美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-01
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1. Police arrest seven more people in southern England in connection with the failed July 21st London transit 1 bombings.
2. NASA scrambles 2 to see if material dangling 3 from Discovery's belly 4 may endanger the space shuttle during re-entry.
3. Israel threatens a massive ground operation if Palestinian militants 5 fire on Israeli soldiers and settlers during the Gaza Strip pullout.
4. Authorities in India warn residents to stay at home after new monsoon 6 rains pound Bombay and the surrounding region.
5. And a decommissioned Australian navy ship sinks to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean after it's scuttle 7d with explosives.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. dangle 9 :V-ERG;dangle,dangles 10,dangling,dangled 11
If something dangles from somewhere or if you dangle it somewhere, it hangs or swings loosely.
eg. A gold bracelet 12 dangled from his left wrist.
eg. He and I were sitting out on his jetty dangling our legs in the water.
2. belly :N-COUNT:with poss=stomach;belly,bellies;See also beer belly, pot belly.
The belly of a person or animal is their stomach or abdomen 13. In British English, this is an informal or literary use.
eg. She laid her hands on her swollen 14 belly.
eg. ...a horse with its belly ripped open...
3. pound :VB=hammer;pound,pounds,pounding,pounded
If you pound something or pound on it, you hit it with great force, usually loudly and repeatedly.
eg. He pounded the table with his fist.
eg. ...the pounding waves.
4. decommission :VB;decommission,decommissions,decommissioning,decommissioned
When something such as a nuclear reactor 15 or a large machine is decommissioned, it is taken to pieces because it is no longer going to be used.
eg. A spokesman said HMS Warspite would be decommissioned as part of the defence cuts announced earlier this year.
eg. ...a decommissioned power plant in Colorado.
5. scuttle :VB;scuttle,scuttles,scuttling,scuttled 8
To scuttle a ship means to sink it deliberately 16 by making holes in the bottom.
eg. He personally had received orders from Commander Lehmann to scuttle the ship.
- His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
- The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
- The breaking of symmetry scrambles the underlying order of nature. 对称性的破坏会打乱自然界的根本秩序。 来自互联网
- The move comes as Japan scrambles for ways to persuade women to have more babies. 这一行动的出现正值日本政府想尽各种办法鼓励妇女多生育孩子。 来自互联网
- The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. 结果，那颗牙就晃来晃去吊在床柱上了。
- The children sat on the high wall,their legs dangling. 孩子们坐在一堵高墙上，摇晃着他们的双腿。
- The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
- His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。
- The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。
- There was a general scuttle for shelter when the rain began to fall heavily.下大雨了，人们都飞跑着寻找躲雨的地方。
- The scuttle was open,and the good daylight shone in.明朗的亮光从敞开的小窗中照了进来。
- She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice. 听到他的说话声，她赶紧跑开了。
- The thief scuttled off when he saw the policeman. 小偷看见警察来了便急忙跑掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- At Christmas,we dangle colored lights around the room.圣诞节时，我们在房间里挂上彩灯。
- He sits on the edge of the table and dangles his legs.他坐在桌子边上，摆动著双腿。
- A kite dangles from a telephone wire. 一只风筝悬挂在电话线上晃来晃去。
- Her hand, which dangles over the side, sparkles cold with jewels. 她一只手耷拉在一边，闪耀着珠宝的寒光。
- Gold charms dangled from her bracelet. 她的手镯上挂着许多金饰物。
- It's the biggest financial incentive ever dangled before British footballers. 这是历来对英国足球运动员的最大经济诱惑。
- The jeweler charges lots of money to set diamonds in a bracelet.珠宝匠要很多钱才肯把钻石镶在手镯上。
- She left her gold bracelet as a pledge.她留下她的金手镯作抵押品。
- How to know to there is ascarid inside abdomen?怎样知道肚子里面有蛔虫？
- He was anxious about an off-and-on pain the abdomen.他因时隐时现的腹痛而焦虑。
- Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
- A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。
- The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
- Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。
- The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
- They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。