Lesson 44
第44課
lumber
n.木材
The forest provides lumber, habitat and freshwater and it sequesters vast amounts of carbon.
森林可以提供木材、動物棲息地和淡水,還能儲備大量的碳。
owl
n.貓頭鷹
Most owls hunt at night and live on small animals.
大多數貓頭鷹夜間獵食,并以小動物為食。
pot
n.瓶,壺
He brewed a pot of tea for us.
他為我們泡了一壺茶。
spot
n.地點
They are building their house at a beautiful spot.
他們在一個優美的地點建造他們的房子。
volume
n.容積
When egg whites are beaten they can rise to seven or eight times their original volume.
打過的蛋清,體積可以漲到原來的七八倍。
conscience
n.是非之心,良心
Jean's got no conscience; she’s stealing anything from anybody.
簡沒有是非之心,她會從任何人身上偷走任何東西
inhabit
v.居住
Actually, don’t. And by ‘world’, I mean the physical world we inhabit, not the self-created one inside our head.
說到“世界”,我指的是我們居住的有形世界,并非那個在我們頭腦中自我想象的世界。
spare
adj.空暇的
Reading engages his spare time.
閱讀占用了他的空閑時間。
courage
n.勇氣
Courage is the ability to control fear, not the absence of fear.
勇氣是指克制恐懼的能力,而非全然無懼。
Paragraph
n.(文章的)段,節
A new paragraph always begins on a new line.
新的一段總是換行開始。
clear,clair
置于詞根前表示“清楚,明白”
clairaudient
有超人聽力的(clair+audient 有超人聽力的)
clairvoyance
透視;洞察力(clair+voyance 透視;洞察力)
clearance
清算;清除(clear+ance 清算;清除)