New Words and Expressions
messiness
n. 雜亂狀況
messy a.
massive
a. large in scale, amount, or degree 大量的,大規模的
vocabulary
n. 詞匯(量)
snack▲
n. a small meal 快餐,點心
snack bar
快餐柜,小吃店
parade
n. 游行;閱兵隊列
hit parade
a weekly listing of the current best-selling pop records 流行唱片目錄
corrupt▲
vt. cause errors to appear in; cause to act dishonestly in return for personal gains 訛用,使(語言)變得不標準;腐蝕,賄賂
ban
vt. forbid (sth.) officially 禁止,取締
walkman
n. a small cassette player 隨身聽
strictly speaking
嚴格地講
invent
vt. 發明
invention n.
fascinating
a. of great interest or attraction 迷人的,有極大吸引力的
manufacturer
n. 制造商
product
n. 產品
tolerance
n. 容忍,寬容;忍耐
to a (very real, certain, etc.) extent
to the degree specified 在(極大,某種)程度上
necessity
n. 必需品;必要(性)
Anglo-Saxon
n. 盎格魯—薩克遜人
arouse
vt. provoke (a particular feeling or attitude) 喚起,激起
channel
n. 海峽;渠道;頻道
surrender
v. give in 投降
virtually
ad. for the most part, almost 差不多,幾乎
invade
vt. enter with armed forces 侵入,侵略
Celt
n. 凱爾特人
inhabit▲
vt. live in (a place) 居住于
Welsh
a., n. 威爾士語(的),威爾士人的
mystery
n. 神秘的事物
Sanskrit
n. 梵語
resemble
vt. be like or similar to 與…相似
Greek
n. 希臘語
Latin
n. 拉丁語
systematic
a. done according to a system 有系統的
descend
vi. come down (from a source); go down 起源于;下來
linguist
n. a person who studies languages 語言學家
Indo-European
a. 印歐語系的
wolf
n. 狼
scholar
n. 學者
establish
vt. cause to be, set up 建立,確立
drift
vi. move or go somewhere in a slow casual way 漂泊
climate
n. (an area or a region with) a regular pattern of weather conditions 氣候(區)
Germanic
a. 日耳曼(人)的,日耳曼語的,德國(人)的
tribe▲
n. 部落
pass (sth.) on to (sb.)
hand or give (sth.) to (sb.) 將…傳給…
influence
n. 影響
Christianity
n. 基督教
Christian
a. 基督教的
n. 基督教徒
disciple
n. 信徒,門徒
martyr
n. 殉難者,烈士
Norse
n. (古)斯堪的納維亞語
addition
n. a person or thing added 增加的人(或物)
Norman
n., a. 諾曼人(的),諾曼語(的),諾曼文化的
conquer
v. take possession and control by force; defeat 征服
kingly
a. 國王(般)的
royal
a. 國王或女王的;皇家的