时间:2019-02-27 作者:英语课 分类:突破英文词汇


英语课
1. stentorian 1 /stenˈtɔ:ri:ən/
-- very loud
Stentor是传说中一位嗓音洪亮的传令官,其音量相当于50个人的音量。斯滕托尔(Stentor),古希腊神话男性人物之一。其事迹反映于荷马的《伊里亚特》之中,为特洛伊战争的希腊联军之传令官。凭借声音洪亮而闻名于世。其形象亦出现于古希腊学者亚里士多德之著述之中。
Speak softly; you don't need a stentorian voice to be heard in this small room.
说话小声点;在这个小房间里你要让人听见不需要这么大声。 
 
 
2. Stygian /ˈstidʒiən/
-- infernal; dark; gloomy
Styx是地狱里的一条河。冥河到底有几条网上的资料说法不一,我现在也不好说。本章G6提到的Lethe河是遗忘之河,这里的Styx是愤怒之河,守誓之河,G8提到的阿喀琉斯就是被母亲泡在Styx中而变得刀枪不入的(除了脚踝)。
A power failure at 11:03 p.m. plunged 2 the city into Stygian blackness.
晚上11:03停电,使全市陷入了阴森森的黑暗中。
 
 
3. tantalize 3 /ˈtæntəˌlaɪz/
-- 1. excite a hope but prevent its fulfillment 2. tease
Tantalus因为泄露天机被罚站在阴府中,虽然又饿又渴,食物和水就近在眼前,却怎样也拿不到。坦塔洛斯(Tantalus),宙斯之子,藐视众神的权威。他烹杀了自己的儿子珀罗普斯,然后邀请众神赴宴,以考验他们是否真的通晓一切。宙斯震怒,将他打入冥界。他站在没颈的水池里,当他口渴想喝水时,水就退去;他的头上有果树,肚子饿想吃果子时,却搞不到果子,永远忍受饥渴的折磨;还说他头上悬着一块巨石,随时可以落下来把他砸死,因此永远处在恐惧之中。
The considerate hostness removed the strawberry shortcake from the table so as not to tantalize her weight-conscious guest.
体贴心细的女主人将草莓油酥糕从桌上拿走,这样那位担心体重的客人就不会因看到却吃不到而难受了。
 

adj.大声的,响亮的
  • Now all joined in solemn stentorian accord.现在,在这庄严的响彻云霄的和声中大家都联合在一起了。
  • The stentorian tones of auctioneer,calling out to clear,now announced that the sale to commence.拍卖人用洪亮的声音招呼大家闪开一点,然后宣布拍卖即将开始。
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
vt.使干着急,逗弄
  • The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog with his feed.那个男孩会到房间里拿狗食逗弄狗。
  • He tried to tantalize me by revealing that the Soviet Union was prepared to discuss a package deal.他想要逗弄我,于是就露出口风说,苏联愿意讨论一揽子交易。
学英语单词
Aconitum sungpanense
acrobatic stunts
actigraphic
adversarially
aerial image simulation
angiostomy
anti-frosting equipment
applicant for a patent
ASCALAPHIDAE
asphalt felt
Bakhany
bearing oil pipe union
britzskas
built-in stabilization
burgio
bushtit
bypass gate valve
call confirmation
care in the community
chalkone
chute spillway
collar for a horse
community agency
comparative static derivative
counter-current electromigration
courant
cyclotrimethylenet-rinitramine
deoxyuridine diphosphate
diekman
dissipative flow
emhata
Every Jack has his Jill.
eyeblinks
face pumping
fishery factory ship
fussy as a hen with one chick
gilvus
Giraldes' organ
glass transition temperature (tg)
gordonia soli
Granges-St-Marie
hemofilter
herpetotheriids
ichneumon wasp
indefinite storage
indurative pneumonia
inner nuclear layer
innoblesse
inter-repeater links
intraocular lens
Izvaly
jazzophone
Jija Sarai
kurisko
layaways
lepista nuda
Macrothyry
maytansinol
mechanosensillum
metal removal factor
model specification
mollweide's projection
muiclage hair
natroalunite
needful
Nodi lymphatici gluteales superiores
Nomzha
Norfolk Broads
Pergolarin
Petsamo(Pechenga)
pipe pilot
plate making machine
play hell
presentation file
profiteered
pseudomutation
rotary latch
rotating head
roxbyite
Sapindales
sapphirite
scissorlike
single-funnel
slender configuration
solenoid-operated circuit-breaker
sorting chute
spin freezing
Splanchnomicry
spore output
statistic processes
straight roller bearing
Toros Daglari
torus rheometer
tugboats
uist north i.
urban economic base theory
uricosuria
vapor compression refrigerating machine
variable frequency starting
Wirtschaft
Yaredes
zoning mechanism