托福核心词汇03

21.satiate

 美 [ˈseɪʃieɪt] 

verb

[VN] [usually passive] (formal) 满足 
to give sb so much of sth that they do not feel they want any more

The dinner was enough to satiate the gourmets 

晚餐足以让这些美食家们大饱口福。

——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

使满足；使过饱；使腻烦

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22.wedge-shaped

adj.

楔形的；V形的

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23.sojourn

noun

(literary) 逗留；暂住；旅居 
a temporary stay in a place away from your home

My sojourn in the youth hostel was thankfully short. 

幸好我在青年招待所里逗留的时间很短。

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24.wholesale

 美 [ˈhoʊlseɪl] 

adj.

批发的；趸售的 
connected with goods that are bought and sold in large quantities, especially so they can be sold again to make a profit

(especially of sth bad 尤指负面的事物) 大规模的 

wholesale prices

批发价格

happening or done to a very large number of people or things

the wholesale slaughter of innocent people

对无辜人民的大屠杀

趸售类似于批发，特指我国部分地区县城电力公司向大电网购电，享受批发价购入再卖给用户

adj.
批发的;趸售的;大规模的
adv.
大量地，大批地;广泛地，大规模地
v.
批发（货物）
n.
批发;趸售;大规模买卖

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25.whir

 美 [wɜːr]  [味儿][连音读]

n.呼呼声，飕飕声

v.作呼呼声，发飕飕声

noun
sound of something in rapid motion
whir of a bird's wings

make a soft swishing sound
the motor whirred

拟声词，用来形容快速运动或频率高的声音，比如小鸟扑打翅膀声、摩托车声、螺旋桨的声音、电扇声、飞机发动机引擎声、空调声等

其他词典给出的解释是

v.
(机器、昆虫翅膀等)发出呼呼声，嗡嗡作响

例句

The house and garden were ablaze with lights, and the whir of electric fans was everywhere.

满屋子和满园子的电灯都开亮了，电风扇荷荷地到处在响。

There was a sudden whir as the airplane started its engines. 

飞机的发动机起动时，立即发出呼呼的声响。

In the days that followed, his mind began to whir. 

随后的几天，他的头脑开始飞快地旋转。

The whir of busy shoppers. 

忙于购物的人的闹哄哄的忙乱。

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26.vaccine

美 [vækˈsiːn] 

noun

[C, U] 疫苗；菌苗 
a substance that is put into the blood and that protects the body from a disease

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27.anticipate

verb

预料；预期 
to expect sth

We don't anticipate any major problems.

我们预料不会发生什么大问题。

 

预见，预计（并做准备） 
to see what might happen in the future and take action to prepare for it

We need someone who can anticipate and respond to changes in the fashion industry.

我们需要一个能预见时装业变化并做相应安排的人。

 

期盼；期望 
to think with pleasure and excitement about sth that is going to happen

We eagerly anticipated the day we would leave school.

我们迫切地期盼着毕业离校的那一天。

 

(formal) 先于…做；早于…行动 
to do sth before it can be done by sb else

When Scott reached the South Pole he found that Amundsen had anticipated him.

斯科特到达南极时发现阿蒙森已先到过那里。

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28.conceive

verb

~ (of) sth (as sth)

(formal) 想出（主意、计划等）；想象；构想；设想 
to form an idea, a plan, etc. in your mind; to imagine sth

[VN] He conceived the idea of transforming the old power station into an arts centre.

他想出了一个把旧发电站改造为艺术中心的主意。

God is often conceived of as male.

上帝常常被想象为男性。

[V (that)] I cannot conceive (= I do not believe) (that) he would wish to harm us.

我无法想象他会存心伤害我们。

[V wh-] I cannot conceive what it must be like.

我想象不出它会是什么样子。

 

怀孕；怀（胎） 
when a woman conceives or conceives a child , she becomes pregnant

She is unable to conceive.

她不能怀孕。

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29.whittle

 美 [ˈwɪtl] 

verb

[VN] ~ A (from B) | ~ B (into A)

把（木头等）削成… 
to form a piece of wood, etc. into a particular shape by cutting small pieces from it

He whittled a simple toy from the piece of wood.

他把那块木头削成了一个简易的玩具。

短语动词

whittle sth↔away

削减，减少，降低（…的价值或数量） 
to make sth gradually decrease in value or amount

whittle sth↔down

减少，缩减（…的大小或数目） 
to reduce the size or number of sth

I finally managed to whittle down the names on the list to only five.

我最后总算把名单上的名字减少到了只有五个。

n.屠刀   

牛津词典和新牛津词典和朗文词典都没有查到其名词解释，

不过韦氏词典这里有段英文解释：

Middle English whittle,alteration of thwitel,from thwiten to whittle,from old English thwitan;akin to Old Norse thveita to hew
First Know Use:15th century
1.a large knife

中古英语whittle，thwitel的变化，从thwiten变为whittle，来自古英语thwitan;类似于Old Norse thveita to hew
首次获知使用：15世纪

1.一种大刀

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30.whet

美 [wet] 

verb

[VN] 刺激…的欲望；增强…的兴趣 
to increase your desire for or interest in sth

The book will whet your appetite for more of her work.

你看了这本书就会更想多读她的著作。

英英释义

verb
①sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
②make keen or more acute

同义词：quicken

该词最基本的含义是使锋利，不管是物理上的sharpen还是精神上的sharpen。但是同义词这里使用的是quicken的第二个含义变得更活跃；使更活跃 。