1.slant [slɑ:nt] vt. 使傾斜, 歪曲 vi. 傾斜

We slanted across the river.
我們斜渡過河。

2.dogwood n. 山茱萸

I know my brothers would, with dogwood spraying in hand, Climb the mountain and think of me so far away.
遙知兄弟登高處遍插茱萸少一人。

3.hitch v. (用環、鉤等)套住, 鉤住(某物)

That's a car with a trailer hitched on to it at the back of the road.
路上有一輛背后掛著一輛拖車的汽車。

4.aloof adj. 疏遠的, 冷淡的 adv. 遠離, 離開

The house stands aloof from the streets.
那所房子遠離街道。

5.sleek [sli:k] adj. 光滑的, 井然有序的 v. 使光滑, 梳攏

The cat looked very sleek and well fed.
這只貓毛很光滑, 看來喂得很好。

6.mettlesome adj. <褒>(通常指馬等)精力充沛的，勇猛的

7.slack [slæk] adj. 松弛的, 不流暢的，懶散的

Business is slack just now.
目前生意蕭條不振。

8.sedate [si 'deit] adj. 安靜的, 鎮靜的

Perhaps that's his style,cautious,sedate and methodical.
也許，這就是他的風格，嚴謹、莊重、井井有條。

9.nicety ['naisiti] n. 精密, 正確, 纖細

The manner in which she received him was calculated to a nicety to seem cool without being uncivil.
她接待他時始終準確地把握好分寸, 看似冷淡, 卻不失禮。