留美老师带你每日说英文 第908期:猫咪的瞳孔扩张
时间：2019-02-22 作者：英语课 分类：留美老师带你每日说英文
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Dilated 2 pupils indicates strong feelings: playfulness, agitation 3, fright, or aggression 4. In case a house is new for your cat, it dilates 5 its pupils as a sign that it's not used to the new place yet.
瞳孔扩张代表有强烈的感受：嬉闹、激动、害怕或攻击性。假设你的猫来到新家，它的瞳孔会扩张，这表示它还不习惯新环境。
学习重点：
1.dilated 扩张的、膨胀的
dilated (adj.) 扩张的、膨胀的
dilate 1 (v.) 扩大、使膨胀
expand (v.) 展开、张开
2.pupil 瞳孔
pupil (n.) 瞳孔
cornea (n.) 角膜
eyelid 6 (n.) 眼皮
eyelashes (n.) 眼睫毛
3.agitation 激动、不安
agitation (n.) 激动、不安
agitate 7 (v.) 煽动、使焦虑
incite 8 (v.) 激起、煽动
4.aggression 侵略性、敌对性
aggression (n.) 侵略性、敌对性
aggressive (adj.) 侵略的、好斗的
offensive (adj.) 进攻的、冒犯的
vt.使膨胀，使扩大
- At night,the pupils dilate to allow in more light.到了晚上，瞳孔就会扩大以接收更多光线。
- Exercise dilates blood vessels on the surface of the brain.运动会使大脑表层的血管扩张。
adj.加宽的，扩大的v.（使某物）扩大，膨胀，张大( dilate的过去式和过去分词 )
- Her eyes dilated with fear. 她吓得瞪大了眼睛。
- The cat dilated its eyes. 猫瞪大了双眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.搅动；搅拌；鼓动，煽动
- Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
- These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。
n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害
- So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
- Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。
v.（使某物）扩大，膨胀，张大( dilate的第三人称单数 )
- Gas dilates the balloon. 气体使汽球膨胀。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Exercise dilates blood vessels on the surface of the brain. 运动会使大脑表层的血管扩张。 来自辞典例句
n.眼睑，眼皮
- She lifted one eyelid to see what he was doing.她抬起一只眼皮看看他在做什么。
- My eyelid has been tumid since yesterday.从昨天起，我的眼皮就肿了。
vi.(for,against)煽动，鼓动；vt.搅动
- They sent agents to agitate the local people.他们派遣情报人员煽动当地的民众。
- All you need to do is gently agitate the water with a finger or paintbrush.你只需要用手指或刷子轻轻地搅动水。
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