alloy
n.合金
An alloy is often harder, lighter, and stronger than the pure metals of which it is composed.
合金通常較其成分金屬要硬，輕和牢固。
blackout
n.燈火管制
The streets were not lighted at night during the blackout.
在燈火管制的夜里，街道上不能開燈。
cater
v.備辦食物
Who is supposed to cater for your daughter's wedding next week?
誰要為你女兒下周的婚禮承辦酒席？
cram
v.倉促用功；準備考試；填塞；塞人
He is cramming facts and dates for his history examination to morrow.
為了明天歷史課的考試，他正在倉促地記誦史實和日期。
He crammed as many candy bars into his pockets as they would hold.
他盡量多把棒棒糖塞進口袋，到裝不下為止。
fleece
v.騙取；詐欺
If you paid $200 for the watch, you were fleeced. I saw it in a department store for $ 70.
假若你以兩百美元買了那只表，那么你就被騙了，我看到它在某個百貨公司只賣了七十元。
habitat
n.(支植物的)產地；棲息地
The jungle is the natural habitat of wild animals and plants.
叢林是野生動物和植物的棲息地。
locksmith
n.鎖匠
I lost my key to the door, and I went to the locksmith to get a new one.
我掉了開門的鑰匙，于是就到鎖匠那兒去配了一個新的。
pant
v.喘息
He panted excitedly giving us the news he had just heard it.
他氣喘如牛，興奮地告訴我們他剛剛聽到的事。
rickety
adj.搖搖欲倒的
Don't use that old cart; it's rickety.
不要用那破馬車，因為它搖搖晃晃的。
stigmatize
v.描繪；敘述的（不名譽的人或行動）
He has been stigmatized as a coward and liar.
他被描述成一個懦夫和說謊者。
unquenchable
adj.難抑制的；不能鎮壓的
Having been in the desert without water for two days, his thirst was unquenchable.
他已經在沙漠中沒水地待了兩天，口渴極了。
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astronaut
n.太空人
The astronauts of the United States are returning to the earth from the moon.
美國太空人正由月球返回地球。
bequeath
n.遺贈；遺留
One age bequeaths its knowledge to the next.
一代將其知識遺留給下一代。
census
n.人口調查；戶口調查
In the United States there is a census every ten years.
在美國每十年有一次人口調查。
crusade
n.宗教上的圣戰；反對某事的運動
Everyone of the city was asked to join the crusade for better housing.
城市中每個人都被要求去參加這個改善住房的活動。
ford
n.涉水
The stream was to deep that we could not ford it.
河水太深了，以致于我們無法涉水而過。
hover
n.守在近旁
The dog hovers around the kitchen door every mealtime.
每到吃飯的時間，那只狗就守在廚房門邊。
masquerade
n.化裝舞會；喬裝；偽裝
They were all dressed up to attend the masquerade.
他們都盛裝去參加那個化裝舞會。
He got a free ticket to the play by masquerading as a friend of the actors.
他偽裝成演員們的朋友而得到一張免費的戲票。
phoenix
n.長生鳥
The phoenix is believed to live for 500 years and then burn itself and be born again from the ashes.
長生鳥被認為能活五百年，然后就燃燒自己，再由灰燼中誕生。
rye
n.裸麥；黑麥
Some people prefer the dark bread made from rye to the white bread made from wheat.
有些人喜歡黑麥做的黑面包，而不喜允小麥做的白面包。
stunt
n.驚人的技藝；引人注意的行動
In the film he jumps off a running car and performs other dangerous stunts.
在電影中他跳下正在跑動的汽車，并表演了其他危險驚人的絕技。
versus
prep.對
The most exciting game in hockey, was Havard versus Yale.
最刺激的一場曲棍球賽是哈佛對耶魯的這一場。
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artillery
n.大炮
Above all the artillery was the deciding factor in the battle.
在戰爭中大炮是最重要的決定因素。
bounty
n.施與
In the early days of the West many states paid a bounty for captured criminals.
早期西方許多國家會施與被俘的罪犯一筆錢。
clench
n.緊握
When he got a shot against typhus, the child clenched his teeth in pain.
當那小孩子接受傷寒預防注射時，痛苦得緊咬著牙。
dirk
n.短劍；匕首
I saw a burglar, with a dirk in his bank, getting into the room where she was sleeping.
