1.spring n.泉(a source of supply);春天(the season between winter and summer);
v.跳(to leap or jump up suddenly);出現(to come into being)
聯想記憶:sp+ring(鈴聲)--泉水的叮咚聲就好像是鈴聲--泉
例:His inventions typically spring to life from previous works.
2.sprinkler n.灑水裝置:消防噴嘴(a device for sprinkling water or as part of a fire- extinguishing system installed in a building)
詞根記憶:來自sprinkle(v.灑,噴灑)
例:The gardener set the sprinkler next to the tomato plants.//Sprinklers can be automatically triggered by the presence of a fire.
3.spruce n.云杉
例:spruce budworm云杉蚜蟲
4.spur v.促進,激勵(to stimulate);n.刺激(stimulus)
記:spur的原意是馬刺,為使馬匹快走--促進,激勵
例:Economic recovery of the country spurred its military and cultural expansion.
5.spurious a.假的(false);偽造的(falsified, forged)
詞根記憶:來自spuria(n.偽造的作品)
例:Presently, no objective test for whiplash exists, so it is true that spurious reports of whiplash injuries cannot be readily identified.
派生詞:spuriously( ad.偽造地;虛假地)
6.squash n.南瓜(pumpkin);v.鎮壓(to put down);壓扁(to crush)
聯想記憶:squ+ash(灰)--擠成灰--壓扁
例:The strong man squashed the tin can in his fist.
7.squeak n.吱吱叫 (a sharp shrill cry or sound)
例:Dolphins lack vocal cords, but they do create sounds, producing a complicated system of whistles, squeaks, moans, trills, and clicks with sphincter muscles inside the blowhole.
派生詞:squeaky(a.吱吱響的)
8.squirrel n.松鼠( any of various small or medium-sized rodents);v.貯藏(to store up for future use)
聯想記憶:松鼠( squirrel)在廣場(square)上跑來跑去
例:It was said a squirrel could jump from tree to tree without once touching the ground between New York State and Georgia.
9.stabilize v.使穩定,使堅固(to make stable, steadfast, or firm)
詞根記憶:sta(站)+bilize--站穩了--使穩定
例:The yield of natural gas from Norway's Troll gas field is expected to increase annually until the year 2005 and then to stabilize at six billion cubic feet a day.
派生詞:stabilization(n.穩定,穩定化)
同根詞:static(a.靜態的)
n. 尖銳的聲音 adj. 尖銳的,刺耳的 v. 用尖銳