剑桥雅思词汇精选K

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1.keen

By comparison, the bottlenose dolphin has extremely keen vision in water.

I’m not very keen on westerns, although my father likes them.

2.kidnap

Two businessmen have been kidnapped by terrorists.

3.kidney

In addition to being responsible for more than 85% of lung cancers, smoking is associated with cancers of, amongst others, the mouth, stomach and kidneys.

4.kilogram

But the heaviest shark caught in Australia was a White Point — that weighed seven hundred and ninety-five kilograms — quite a size!

5.kilometer

It appears that the sediment-free water emerging from the Aswan dams picks up silt¹ and sand as it erodes² the river bed and banks on the 800-kilometer trip to Cairo.

6.kingdom

While this includes complex kingdoms, as in Africa, and ancient empires, such as those of the Americas, the primary focus of attention in the twentieth century has been on small-scale societies.

7.kit³

Small loans are provided initially⁴ for purchasing fixed⁵ assets such as bicycles, shoe shine kits⁶ and basic building materials for a market stall.

8.kitchen

There’s living and working space, a kitchen with a huge food store, a small hospital and a well-equipped gym to ensure everyone keeps fit in their spare time.

9.kneel

Everyone in church knelt in prayer.

10.knowledge

Once ever the age of three, children continue to expand on existing knowledge of the world.

1 silt   

n.淤泥，淤沙，粉砂层，泥沙层；vt.使淤塞；vi.被淤塞

参考例句：

• The lake was almost solid with silt and vegetation.湖里几乎快被淤泥和植物填满了。
• During the annual floods the river deposits its silt on the fields.每年河水泛滥时都会在田野上沉积一层淤泥。

2 erodes   

侵蚀，腐蚀( erode的第三人称单数 )； 逐渐毁坏，削弱，损害

参考例句：

• The sea erodes the rock. 海水侵蚀岩石。
• The sea erodes the land. 海洋侵蚀陆地。

3 kit   

n.用具包，成套工具；随身携带物

参考例句：

• The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
• The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。

4 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

5 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

6 kits   

衣物和装备( kit的名词复数 )； 成套用品； 配套元件

参考例句：

• Keep your kits closed and locked when not in use. 不用的话把你的装备都锁好放好。
• Gifts Articles, Toy and Games, Wooden Toys, Puzzles, Craft Kits. 采购产品礼品，玩具和游戏，木制的玩具，智力玩具，手艺装备。