1.timber n.木材,木料(wood suitable for building or for carpentry)
聯想記憶:timb(看作time時間)+er--樹苗需要很長時間才能成材
例:cut timber伐木//Ancient settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without timber and nails.
2.tissue n.紙巾(soft paper);【生】組織(形態上相似的細胞和相關的細胞間物質的集合,如:肌肉組織)(an aggregate of cells, usually of a particular kind together with their intercellular substance that form one of the structural materials of a plant or an animal)
例:Animals acquire carotenoids(類胡蘿卜素)in many ways and then store them in a variety of tissues.
3.toll n.過路(橋)費(money paid for the use of a road, bridge, etc.);傷亡人數,損失(loss or damage caused by sth.);v.(緩慢而有規律地)敲(to sound with slow measured strokes)
發音記憶:“痛”--受傷了,所以痛--傷亡人數
例:Whenever bridge tolls are increased, the authority must pay a private contractor to adjust the automated toll-collecting machines.
派生詞:toller(n.敲鐘人;征收通行稅的人)
4.tortoise n.烏龜,龜(turtle)
例:Researchers hypothesize that granitic soil is the ideal construction material for the desert tortoise.
5.toxic a.有毒的(poisonous)
詞根記憶:tox(毒)+ic--有毒的
例:Among birds, social learning helps them avoid toxic substances.
派生詞:nontoxic(a.無毒的);toxicity(n.毒性);toxication (n.中毒)
同根詞:detoxify(v.解毒)
6.toxin n.毒素,毒質(a poisonous substance)
例:Wood smoke contains dangerous toxins that cause changes in human cells.
7.tract n.一片(土地)(an indefinite stretch of land);【解】管道(a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some functions)
例:The erosion of valuable topsoil will reduce the crop yield of a tract of land.//a vocal tract聲道
8.tragedy n.慘事(misfortune);災難(calamity)
例:It was a tragedy that we lost the game in the last minute.
9.trait n.特征( characteristic);特性(a distinguishing quality)
聯想記憶:要根據每位隊員的特點(trait)進行訓練(train)
例:Special genetic traits can easily be introduced into plant strains with the use of the new techniques.//personality trait個性品質
n. 災難,不幸事件