1.tumultuous adj.喧嘩的,騷動的,激動的
The political conversation was very tumultuous; but the senator, by his speech, cast oil on the troubled water.
那場政治會談的氣氛非常激烈, 但這位參議員的發(fā)言使氣氛和緩下來。
2.extinguish v. 熄減, 消減, 償清
We have to extinguish the memory of the defeat.
我們必須抹去對那次失敗的記憶。
3.subside vi. 沉沒,平息
He waited until the applause had subsided.
他一直等到掌聲平息后才繼續(xù)下去。
4.rapturous adj. 著迷的, 狂喜的
Her new novel was greeted by reviewers with rapturous applause.
她的新小說備受書評家推崇.
5.bonbon n. 棒棒糖, 夾心糖
He likes to eat bonbon very much.
他非常喜歡吃糖果。