1.updraft n. 上升气流(an upward movement of gas(as air)
词根记忆:up(向上)+draft(排水,排气)--向上排气--上升气流
2.upheaval n.大变动(radical change)
词根记忆:来自upheave(v.举起,鼓起)
例:social upheaval社会大变动
3.upholstered a.装软垫的( to be furnished with or as if with upholstery)
例:upholstered chairs软椅
4.upstate a.在州北部的(be in the northern sections of a state)
词根记忆:up(上)+state(州)--地图上位于州上方的--州北部的
例:upstate New York纽约州北部地区
5.upstream ad.向上游 a.位于上游的(in the direction opposite to the flow of a stream)
例:The distribution of water allocations for irrigation is to prevent farms upstream from using water needed by farms downstream.
6.upsurge n.急剧上升(a rapid rise)
词根记忆:up(向上)+surge(波动)--向上波动--急剧上升
例:What accounts for this upsurge in unionization among clerical workers?
7.urbanization n.都市化(the quality or state of being urbanized or the process of becoming urbanized)
词根记忆:来自urbanize(v.使都市化)
例:The populations of these cantons shared similar views because urbanization furthered the diffusion of ideas among them.
8.urbanize v.使…都市化(to cause to take on urban characteristics)
词根记忆:urban(都市)+ize(…化)--使…都市化
例:The influx of new businesses urbanized the small town.
例:urbanization(n.都市化)
9.urchin n.海胆(any of numerous echinoderms that are usually enclosed in thin brittle globular tests covered with movable s pines)
例:sea urchin 海胆
n. 特性,特征;特质;特色(characteristi