abbr. nonce word (word coined for the occasion) 适合现在的话(为某场合而准备的话)
(n-word 的比较级)

A: Have you ever been shopping at Whole Foods? B: No, I haven't. Is the food good there? A: They have the freshest foods there. B: I usually shop at Vons. A: I used to shop there, but I find the food at Whole Foods to be a lot better. B: What's the p

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(246) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-食物

这首歌属于德文经典,早在1972年就收录在 Esther 的同名专辑中,当然是以LP的形式。1982年出版了CD版,至今仍为人们所喜爱。歌词取自德国诗人海涅(Heinrich Heine,1797-1856)的诗篇《归乡》(Die Heimkehr,1823-1824),有删节。怀旧是民谣类歌曲的永恒主题。这首歌

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Danse avant de tomber 《只要不摔倒,跳吧

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti, and this week on WORDMASTER: an update on an Iranian listener. Rosanne Skirble and I spoke to her by phone early in 2005. RS: Well, what do you like about studying English? What is it, is it a ... ATEFEH: Oh, no, actually I love

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(234) / 评论(0) 分类 词汇大师(Wordmaster)

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is something I am very guilty of doing myself: overusing the words so and very. A listener named Taryn wrote in asking if it is acceptable to write that she is sooooooo happy that she is going to the prom (using so wi

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(239) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is part II of the series on numbers: percentages and decimal points. Percent Versus Percentage First let's get our terminology right. In some cases percent and percentage can be interchangeable (1), but the easiest wa

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(254) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is something I am very guilty of doing myself: overusing the words so and very. A listener named Taryn wrote in asking if it is acceptable to write that she is sooooooo happy that she is going to the prom (using so wi

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(258) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

今天我们要学的词是cyber Monday。 Cyber Monday, 网络星期一。感恩节过后有Black Friday, 黑色星期五,是购物高潮,随着网上购物的便利,感恩节过后的星期一也逐渐发展成Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday is no

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(242) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是cyber attack。 Cyber attack 网络攻击。Web sites of a number of South Korean government agencies were paralyzed by a suspected cyber attack on Wednesday, 韩国很多政府网站星期三陷入瘫痪状态,怀疑是由

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(261) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是pamper。 Pamper, 是娇惯,纵容的意思。I will pamper myself with a hot bath after a long day at work, 忙碌一整天后,我决定泡个热水澡,好好放松一下自己。Even as the economy lags, pet owners

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(202) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是barrier。 Barrier是障碍的意思。Language barrier, 是语言障碍。Trade barrier, 是贸易壁垒。The lack of funding was the biggest barrier to the road improvement, 意思是道路改善的最大障碍是缺少资

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(220) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is part II of the series on numbers: percentages and decimal points. Percent Versus Percentage First let's get our terminology right. In some cases percent and percentage can be interchangeable (1), but the easiest wa

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今天我们要学的词是super bowl。 Super bowl, 是美式橄榄球超级杯的意思。今年的超级杯比赛定于这个星期天举行。Super Bowl Sunday is the most-watched U.S. television broadcast of the year, 超级杯星期天是美国一

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(209) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是no-brainer。 No-brainer, 意思是很容易做,很好理解的事情。The test was a no-brainer, 这次考试简单极了。新英格兰爱国者队是美国最棒的橄榄球队。一个新加盟爱国者队的球员说,

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(339) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是deter。 Deter, 是遏制、阻止的意思。U.N ships carrying aid to Somalia are escorted by the French navy to deter pirates, 法国海军护送联合国运往索马里的援助物资的船只,防止海盗袭击。 星期

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(220) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是taper off。 Taper off, 是逐步减弱,逐步停止的意思。The number of tourists in the beach area tapered off after the peak season, 旅游旺季结束后,到海边来玩的游客慢慢减少了。Sales are expec

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The Worrler of Qi A man of the state of Qi was afraid that the sky would fall down and the earth would cave in.The thought that he would not be able to find shelter when that happened worried him so much that he had no appetite for food and slept v

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(421) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

今天我们要学的词是, perk。 Perk, 是特权,好处的意思。Flying first class is just one of the perks enjoyed by many company CEOs, 坐飞机头等舱是很多公司总裁享受的特权之一。Having summer and winter breaks is a p

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(229) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是hamper。 Hamper, 有阻碍、妨碍的意思。 Rescue efforts in Chile were hampered by aftershocks, 余震妨碍了智利的灾后救援行动。 Budget cuts might hamper schools' efforts to improve students' performance

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(226) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是veteran。 Veteran, 是退伍军人的意思。November 11 is Veterans Day, 11月11号是美国的退伍军人节。Veterans Day is a day dedicated to the men and women who have served in America's armed forces, 退伍军人节

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学英语单词
a sheep among wolves
accidental load
accrued cumulative preference share dividend
acops
affirming gun
air-operated system
apple haw
Ataniya
biochemical and cytological change
blue oil test
bramblett
bridge type feedback
bursae musculi gastrocnemii lateralis
calentura
Carolina rigs
complex algebraic surface
conditions of ownership of factors of production
contingent account
Corneille
cyclic readout
defoliating insect
devotionate
devow
drug capsule
enforcive
Entamoeba tropicalis
experimentalness
failure to suck in newborn
faldetta
firefighter lift
fixed assets turnover ratio
forflutter
free damping oscillation vibrometer
freight payable on delivery
fruit-bearing plant
genere
guideboards
h.o
handelsgesellschafts
hear wintesses
high-temperature separator
internal combustion burner
Jhingade
judsons
keels over
Kushnarenkovo
KWIT
Lagnieu
legal-punishment
liver diseases
lube type refinery
luxurists
LVMH
mabyer
marie tussauds
mark-sense character reader
mediastinal neurogenic tumor
medium hair grease
MFTD
omental branch
Osaka Bay
Ostwald law
peat coke
pen-gun
presummit
proavians
profurea
proton motive force
race-relation
radioactive antibody
railery
raveled out
reciprocal barter
recording oscillometer
red crosses
roasted purite
saddle wear of rail end
Salesforce Service Cloud
sclerocornea
section tunneling
seltrap
shaft of metacarpal bone
shale ball
skutterudites
speleostomy
sportswise
stationary fishing net
sterilization of payments imbalance
supply base
syndeton
Syrrhaptes paradoxus
the spring and autumn annals
transfer speed
triangle of impedance
ultrasonic soldering unit
unbigoted
unified studies curriculum
variable light-filtering device
Varna
vernal point
virgin wool
yazid