alloy
n.合金
An alloy is often harder, lighter, and stronger than the pure metals of which it is composed.
合金通常较其成分金属要硬，轻和牢固。
blackout
n.灯火管制
The streets were not lighted at night during the blackout.
在灯火管制的夜里，街道上不能开灯。
cater
v.备办食物
Who is supposed to cater for your daughter's wedding next week?
谁要为你女儿下周的婚礼承办酒席？
cram
v.仓促用功；准备考试；填塞；塞人
He is cramming facts and dates for his history examination to morrow.
为了明天历史课的考试，他正在仓促地记诵史实和日期。
He crammed as many candy bars into his pockets as they would hold.
他尽量多把棒棒糖塞进口袋，到装不下为止。
fleece
v.骗取；诈欺
If you paid $200 for the watch, you were fleeced. I saw it in a department store for $ 70.
假若你以两百美元买了那只表，那么你就被骗了，我看到它在某个百货公司只卖了七十元。
habitat
n.(支植物的)产地；栖息地
The jungle is the natural habitat of wild animals and plants.
丛林是野生动物和植物的栖息地。
locksmith
n.锁匠
I lost my key to the door, and I went to the locksmith to get a new one.
我掉了开门的钥匙，于是就到锁匠那儿去配了一个新的。
pant
v.喘息
He panted excitedly giving us the news he had just heard it.
他气喘如牛，兴奋地告诉我们他刚刚听到的事。
rickety
adj.摇摇欲倒的
Don't use that old cart; it's rickety.
不要用那破马车，因为它摇摇晃晃的。
stigmatize
v.描绘；叙述的（不名誉的人或行动）
He has been stigmatized as a coward and liar.
他被描述成一个懦夫和说谎者。
unquenchable
adj.难抑制的；不能镇压的
Having been in the desert without water for two days, his thirst was unquenchable.
他已经在沙漠中没水地待了两天，口渴极了。
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astronaut
n.太空人
The astronauts of the United States are returning to the earth from the moon.
美国太空人正由月球返回地球。
bequeath
n.遗赠；遗留
One age bequeaths its knowledge to the next.
一代将其知识遗留给下一代。
census
n.人口调查；户口调查
In the United States there is a census every ten years.
在美国每十年有一次人口调查。
crusade
n.宗教上的圣战；反对某事的运动
Everyone of the city was asked to join the crusade for better housing.
城市中每个人都被要求去参加这个改善住房的活动。
ford
n.涉水
The stream was to deep that we could not ford it.
河水太深了，以致于我们无法涉水而过。
hover
n.守在近旁
The dog hovers around the kitchen door every mealtime.
每到吃饭的时间，那只狗就守在厨房门边。
masquerade
n.化装舞会；乔装；伪装
They were all dressed up to attend the masquerade.
他们都盛装去参加那个化装舞会。
He got a free ticket to the play by masquerading as a friend of the actors.
他伪装成演员们的朋友而得到一张免费的戏票。
phoenix
n.长生鸟
The phoenix is believed to live for 500 years and then burn itself and be born again from the ashes.
长生鸟被认为能活五百年，然后就燃烧自己，再由灰烬中诞生。
rye
n.裸麦；黑麦
Some people prefer the dark bread made from rye to the white bread made from wheat.
有些人喜欢黑麦做的黑面包，而不喜允小麦做的白面包。
stunt
n.惊人的技艺；引人注意的行动
In the film he jumps off a running car and performs other dangerous stunts.
在电影中他跳下正在跑动的汽车，并表演了其他危险惊人的绝技。
versus
prep.对
The most exciting game in hockey, was Havard versus Yale.
最刺激的一场曲棍球赛是哈佛对耶鲁的这一场。
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artillery
n.大炮
Above all the artillery was the deciding factor in the battle.
在战争中大炮是最重要的决定因素。
bounty
n.施与
In the early days of the West many states paid a bounty for captured criminals.
早期西方许多国家会施与被俘的罪犯一笔钱。
clench
n.紧握
When he got a shot against typhus, the child clenched his teeth in pain.
当那小孩子接受伤寒预防注射时，痛苦得紧咬着牙。
dirk
n.短剑；匕首
I saw a burglar, with a dirk in his bank, getting into the room where she was sleeping.
我看见一个小偷手中拿着匕首，进入她正在睡觉的房间。
gallows
n.绞刑
The murderer entreated the judge for mercy, but was sentenced to the gallows.
