English Learning Programme
Observant
Observant walkers may see red deer along this stretch of the road.观察敏锐的步行者可能在这一路段看到赤鹿。
How very observant of you!你真有眼力!
complimentary
adj. 问候的,称赞的,夸奖的,免费赠送的Something complimentary is free or included in a larger cost something that is flattering or shows admirationHis remarks were the reverse of complimentary.他所说的话与恭维话恰恰相反。
crucify
/'kruːsɪfaɪ/ vt. 钉在十字架上处死, 迫害, 折磨v.kill by nailing onto a cross
sawmill
a large sawing machinea mill for dressing logs and lumberThere are many sawyers in that sawmill.那家锯木厂有很多锯木工。
blemish
noun. a flaw in something otherwise perfect or completeverb. to spoil the perfection of something
Cosmetics are often used to conceal facial blemishes.化妆品常用来遮盖脸部色斑。
Industry in art is a necessity—not a virtue—and any evidence of the same, in the production, is a blemish.在艺术中勤奋是必须的——而不是什么优点——但作品中任何一点相似之处都是缺点。
snoren
n. 鼾声v. 打鼾 nouna snorting sound made when asleep caused by the vibration of the soft palate, or a snore is slang for something that is very boringverbto make snorting and grunting sounds when sleeping
The woman said that she could not sleep without her husband’s snore after 20 years of marriage.那位妇人说结婚20年来,听不到她丈夫的呼噜声,她就睡不着觉。
firstborn
I am the firstborn child of my parents.我是我父母的第一个孩子。
haggard
adj. someone or something that looks worn, tired, unkept and/or unwell
sunburn
prologueAn actor in Elizabethan drama who recites the prologue and 【epilogue】 to a play and sometimes comments on the action.解说员在伊丽莎白戏剧中朗诵序言和尾声以及有时关于演出评论的演员
rectangular
having four right angleshaving a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles
midget
ventilation
noun. a circulation of air, or an opening that lets air in