Tuesday,2025.01.07
New words:
prank
[præŋk] n.恶作剧;玩笑
April fool's day 愚人节
Sample Sentences:
Those schoolboys like to play pranks
on their teachers.
On April fool's day
people often play pranks
on each other.
New words:
prank
[præŋk] n.恶作剧;玩笑
April fool's day 愚人节
Sample Sentences:
Those schoolboys like to play pranks
on their teachers.
On April fool's day
people often play pranks
on each other.
New words:
tourney
['tʊrni] n.锦标赛tournament
['tuənəmənt] n.锦标赛
Sample Sentences:
His victory in the tourney
earned him$ 50 000.
The number two seed is safely through to the second round of the tournament
.
We produced the best soccer of the tournament
. Nobody would argue with that.
New words:
overturn
/ˌoʊvərˈtɜːrn/ v.倾覆;翻倒;翻掉;推翻
Sample Sentences:
She overturned
the bottle.
The boat overturned
but didn't sank.
The vase overturned
and crashed into pieces.
The building was overturned
at the earthquake.
New words:
contour
['kɔntur] n. 轮廓;外形coastline
['kəustlain] n. 海岸线
Sample Sentences:
The contour
of that mountain looks like a dragon.
The road follows the natural contours
of the coastline
.
Some people in California were warned to avoid the coastline
for 12 hours.
New words:
detour
['di:tuə]
v.绕道
n.弯路;绕行道
Sample Sentences:
Detour
. Road under repair.
They made a detour
to avoid the town center.
During the construction we had to take a detour
.