赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit48

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　　vt.纺纱；说（故事） vi.旋转

　　The plant has a reputation for spinning fine wool yarn¹.

　　这座工厂织的细致羊毛线相当有名。

　　The sailor spun² a story about his trip to Egypt.

　　这位水手叙述他到埃及的冒险故事。

　　The dancer spun around and around but never fell over.

　　这名舞者不停地转圈，却不会摔倒。

　　romantic

　　a.不切实际的；浪漫的 n.浪漫主义者

　　Many girls have romantic ideas about becoming a model.

　　关于做模特儿，许多女孩都有不切实际的想法。

　　swear

　　vt.发誓 vi.说脏话

　　I swear to God that I didn't take your pen!

　　我对天发誓我没拿你的笔！

　　Don't swear in front of the children.

　　不要在孩子面前说脏话。

　　Mr. Johnson was sworn in as mayor of the city yesterday.

　　强森先生昨天宣誓就任市长。

　　fan

　　n.电扇；迷

　　Turn on the fan. It is so hot in here.

　　把电扇打开。这里面好热。

　　The fans cheered the moment the singer walked onto the stage.

　　那名歌手一走上舞台，歌迷们就开始欢呼。

　　striking

　　a.明显的，醒目的

　　There is a striking difference between John and Peter in terms of personality. The former is extroverted³, whereas the latter is introverted.

　　就个性而言，约翰和彼得很明显不一样。前者外向，后者则内向。

　　parade

　　vi. n.游行

　　Those soldiers were parading in front of the presidential palace.=Those soldiers were on parade in front of the presidential palace.

　　那些士兵正在总统府前列队游行。

　　march

　　vi.前进 n.行军，行进，游行

　　Thousands of demonstrators marched toward City Hall at 2:00 yesterday afternoon.

　　昨天下午两点，数千名示威者往市政府方向前进。

　　The troops were on a long march into the mountains.

　　部队往深山长途行军。

　　kettle

　　n.(煮开水用的大）水壶

　　You call him a fatty, but you're not exactly slim yourself. That's like the pot calling the kettle black.

　　你叫他小胖，但你自己也没多瘦。那不过是五十步笑百步。

　　cigarette

　　n.香烟

　　Please put out your cigarette, sir. This is a non-smoking area.

　　先生，请把香烟熄掉。这里是禁烟区。

　　I got addicted⁴ to cigarettes while I was in college.

　　我念大学时染上烟瘾。

　　tobacco

　　n.烟草

　　The nicotine⁵ in tobacco is an addictive⁶ and harmful substance.

　　烟草内的尼古丁是种会使人上瘾且有害的物质。

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