音标:[brәu'midik] ;
a. 陈腐的, 无聊的
a. given to uttering bromides
s. dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality

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学英语单词
altimeter antenna
applied relief
arbitrarily-sectioned file
arrest
asymmetrical response
auriculo-ventricular aperture (or auriculo-ventricular opening)
Bacillus vermiculosus
be a dab hand in
biotechniqe
bistable generator
blocking capacity
Bochoumanga
brotherella herbacea
cader fronwen
can't stick
carbona
check float
cleft tongue
clorida japonica
composite power plant
counterthreat
customer controller
data collection and analysis
eccentric segment
eifelite
electron bombardment secondary electron image
empty spare bag
excitation transformer
flat measures
flat-straight blade pole
fortymile
four-element grid
froze up
fuel contract
glycolytic cycle
go on vacation
great horn owl
heat-seeking missiles
held the fort
Hongseong
human hair stump
human zoo
hyperbolic singularity
i-gerd
ICDL
independent self
interacting computation
intrinsic ash
inverted field pulse
King's servants
kodai
L.Lat.
Ladyzhynka
liquid polishing agent
locating acupoint by bone-length
lozenge riveting
Magnolia sinostellata
malonyltransferases
microinch finishing
mini-moto
mover and shakers
multi focus
Myliobatis
nextstep
normal hottest month
ordinary rate of profit
pairment
palpably
parking offences
parmigianas
partizans
pentabromodiphenyl oxide
pj's
point-and-groove suspension
portfolio analysis
precast concrete members
promote the sale of products
pumped hydroelectric storage
recurrent magnetic storm
run on
salad servers
Saldanha Bay
sanos
scroot
sea tangles
side chock
specific water absorption
stiltify
sulphide corrosion
Tanaecium
tape magnetization
telerecorder
theory of point sets
Thornhurst
varletess
vertical stabilising fin
Voltairism
washington memorial
with ... tongue in ... cheek
WP (water pump)
Zhangjiang