那个杀人凶手恳求法官宽恕，但被判处绞刑。
inedible
adj.不可食的；不宜食用的
My steak, though delicious, was mostly fat and hones. Most of it was inedible.
我的牛排虽然美味，但多半是肥的和骨头，大部分都不能吃。
morale
n.民心；士气
The morale of the football team was very low after its defeat.
比赛失败后，这支足球队的士气非常低落。
prone
adj.易于……的；斜倚的
We are more prone to make mistakes when we are tired.
当我们疲倦的时候较容易犯错。
We fell prone on the ground and drank water from the spring.
我们斜倒在地面上喝泉水。
scuttle
n.疾走
The robbers grasped the peril of their position and scuttled away.
抢劫者知道他们处境的危险，于是很快的逃走了。
tack
n.大头钉
The carpet was fastened to the floor with tacks.
地毯被用大头针钉固定在地板上。
ward
n.被监护者
After his parent's death, the court made him a ward of him aunt.
他双亲过世后，法院让他的姑妈当监护人。
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avalanche
n.雪崩
The terrible avalanche buried the whole village, and very few people survived it.
可怕的雪崩埋住了整个村庄，很少人活下来。
briefcase
n.公事包
I was so in a hurry that I left my briefcase at home.
我太匆忙了，以致于将公事包留在家里。
commodious
adj.宽敞的
The apartment is not commodious enough for his family to live in.
这公寓不够宽敞，无法住下我们全家。
dynasty
n.王朝
The Bourbon dynasty ruled France for more than two hundred years.
波旁王朝统治法国超过两百年。
gibberish
n.乱语
After he got out of the bar, he suddenly began to yell drunken gibberish on the sidewalk.
他走出酒馆后，突然在人行道上开始大声喊着醉话。
invoke
n.恳求；祈求
I invoked is forgiveness many times, but failed to move him.
我好几次请求他的原谅，但一点也无法打动他。
myriad
n.巨数；一万
There are myriads of stars in the sky at night; we cannot count them.
夜里天上有无数星星，我们无法计算。
quarry
n.采石场
Thousands of men and women are working in the quarry to get stones for use in building the castle.
数以千计的男人和女人们在采石场掘取筑城堡用的石头。
slum
n.贫民区
Poverty and disease are common in the slums.
在贫民区里，贫困和疾病是很普遍的。
tinkle
n.使发叮当声
He tinkled his coins together in his pocket.
他使口袋中的硬币碰在一起发出叮当声。
whirlpool
n.漩涡
The swimmer caught in the whirlpool struggled to keep from drowning.
被卷进漩涡的游泳者，挣扎着以免溺水。
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blockade
n.封锁
We ended our blockade of the enemy's port when peace was established.
当和平建立时，我们结束对敌人港口的封锁。
burrow
n.动物所拙掘地之洞；洞穴
The fox likes to live in a burrow; it's warm in winter and cool in summer.
狐狸喜欢住在冬暖夏凉的洞穴里。
corollary
n.自然之结果
Destruction and suffering are corollaries of war.
破坏和苦难是战争的自然结果。
fawn
v.巴结；奉承
Many flattering relatives fawned on the rich old man.
许多好谄媚的亲戚来巴结那个富有的老人。
grope
n.摸索
He groped for the light switch in thd dark basement.
在黑暗的地下室中，他摸索着电灯的开关。
latch
n.门锁
He turned the latch of the door and opened it so gently.
他转动门锁轻轻地把门打开。
nostalgia
n.乡愁；思乡病
The soldiers were filled with nostalgia by hearing my old favorite song.
士兵们听了我喜欢的老歌后，心中充满了乡愁。
resound
n.(使)再响；高声响
The noise of the hunting horn resounded through the forest.
打猎的号角声响彻森林。
splinter
n.碎裂；碎片
The fireman splintered the locked door with an ax to save the boy in the room.
消防队员用斧头将紧锁的门劈开，以解救房里的小孩。
No one in the plane survived the crash; it crashed down into splinters.
在空难事件中没有一个人活存，因为飞机坠毁成碎片。
truce
n.休战；停战
A truce was declared at Christmas between the two armies.
在圣诞节当天双方军队宣布停战。
vernacular
n.本国语；土语
There is not a single grammar book on the vernacular of this African tribe.
这些非洲部落的土语是没有语法的。