时间:2019-02-27 作者:英语课 分类:趣谈英语


英语课
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
 
technically 1 speaking: according to the rules or conventions
neutral: (gender) neither male nor female
strut 2: to walk around proudly 
plumage: feathers
pigment 3: the natural colouring in plants or animals
delicacy 4: an expensive or rare treat to eat
polygamous: keeps many mates
monogamous: keeps only one mate
 

Peacocks Are Always Male
The word “peacock” is commonly used to describe male and female birds. Technically speaking, only males are “peacocks”. A female is a “peahen”. The neutral term for these birds is “peafowl”. The male is the pheasant with the colourful train. He struts 5 around with his beautiful plumage to attract females. This is where the expression “proud as a peacock” comes from. The peacock’s feathers appear different colours depending on the angle of the light. Have you ever seen a white peacock or peahen? White peafowl are missing a pigment. They are sometimes called albino peacocks. In the wild, peacocks are polygamous. They typically keep a harem of about 2-5 females. Wild peafowl like to gather in groups called “parties”. In captivity 6, peacocks are often monogamous. They can be kept as pets, though the annoying sound they make during mating season is irritating to home dwellers 7 and neighbours.


adv.专门地,技术上地
  • Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说,这是最先进的设备。
  • The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说,西红柿是一种水果,尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。
v.肿胀,鼓起;大摇大摆地走;炫耀;支撑;撑开;n.高视阔步;支柱,撑杆
  • The circulation economy development needs the green science and technology innovation as the strut.循环经济的发展需要绿色科技创新生态化作为支撑。
  • Now we'll strut arm and arm.这会儿咱们可以手挽着手儿,高视阔步地走了。
n.天然色素,干粉颜料
  • The Romans used natural pigments on their fabrics and walls.古罗马人在织物和墙壁上使用天然颜料。
  • Who thought he might know what the skin pigment phenomenon meant.他自认为可能知道皮肤色素出现这种现象到底是怎么回事。
n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴
  • We admired the delicacy of the craftsmanship.我们佩服工艺师精巧的手艺。
  • He sensed the delicacy of the situation.他感觉到了形势的微妙。
(框架的)支杆( strut的名词复数 ); 支柱; 趾高气扬的步态; (尤指跳舞或表演时)卖弄
  • The struts are firmly braced. 那些支柱上得很牢靠。
  • The Struts + EJB framework is described in part four. 三、介绍Struts+EJB框架的技术组成:Struts框架和EJB组件技术。
n.囚禁;被俘;束缚
  • A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
  • He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
n.居民,居住者( dweller的名词复数 )
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes. 城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They have transformed themselves into permanent city dwellers. 他们已成为永久的城市居民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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a purple patch
activation model
aldehydelyase
aliterate people
ammonoids
B stokehold
bedwells
bi-directionalities
binary multiplication
Bischofsgrun
Bobol
Boston arm
boukary
canned beef
Cayley complex
center-right
check of zero
chief cells
combativity
conglobe
consigned luggage
continuing operating assumption
control housing
core board
edge support
elementary course
fishplated track
free environment
freight composition
gangliatea
Godiva
graphalloy
Gregorian tone
hachiya
half-inch video
hand cranking device
handle lock
hanging-drops
highlight the advantage of plan
hiving off
hypogalactlous
Iconha
inclined haulage road
inclined plane viscometer
increase yields per mu
indirect analogue
interedependency
langspiel
lennards
linked index
locusting
Matromicna
metal-oxide fiber
miss-planted rate
near infrared reflectance spectroscopy(nirs)
neurocristopathies
ornithuric acid
outmaneuvre
paspalum distichums
pee-pee
Perisporineae
petroliferous region
pleurote
pras
Price equation
protomolecules
red mud
regios
rental receipts
request ... from
resource limit exceeded
return authorization
salt-marshes
sax tuba
seaside scrub oak
solarimeter
sou'west
spurpinion
static (adj.)
stemplots
stiff mud
stock assessment
subcarrier monitor
teding-penny
television systems
time delay correction
traction transformer
tufthunter
undershipments
underway sampler
ustilago crus-galli
vapor emission
verier
vicia fauriae franch.
Villamanta
voltage between layers
vulval sarcoma
wedge scale
wind edge
wind to a close
woman-hating
xanthochlorus