【達(dá)人】新概念英語單詞:Lesson 42 Recording an earthquake 記錄地震
Lesson 42 Recording an earthquake 記錄地震
earthquake [???θkweik] n. 地震
【構(gòu)】earth（陸地，土地）＋quake（震動，顫抖）＝earthquake（地震）
【擴】quake 地震
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A: He was sleeping when the earthquake occurred.
B: Then how did he escape?
A：地震發(fā)生的時候他正在睡覺。
B：那他是怎么逃出來的呢？
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slumber [?sl?mb?] v. 睡眠
ninepin [?nainpin] n. 九柱戲中的木柱
rigid [?rid?id] adj. 堅硬的
【擴】petrous 堅硬的，巖石般的
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A: She was rigid with fear.
B: What on earth did she see?
A：她害怕得全身都僵住了。
B：她究竟看到了什么？
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delicate [?delik?t] adj. 靈敏的
【派】delicately 微妙地
【搭】A dog has a delicate sense of smell.
狗具有靈敏的嗅覺。
seismometer [saiz?m?mit?] n. 地震儀
penholder [?pen?h?uld?] n. 筆桿
legibly [?led??bli] adv. 字跡清楚地
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A: He can write as neatly and legibly as the other person if he takes his time over it.
B: OK. I will not urge him next time.
A：若他不匆匆忙忙寫的話，他能寫得和另一個人一樣整潔，清楚。
B：好的，我下次不催他了。
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drum [dr?m] n. 鼓狀物
wriggle [?riɡ?l] v. 扭動
【擴】wiggle 扭動 twist 扭曲
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A: A snake wriggled across the wet path.
B: I am so lucky that I didn't see the snake.
A：一條蛇從潮濕的小路上蜿蜒而過。
B：很幸運我沒有看到那條蛇。
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bluebottle [?blu?b?tl] n. 綠頭蒼蠅
graph [ɡr?f] n. 圖表
graphic [?ɡr?fik] adj. 圖示的
【派】graphically 用圖表的方式
【搭】graphic method 圖解法
【例】Computer graphics, by which you can display and change pictures on a screen, are used in many areas of industrial designs.
計算機圖像可在屏幕上顯示和予以更改，已在工業(yè)設(shè)計方面得到廣泛應(yīng)用。
longitudinal [?l?nd?i?tju?din?l] adj. 縱向的
【例】This sequence is presented as a longitudinal progression of events.
這個順序是按照事件縱向進(jìn)展進(jìn)行劃分的。
transverse [?tr?nsv??s] adj. 橫向的
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A: When we transverse the storm will definitely be very big.
B: Is there anything we can do now?
A：我們橫渡時風(fēng)浪一定很大。
B：現(xiàn)在有沒有什么是我們能做的呢？
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