1.spout:n. 1. 噴口2. 水柱v. 1.噴射2. 滔滔不絕
up the spout 在絕境中2. 懷孕的
2.sprint:v. 疾跑
He had tosprint to catch the bus.(他得猛跑一陣才能趕上公共汽車。)
3.spurious:a. 1. 不合邏輯的,謬誤的2. 假的,欺騙性的
There are some spurious lines in this ancient poem, which were added later.(這首詩中有幾行假托的詩句是后人加上去的。)
4.squabble:v. & n. (為瑣事)爭吵,口角
The boys were squabbling about who was the best runner.(孩子們在爭論誰跑得最快。)
5.squash:v. 1. 把…壓扁2. 擠進(jìn)3. 壓制,平息n. 壁球
I sat on my hat and squashed it.(我坐在自己的帽子上, 把它給)壓扁了。
6.squeamish:a. 1.(因胃過敏)易惡心的2. 神經(jīng)質(zhì)的
squeamish about dirty things(對臟東西反胃)
7.squirm:v. 1. 蠕動,扭動2. 羞愧,不舒服
The little boy squirmed with shame.(這個(gè)小男孩因羞愧而局促不安。)
8.staccato:a. & ad. 斷續(xù)的(地)
Her pencil tapped out a staccato rhythm on the desk top.(她用鉛筆斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地敲擊著桌面。)
9.staid:a. (指人、外表、行為、愛好等)古板的,保守的
The locals were a very staid lot.(當(dāng)?shù)鼐用穹浅1J亍#?/p>
10.stalemate:n. (國際象棋中的)僵局,和棋v. 使…陷入僵局
普通詞匯
1.right-wing:a. 右翼的
2.rigid:a. 1. 僵硬的,堅(jiān)挺的2. 嚴(yán)厲的
She was rigid with fear.(她害怕得全身僵住了。)
3.ripple:v. (使)起微波,(使)起漣漪n.1. 細(xì)浪,漣漪2. 水的潺潺聲
The lake rippled gently.(湖面輕輕地泛起漣漪。)
4.rip-roaring:a. 1. 喧鬧的,吵嚷的2. 巨大的
The film was a rip-roaring success. (這部影片極為成功.)
5.ritual:a. 儀式的n. 祭典2. 慣例
Many of the tribe's customs and rituals are as old as the hills.(這部落的許多風(fēng)俗、儀式都極其古老。)
6.robbery:n. 搶奪,剝奪
7.robust:a. 強(qiáng)健的,充滿活力的
That chair's not very robust; don't sit on it.(那把椅子不太結(jié)實(shí), 別坐它了。)
8.rolling-pin:n. 搟面杖
9.rookie:n. 新兵,生手,新來的人
10.rostrum:n. 演講臺