New Words：

battle ['bætl]
n.战斗, 争斗
v.与 ... 作战, 与 ... 竞争

Sample Sentences：

They won the battle but lost the war.
His younger brother died in battle during World War II.

The two boxers battled until the final bell.
The sailors battled with the winds and waves.

New Words：

gird [ɡɜrd] v. 束紧；系上；捆上；缠上；做好准备
loin [lɔin] n. 腰部
gird oneself (束紧腰身)做好准备，准备行动
gird (up) one's loins (束紧腰身)做好准备，准备行动

Sample Sentences：

They were girding for the exam.
The climber girded himself with a rope.
The soldiers girded themselves for battle.
There’s a lot of hard work to be done before the weekend, so let’s gird up our loins and start.

New Words：

sash [sæʃ] n. 饰带, 肩带, 腰带
waist [weist] n. 腰部, 腰

Sample Sentences：

She girded her waist with a sash.
Does this sash tie in front or at the back?
She wore a white dress with a thin blue sash.

gird [ɡɜrd] v. 束紧；系上；捆上；缠上

New Words：

snap [snæp]

v.（使咔嚓）断裂；（使啪地）打开，关上；（使喀嚓）断裂，绷断
n.（尤指关上或断裂的声音）啪嗒声；（尤指抢拍的）照片

Sample Sentences：

He showed me his holiday snaps.
She closed her purse with a snap.
The snap of a twig broke the silence.

He snapped a twig off a bush.
The wind had snapped the tree in two.
Kim heard the sound of a twig snapping.

sash
waist

New Words：

example /ɪɡˈzæmpl/ n. 例子;实例;范例;典型;榜样;样品
for example 例如

Sample Sentences：

Can you give me an example of what you mean?
This dictionary has many examples of how verbs are used.
Many great people rose from poor backgrounds -- Lincoln for example.
For example, if you're the only one who uses the computer at home, you may not want it to be locked every time it wakes.