时间:2019-02-27 作者:英语课 分类:突破英文词汇


英语课

 1. Adonis /əˈdəunis/


-- very handsome young man 
Adonis是爱神Aphrodite所爱的英俊男子。阿多尼斯(Adonis)是希腊神话中掌管每年植物死而复生的一位非常俊美的神,身高(九尺)190cm以上,如花一般俊美精致的五官,令世间所有人与物,在他面前都为之失色,维纳斯都倾心不已,他是一个每年死而复生,永远年轻容颜不老的植物神,他是一个受女性崇拜的神。现代阿多尼斯这个词常被用来描写一个异常美丽、有吸引力的年轻男子。阿多尼斯是西方“美男子”的最早出处。(PS. Aphrodite阿佛罗狄忒,爱与美之神,即罗马神话中的维纳斯)
Peter, who was chosen the handsomest boy in the senior class, is quite an Adonis.
彼得真是一个美男子,他在高年级班中被选为最英俊的男孩。
 
 
2. aegis 1 /ˈi:dʒɪs/
-- 1. shield or protection
2. auspices 2 or sponsorship
aegis是保护宙斯的盾牌。埃癸斯(Aegis)是古希腊神话中的神盾,据说有两面,一面为宙斯所有,而另一面为雅典娜所有。宙斯之盾:由赫淮斯托斯用山羊皮打造。虽然是用山羊皮打造,但它却充满魔力,连宙斯的雷霆也对它丝毫无损,而且挥动它就能产生风暴,把它放在天空时,天色会变得阴暗,当宙斯拿起它时,天空就会放晴。雅典娜之盾:据说由赫淮斯托斯用阿玛尔泰娅(一头神话中的母羊,曾给宙斯羊奶)的毛皮打造的。它的四个角落分别加上恐惧、战斗、凶暴、追踪等,中央更装上美杜莎的头,使任何人看到这面盾都会变成化石。
An international force under the aegis of the United Nations has been dispatched to the troubled area.
在联合国的支持下,国际部队已被派遣到发生骚乱的地区。
 
 
3. amazon /ˈæməzən/
-- tall, strong, masculine woman
Amazon是神话中一支高大、强壮、有男子气概的女战士族。阿玛宗人/亚马逊人(Amazones)是古希腊神话中一个由全部皆为女战士构成的民族,每一个亚马逊女战士长大成人时都会烧掉或切去右边乳房,以便投掷标枪或拉弓射箭。她们的一生都充满了征战和为了战争的训练,要不就是训练未成年的亚马逊小战士。她们在女王的统治下,崇信战神阿瑞斯(Ares),因为她们相信自己是战神的后代;除战神外,她们也崇信狩猎女神阿尔特弥斯(Artemis)。
Pioneer women were veritable amazons, performing heavy household chores in addition to toiling 3 in the fields beside their menfolk.
拓荒的女性确实很有男子气概,要做繁重的家务,还要和男人一起在田里辛勤劳作。
 

n.盾;保护,庇护
  • Medical supplies are flied in under the aegis of the red cross.在红十字会的保护下,正在空运进医药用品。
  • The space programme will continue under the aegis of the armed forces.这项太空计划将以武装部队作后盾继续进行。
n.资助,赞助
  • The association is under the auspices of Word Bank.这个组织是在世界银行的赞助下办的。
  • The examination was held under the auspices of the government.这次考试是由政府主办的。
长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的现在分词 ); 艰难缓慢地移动,跋涉
  • The fiery orator contrasted the idle rich with the toiling working classes. 这位激昂的演说家把无所事事的富人同终日辛劳的工人阶级进行了对比。
  • She felt like a beetle toiling in the dust. She was filled with repulsion. 她觉得自己像只甲虫在地里挣扎,心中涌满愤恨。
学英语单词
a matter of common practice
age life method
alarming device
alpha-saphylolysin
aluminosilicate fibre
anchor rope
Annsborough
approximate absolute temperature
archontates
armature of relay
artery of the penis bulb
as-is
barnies
beadworking
board insurer
bruchuss
bulboventricular loop
calcium bentonite
capitals of italy
carbon-free stainless steel
Chijiwa
chin bristle
colour lighting
contracting officer
cumulative failure
curved isobar
Czecho-Slovakian
density of flux
diphetarsone-spiramycin
dropping vial
earth-friendly
Ecarazine
elective culture
electric resistance thermometre
fascia massetrica
fetwah
fiber communication
finite dimensional compensator
French knickers
Hishimonus sellatus
identification cards
insurance funds
jump list
knock the bottom out of
Kusan-ni
laughen
less than normal refraction
Maytenus garanbiensis
median control chart
musculi papillares septales
Nazimova, Alla
New Zealand spinaches
Newton's formula
nonconservative waste effluent
Normal-form
one who knows all the answers
organizations of the oppressed on earth
organs of hearing
overcompensate
OVTR
para-relations
pentacetylglucose
pentapetes phoenicea l.
pickup points
piquets
polyphas
polysomaty
polysulfone
Prajekan
Presbyterian Church
pulse dispersion
quotidially
radionavigation mobile station
realistic capacitor
reference to my radio
retarded fundamental solution
Rosselli-Guilenetti
rpg (radiation protection guide)
sabous
shinguard
slushy
spring off
tapered foot roller
Taxillus kaempferi
templepatricks
terminal tentacle
tetronic acid
the first reading
theopompus
thiol-modified rubber
thioltransferases
thioproperazine
train dispatching telephone
ullman reaction
unamerican
Vaala
value of the game
vendor part number
White Sunday
Whitmore
X-ray picture
Zelah