝望的;由绝望而引起的;铤而走险的,孤注一掷的;急切的,极度渴望的;
adj.父亲的;父亲(般)的;父系的;父方的;
n.澳大利亚人; adj.澳大利亚的;澳大利亚人的;
(1) And especially when they throw in the humor meet my better half. (2) Should I walk the path of my worst or better half? (3) It took me a better half of the day to be here.
better half [ˈbetə hɑ:f] 📢 UK📢 US
配偶(妻子);
adj.随和的,好交际的,友善的; n.〈美〉恳亲会;〈英〉对座四轮马车;(二人座)S形椅子;
n.短路;短接;
n.结构;构造;建筑物;体系; vt.构成,排列;安排;
(1) a cut and blow-dry (2) I find it hard to blow-dry my hair... (3) He has blow-dried blonde hair.
blow-dry [ˈbləʊˌdraɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.科学家;科学工作者;
vt.用吹风机吹干(头发); vi.用电吹风器将头发吹干; n.吹干头发;
n.消遣,放松;松懈,松弛;放宽;[生理]驰松;
对…大声喊;呼叱;叱喝;叱;
(1) I find jogging very addictive. (2) Heroin is highly addictive. (3) Cigarettes are highly addictive...
(1) There's a bathroom and a lavatory upstairs. (2) The nearest public lavatory is at the station. (3) ...the ladies' lavatory at the University of London.
lavatory [ˈlævətri] 📢 UK📢 US
n.动物园迷(指喜欢去动物园的人);
n.曼谷(泰国首都);[地名] [泰国] 曼谷;
n.厕所;盥洗室;<宗>洗礼盆;
买东西;
(1) Who invented the steam engine? (2) What excuse did he invent this time? (3) Many children invent an imaginary friend.
(1) Modern trains have automatic doors. (2) He drew his automatic and began running in the direction of the sounds... (3) The gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons.
(1) The campaign is designed to increase public awareness of the issues. (2) Levels of waste from the factory may be a danger to public health. (3) Why would the closure of hospitals be in the public interest (= useful to ordinary people) ?
(1) He spent hours throwing a tennis ball against a wall. (2) I spent many hours mindlessly banging a tennis ball against the wall. (3) The impact of the tennis ball really stung his leg.
(1) a letter of complaint (2) a skin complaint (3) (formal)to file/lodge (= make) a complaint
complaint [kəmˈpleɪnt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.靠道座位;靠走廊坐位;
vi.退休;撤退;后退,退却; vt.退休,退隐;使撤退;收回; n.退休;退隐;退兵信号;
食言,不守诺言;违约;自食其言;破约;
n.抱怨,控诉;委屈,怨言;平平的来由;痛苦根源;
(1) He was found desperately trying to untangle several reels of film. (2) The Ministry desperately tried to hush up the whole affair. (3) His gross misman-agement left the company desperately in need of restructuring.
(1) She's a sociable child who'll talk to anyone. (2) I'm not feeling very sociable this evening. (3) We had a very sociable weekend (= we did a lot of things with other people) .
(1) I turned left automatically without thinking. (2) You will automatically get free dental treatment if you are under 18. (3) The heating switches off automatically.
(1) His conscious lie exasperated his teacher to no end. (2) I labored to no end. (3) We went to no end of trouble.
to no end
📢 UK📢 US
无结果,徒劳;
买东西;
n.羞愧;羞辱;可耻的人;羞愧感; vt.使蒙羞;玷辱;使感到羞愧;使相形见绌;
na.根据,按照;据…所说;如;比照;
(1) Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time. (2) Such changes have not been seen since the invention of the printing press. (3) This story is apparently a complete invention.
(1) They attempted in vain to modernise these antiquated industries. (2) If they feel that their action has been in vain, they feel boredom or frustration. (3) All our entreaties were in vain, and he was shot at dawn.