2023年5月

New Words:

badger ['bædʒə] n. 獾
stripe [straip] n. 条纹


Sample Sentences:

A zebra's black and white stripes.
He does not want toothpaste with red stripe in it.
A badger has a pointed face and black and white stripes on its head.


New Words:

plaster ['plɑ:stə] n. 石膏;灰泥;膏药
cast [kɑ:st] n. 铸件;铸造品;模子


Sample Sentences:

The plaster had started to come away from the wall.
The doctor had to hold his broken arm with a plaster cast.
The police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window.


New Words:

swallow ['swɔləu]
v.吞下;咽下
n.燕子;吞;咽


Sample Sentences:

He took the medicine at one swallow.
There are many swallows flying in the sky.

He swallowed the pills with a cup of water.
They can't treat me like that; I'm not going to swallow it.
I watched her walk down the road until she was swallowed by the darkness.


New Words:

refusal [ri'fju:zəl] n. 拒绝;回绝
gigantic [dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk] adj. 巨大的;庞大的


Sample Sentences:

He made a refusal of her invitation.
Could you give me a reason for your refusal?

Wow! Look at that elephant. It's gigantic!
A gigantic fish swam under the drowning man, opened its mouth and swallowed him whole!


swallow ['swɔləu] v.吞下;咽下

New Words:

crush [krʌʃ] v. 压碎;压坏;压伤;挤压变形


Sample Sentences:

This cloth crushes very easily.
Her refusal crushed all our hopes.
Don't crush this box; there are flowers inside.
Several people were crushed to death in the accident.


refusal [ri'fju:zəl] n. 拒绝, 回绝