常见英语单词的生僻意义

常见英语单词的生僻意义（供英语学习者查漏补缺）

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Abide

忍耐

I can

’

t abide that man.

居住

Abide with me.

Ablaze

着火

=on fire

The world center was ablaze soon.

Abrupt

唐突地

One should feel ashamed of one

’

s abrupt manner.

Accent

重音、重音符

Accessory

帮凶

Acid

尖刻的

You should not say with that acid tone.

Adequate

可以胜任的

I hope you will prove adequate for the job.

Advanced

晚期的

An advanced stage of illness.

Affect

假装

He used to affect a foreign accent.

Agreeable

容易相处的

He is an agreeable young man.

Air

气派，风度，样子

His uniform gives him an air of importance.

Alibi

借口

Don

’

t take it as an alibi for your being late.

Alien

不同的

Her accent is alien from the Beijing dialect.

Allow

允许进入

They won

’

t allow dogs in the house.

Ancestor

原型

The ancestor of modern bicycle.

Apology

勉强的替代

It is a sad apology for a hat.

Apparent

表面上的（很可能是假的）

He did well in his exams, despite his apparent lack of interest in his work.

Appropriate

拨款

Congress appropriated 5 million for international women

’

s year.

Argue

证明

The statements argues a change of attitude by the management.

Arrival

到达者

He was the last arrival.

Artificial

假装的

An artificial smile.

Aspect

朝向

A south-facing aspect.

Automatic

必然发生的

Littering results in an automatic fine.

B

Baby

有孩子气的人

Don

’

t be such a baby.

Back

(

书或报纸之）末尾

There is a lot of useful info at the back of the dictionary.

下赌注于

Jane backed the winner and won 5 dollars.

Backwards

Know sth backwards

透彻了解

I

’

ve always been over it so many times that I know it backwards.

Bag

无意中顺手拿走

He

’

s bagged my pencil.

Bald

无遮掩的；直率的

It

’

s a bald lie. A bald statement.

Balloon

像气球一样变大或变圆

His cheeks ballooned as he got fatter and fatter.

Banish

试着忘却

They tried to banish the memory from their minds.

Bankrupt

使破产

His generosity bankrupted him.

Bar

把

...

关在里面或外面

She barred him out of her room.

Barren

不育的

The woman was barren.

无效果的

It is useless to continue such a barren argument.

Basis

主要成分

The basis of this drink is orange juice.

Bay

（建筑物之间）隔间

In the library, the books on history are all kept in one bay.

Beauty

美人；美丽的东西

She was a beauty in her day.

That flower is really a beauty.

Bed

Flower beds

花圃

Behave

(

机器）运作

It can behave either as an acid or as a salt.

Bench

工作台

A carpenter

’

s bench

Beside

和

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相比

This years sales figures don

’

t look very good beside last year

’

s results.

Bias

偏爱

Her scientific bias showed itself in early childhood.

Blank

无表情的

Zoe looked at me with a blank expression.

Blunder

跌跌撞撞

Mr ford blundered through a dark forest.

Board

伙食

How much is bed and board?

Body

浓郁

A small amount of tomato paste will give extra color and body to the sauce.

Boil

疖子

The boy

’

s body is covered in boils.

Bone

去骨

Will you bone this joint of meat for me?

Bore

讨厌的事或人

Waiting is a bore.

Brave

（勇敢的）面对

More than 100 people braved the elements and attended the rally.

Breach

不合，隔阂

She wanted to help heal the breach between them.

Breeze

非常容易的事（非正式）

Don

’

t think that learning Dutch will be a breeze.

Brick

积木（英式）

Bypass

绕过某人

Francis bypassed his manager and wrote straight to the director.

C

Cage

把

...

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The little bird was caged.

Callow

少不经事的

A callow youth

Cashier

革职

The corrupted official was cashiered.

Cast

铸造

Statue of a horse cast in bronze.

Catch

钩住

A nail caught my skirt.

圈套

This deal looks too good to be true-there must be a catch somewhere.

Ceremony

礼节

The queen was crowned with due ceremony.

Charter

特许状

The town

’

s charter was granted in 1838.

Cheap

小气的

She

’

s too cheap to take a cab.

Check

制止

The police are failing to take adequate measures to check the growth in Crime.

Chicken

胆小鬼

Don

’

t be such a chicken!