音标:['kə:bkrɔ:l] ;
kerb-crawling
adj., n.
kerb-crawl的变形
kerb-crawl
['kə:bkrɔ:l]
vi.
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acetic oxide
air mail
an apology for
anonymous proxy
arm waiter
arrobas
Ascriptin
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Baliapal
be in a fume
bell animalcule
Beringov Proliv(Bering Str.)
beta-Leonhardite
binary multiplication rule
blasting machine rheostat
Bulldog market
buproprion
Camelina microcarpa
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cde
checked beetle
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coal preheating process
commuted pension gratuity
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dry electrolytic rectifier
effeciency of radiator
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free in and out of trucks
garnished wages
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H. P. R.
HP cylinder
Iferouane
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One's tongue is too long for one's teeth.
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Schroeder van der Kolk's law
scrap chute
serpentinises
shih y?eh wang hsiang
softpc
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stefan-boltzmann's law
submersibles
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