truculent
【考法 1】 adj. 尖酸刻薄的: marked by harsh insulting language
【例】 a theater critic who was notorious for his titanically truculent reviews 一個以超大量尖酸刻薄言論著稱的話劇評論家
【近】 contumelious, invective, opprobrious, scurrilous, vitriolic, vituperative
【考法 2】 adj. 好戰的: feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
【例】 in an aggressively truculent manner 以好戰的,進攻性的方式
【近】 belligerent, bellicose, combative, militant, aggressive, feisty
【反】 nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, uncombative, uncontentious 好和平的
trudge
【考法 1】 vi. 吃力而笨拙地走: to move heavily or clumsily
【例】 trudge over hill 翻山越嶺
【近】 plod, lug, slog, flounder
【反】 breeze, glide, slide, waltz, whisk, flit 快速通過
trumpet
【考法 1】 v. 大聲說出或宣告: to make known openly or publicly
【例】 The losing party lost no time in trumpeting allegations of election fraud. 落敗的政黨馬不停蹄地開始公開宣稱選舉存在作假。
【近】 advertise, annunciate, blare, broadcast, declare, proclaim, promulgate, release, give out
truncate
【考法 1】 v. 截短(時間,程度): to shorten by or as if by cutting off
【例】 a truncated version of the 11 o'clock newscast followed the awards show, which ran over its time slot 頒獎典禮之后縮短版的 11 點新聞節目,已經超出了預定時長
【近】 abbreviate, abridge, curtail, retrench
【反】 elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract 延長
truss
【考法 1】 v. 系緊,扎緊: to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord
【例】 After stuffing the turkey, the chef quickly trussed it so the forcemeat wouldn't fall out during roasting. 把填料塞進火雞后,大廚迅速把它扎緊防止在烘烤過程中肉餡掉出來。
【近】 band, bind
【反】 unbind, untie 解開
tumult
【考法 1】 n. 騷動,暴動: a disorderly commotion or disturbance, a riot
【例】 His mind was in a tumult. 他心煩意亂。
【近】 disorder, disturbance, commotion, convulsion, ferment, turmoil, pandemonium, uproar
【反】 quietude, quiescence, serenity, tranquility 安靜
turbid
【考法 1】 adj. 混濁的: deficient in clarity or purity
【例】 a turbid stream 一條混濁的河
【近】 muddy, murky, obscure
【反】 clear , limpid, lucid, pellucid, , crystalline 清澈的
turbulent
【考法 1】 adj. 動蕩的: marked by sudden or violent disturbance
【例】 a turbulent period in history 歷史上動蕩時期
【近】 cataclysmal, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous
【考法 2】 adj. 湍急的,洶涌的: marked by turmoil or disturbance especially of natural elements
【例】 the turbulent rapids of the river were certainly daunting to those of us who were new to river rafting 湍急的流水必定讓那些初玩漂流的人們嚇得不輕
【近】 rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous
turgid
【考法 1】 adj. 浮夸的,過分裝飾的: excessively embellished in style or language
【例】 turgid prose 浮華的散文
【近】 flatulent, bombastic, pompous
【反】 simple, austere, unadorned, undecorated, unembellished 簡樸的
turmoil
【考法 1】 n. 騷動,混亂: a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion
【例】 My mind is in a turmoil. 我心里很亂。
【近】 commotion, agitation, tumult, turbulence, disorder, ferment, clamor
【反】 calm, ease, peace, peacefulness, quiet, tranquility, silence, serenity 安靜
adj. 傲慢的,自大的,浮華的