我看見一個小偷手中拿著匕首，進入她正在睡覺的房間。
gallows
n.絞刑
The murderer entreated the judge for mercy, but was sentenced to the gallows.
那個殺人兇手懇求法官寬恕，但被判處絞刑。
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.
我的牛排雖然美味，但多半是肥的和骨頭，大部分都不能吃。
morale
n.民心；士氣
The morale of the football team was very low after its defeat.
比賽失敗后，這支足球隊的士氣非常低落。
prone
adj.易于……的；斜倚的
We are more prone to make mistakes when we are tired.
當我們疲倦的時候較容易犯錯。
We fell prone on the ground and drank water from the spring.
我們斜倒在地面上喝泉水。
scuttle
n.疾走
The robbers grasped the peril of their position and scuttled away.
搶劫者知道他們處境的危險，于是很快的逃走了。
tack
n.大頭釘
The carpet was fastened to the floor with tacks.
地毯被用大頭針釘固定在地板上。
ward
n.被監護者
After his parent's death, the court made him a ward of him aunt.
他雙親過世后，法院讓他的姑媽當監護人。
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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個村莊，很少人活下來。
briefcase
n.公事包
I was so in a hurry that I left my briefcase at home.
我太匆忙了，以致于將公事包留在家里。
commodious
adj.寬敞的
The apartment is not commodious enough for his family to live in.
這公寓不夠寬敞，無法住下我們全家。
dynasty
n.王朝
The Bourbon dynasty ruled France for more than two hundred years.
波旁王朝統治法國超過兩百年。
gibberish
n.亂語
After he got out of the bar, he suddenly began to yell drunken gibberish on the sidewalk.
他走出酒館后，突然在人行道上開始大聲喊著醉話。
invoke
n.懇求；祈求
I invoked is forgiveness many times, but failed to move him.
我好幾次請求他的原諒，但一點也無法打動他。
myriad
n.巨數；一萬
There are myriads of stars in the sky at night; we cannot count them.
夜里天上有無數星星，我們無法計算。
quarry
n.采石場
Thousands of men and women are working in the quarry to get stones for use in building the castle.
數以千計的男人和女人們在采石場掘取筑城堡用的石頭。
slum
n.貧民區
Poverty and disease are common in the slums.
在貧民區里，貧困和疾病是很普遍的。
tinkle
n.使發叮當聲
He tinkled his coins together in his pocket.
他使口袋中的硬幣碰在一起發出叮當聲。
whirlpool
n.漩渦
The swimmer caught in the whirlpool struggled to keep from drowning.
被卷進漩渦的游泳者，掙扎著以免溺水。
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blockade
n.封鎖
We ended our blockade of the enemy's port when peace was established.
當和平建立時，我們結束對敵人港口的封鎖。
burrow
n.動物所拙掘地之洞；洞穴
The fox likes to live in a burrow; it's warm in winter and cool in summer.
狐貍喜歡住在冬暖夏涼的洞穴里。
corollary
n.自然之結果
Destruction and suffering are corollaries of war.
破壞和苦難是戰爭的自然結果。
fawn
v.巴結；奉承
Many flattering relatives fawned on the rich old man.
許多好諂媚的親戚來巴結那個富有的老人。
grope
n.摸索
He groped for the light switch in thd dark basement.
在黑暗的地下室中，他摸索著電燈的開關。
latch
n.門鎖
He turned the latch of the door and opened it so gently.
他轉動門鎖輕輕地把門打開。
nostalgia
n.鄉愁；思鄉病
The soldiers were filled with nostalgia by hearing my old favorite song.
士兵們聽了我喜歡的老歌后，心中充滿了鄉愁。
resound
n.(使)再響；高聲響
The noise of the hunting horn resounded through the forest.
打獵的號角聲響徹森林。
splinter
n.碎裂；碎片
The fireman splintered the locked door with an ax to save the boy in the room.
消防隊員用斧頭將緊鎖的門劈開，以解救房里的小孩。
No one in the plane survived the crash; it crashed down into splinters.
在空難事件中沒有一個人活存，因為飛機墜毀成碎片。
truce
n.休戰；停戰
A truce was declared at Christmas between the two armies.
在圣誕節當天雙方軍隊宣布停戰。
vernacular
n.本國語；土語
There is not a single grammar book on the vernacular of this African tribe.
這些非洲部落的土語是沒有語法的。