hop
v. (人)單足跳,(鳥,青蛙等)雙足跳
He had hurt his left foot and had to hop along. 他的左腳受傷,不得不單足跳行。
hose
n. 長筒襪;(救火等用的)軟管,水龍帶
hospitality
n. 好客,殷勤,款待
hostage
n. 人質(zhì),作抵押的人或物(多指人)
take sb. hostage 把某人作為人質(zhì)
hostess
n. 女主人;旅館女老板;(節(jié)目)女主持人;女服務員
hound
n. 獵犬
hover
vi. (鳥)翱翔,盤旋
A kite was hovering overhead. 風箏在頭上盤旋。
vi. 徘徊
He hovered around the house. 他在房子周圍徘徊著。
howl
v. 嗥叫
Wolves are howling in the forest. 狼在林中嗥叫。
v. (風)怒吼
v. (人)高聲叫囂
The children howled with laughter. 孩子們縱聲大笑。
n. 嗥叫,哀號,叫囂
hug
n. 摟,緊抱
She gave her son a motherly hug. 她以母親的柔情緊抱她的兒子。
[同]embrace
vt. 緊抱,摟
The child was hugging her doll. 那小孩緊抱著她的洋娃娃。
hull
n. (水果、種子等的)外殼
[同]shell
n. 船體
vt. 去…的殼;(用炮彈等)打穿…的船殼
hum
v. 作嗡嗡聲
The bees were humming in the garden. 蜜蜂在花園里嗡嗡叫著。
[同]buzz
v. 哼唱
She hummed as she worked. 她在工作時輕輕哼唱。
n. 嗡嗡聲,哼哼聲
The wind carried the hum of distant traffic. 風傳來了遠處過往車輛的嗡嗡聲。
humanitarian
n. 人道主義者;博愛主義者,慈善家
adj. 人道主義的;博愛的,慈善的
humanity
n. 人類(總稱)
[同]mankind
n. 人性,人情;(復數(shù))人文學科
humidity
n. 潮濕,濕氣,(空氣的)濕度
hurl
vt. 猛投,猛擲
[同]throw
[難點]
hurl oneself upon … 向…猛撲過去
They hurled themselves at / upon the enemy and attacked them violently.
他們撲向敵人并猛烈地攻擊。
hurl sth. at … 將某物猛擲向…
hurrah
int. 好哇,萬歲
Hurrah for the Queen ! 女王萬歲!
hurricane
n. 颶風,十二級大風
hush
v. (使)肅靜,(使)安靜
She hushed the baby to sleep. 她使嬰兒安靜入睡。
n. 肅靜,靜默
There was a sudden hush. 突然肅靜下來。
[同]silence
int. 噓!別做聲!
hydraulic
adj. 水力的,液力的
a hydraulic lift 水力升降機
adj. 水壓的,液壓的;水力學的
hydrocarbon
n. 碳氫化合物
hymn
n. 贊美詩,圣歌
They are singing a hymn. 他們正在唱圣歌。
hypothesis
n. 假設
ice
v. 冰凍,使成冰
His refusal iced our enthusiasm. 他的拒絕打消了我們的熱情。
v. 用冰覆蓋
The river was iced over. 河給冰封起來了。
icy
adj. 冰冷的;結(jié)冰的
idealism
n. 唯心主義;理想主義
ideally
adv. 理想地,完美地
identification
n. 認出,識別
[同]recognition
n. 鑒別,驗明;身份證明
idiot
n. 白癡,傻子
idleness
n. 懶惰,閑散
live in idleness 游手好閑
n. 無益,無效
ignite
v. 點燃,點火
The liquid ignited when somebody dropped a match in it.
有人向這種液體扔了一根火柴時,它燃燒了起來。
ignorance
n. 無知,愚昧
[同]illiteracy
n. 不知道
[難點]
be in ignorance of 不知道
illiterate
adj. 文盲的,未受教育的
[同]ignorant
n. 文盲
[反]literate
illuminate
v. 照亮,照明
The room was illuminated by candles. 房間被蠟燭照亮了。
v. 啟發(fā),闡明
illuminate a statement with many examples 用許多實例闡明一個論點
illusion
n. 幻想,幻覺;錯覺
[難點]
under the illusion about 對…抱有幻想
have no illusion about 對…不存在幻想