模板:DailyGREWord/April 2007

01

• Condiment
• 红宝: n. 调味品, 佐料 ( a seasoning or relish for food)
• TOEFL: n. 调味品
• Webster: something used to enhance the flavor of food; especially a pungent seasoning

02

• Antarctic
• 红宝: adj. 南极的 ( of the regions around the South Pole)
• Webster: geographical name - region including antarctica, antarctic Peninsula, and the surrounding ocean

03

• Sentimental
• 红宝: 感情上的 ( showing tender feelings rather than reasonable) 多愁善感的 ( showing too much of such feelings)
• Barron: swayed by sentiment; appealing to the sentiments
• TOEFL: "感伤性的, 感情脆弱的"
• Webster: marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism...

04

• Culinary
• 红宝: adj. 厨房的 ( of the kitchen) ; 烹调的 ( of cooking)
• 蓝宝: adj. 厨房的, 烹调用的
• Barron: relating to cooking or kitchen
• Webster: of or relating to the kitchen or cookery

05

• Arachnid
• 红宝: n. 蜘蛛类节支动物
• 蓝宝: n. 节肢动物(including the spiders, scorpions, mites)
• Webster: any of a class (Arachnida) of arthropods comprising chiefly terrestrial invertebrates, including the spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks, and having a segmented body divided into two regions of which the anterior bears four pairs of legs but no antennae

06

• Amorous
• 红宝: adj. 有性欲的; 情爱的 ( of sexual love or lovemaking)
• 蓝宝: adj. 色情的, 含情脉脉的, 表示爱情的
• Barron: ...
• Webster: strongly moved by love and especially sexual love amorous couples...

07

• Genome
• 红宝: n. [生]基因组, 染色体组
• Webster: one haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain; broadly the genetic material of an organism

08

• Aurora
• 红宝: n.极光 ( 南北极夜晚所放彩光)
• TOEFL: n. 极光=auroral light
• Webster: a luminous phenomenon that consists of streamers or arches of light appearing in the upper atmosphere of a planet's magnetic polar regions and is...

09

• Shale
• 红宝: n.页岩 ( a stratified fissile rock)
• 蓝宝: n. 页岩,泥板岩
• Webster: a fissile rock that is formed by the consolidation of clay, mud, or silt, has a finely stratified or laminated structure, and is composed of minerals essentially unaltered since deposition

10

• Factotum
• 红宝: n.杂役, 听差 ( a person hired to do all sorts of work; handyman)
• Barron: handyman; person who does all kinds of work;
• Webster: a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities...

11

• Scale
• 红宝: n. 鱼鳞; ( 音乐) 音阶 ( a graduated series of musical tones)
• Barron: n. flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones
• TOEFL: vt. 攀登
• Webster: a small thin plate suggesting a fish scale...

12

• Bizarre
• 红宝: adj. 奇异的, 古怪的 ( grotesque, fantastic)
• 蓝宝: (记)来自bazaar集市
• Webster: odd, extravagant, or eccentric in style or mode...

13

• Lechery
• 红宝: n. 好色, 纵欲 ( excessive indulgence of sexual desires)
• Barron: ADJ. lecherous;
• Webster: inordinate indulgence in sexual activity ; lasciviousness

14

• Compassionate
• 红宝: adj. 有同情心的 ( sympathetic)
• Webster: having or showing compassion ; sympathetic compassionate friend compassionate smile...

15

• Awl
• 红宝: n. ( 钻皮革的) 尖钻
• 蓝宝: (类)awl·pierce=pestle·hash 尖钻·刺穿=杵·碾碎 (后者是前者的功能)
• Barron: pointed tool used for piercing
• Webster: a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)

16

• Ordeal
• 红宝: n. 严峻考验, 痛苦经验 ( any difficult and severe trial)
• 蓝宝: 苦难经历，折磨煎熬
• Barron: severe trial or affliction; difficult experience; trial(test of patience or endurance); affliction
• TOEFL: 近义: trying experience, hardship
• Webster: ...a severe trial or experience...

17

• Despotism
• 红宝: n.专制, 暴政 ( rule or domination by an absolute ruler; autocracy; tyranny)
• Webster: ...a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power ; absolutism

18

• Hybrid
• 红宝: n. 杂种, 混血人
• 蓝宝: 混合的；杂种的；混 合语的n. 杂种(something heterogeneous)
• Barron: mongrel; mixed breed;
• Webster: something heterogeneous in origin or composition ; composite <hybrids of complementary DNA and RNA strands><a hybrid of medieval and Renaissance styles>...

19

• Abhor
• 红宝: v.憎恨, 嫌恶 ( to shrink from in hatred; detest; hate)
• 蓝宝: 憎恶，痛恨(to regard with extreme repugnance)
• Barron: detest; hate
• Webster: to regard with extreme repugnance ; loathe

20

• Doggerel
• 红宝: n. 歪诗, 打油诗
• 蓝宝: 歪诗的n.打油诗(crud e or trivial poetry)
• Barron: poor verse
• Webster: loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect; also marked by triviality or inferiority...

21

• Dire
• 红宝: adj.可怕的 ( dreadful, miserable)
• 蓝宝: 悲惨的，阴惨的( dismal,oppressive) ；可怕的
• Barron: warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent;
• Webster: exciting horror <dire suffering>...

22

• Palate
• 红宝: n. 上腭;口味 ( sense of taste) ; 爱好 ( intellectual taste)
• Webster: ...the sense of taste...

23

• Crestfallen
• 红宝: adj. 挫败的, 失望的 ( dejected, disheartened, or humbled)
• 蓝宝: 垂头丧气的( discouraged)
• Barron: dejected; dispirited
• Webster: feeling shame or humiliation; dejected

24

• Attenuate
• 红宝: v.变薄 ( to make slender) ; 变弱 ( to lessen; weaken)
• 蓝宝: 变薄, 变弱, 削弱(to lessen the amount,magnitude, or value of)
• Barron: ...
• Webster: to make thin or slender...

25

• Unravel
• 红宝: v.解开, 拆散 ( to resolve the intricacy, complexity, or obscurity of)
• TOEFL: ...
• Webster: to resolve the intricacy, complexity, or obscurity of...

26

• Almond
• 红宝: n. 杏树, 杏仁
• 蓝宝: ...
• Webster: the drupaceous fruit of a small tree...

27

• Edifice
• 红宝: n. 宏伟的建筑 ( 如宫殿、教堂) ( a large, imposing building)
• 蓝宝: 大厦; 大建筑物(an elaborate conceptual structure)
• TOEFL: 近义: skyscraper
• Webster: building; especially a large or massive structure...

28

• Subdued
• 红宝: adj. ( 光和声) 柔和的, 缓和的; ( 人) 温和的 ( unnaturally or unusually quiet in behavior)
• Webster: lacking in vitality, intensity, or strength <subdued colors>

29

• Flotsam
• 红宝: n. ( 在海上漂浮的) 遇难船只的残骸 ( drifting wreckage)
• Barron: ...
• Webster: floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo; broadly floating debris

30

• Flourish
• 红宝: v. 昌盛, 兴旺 ( be successful) ; 活跃而有影响 ( very active and influential)
• 蓝宝: 繁荣; 茂盛; 炫耀
• TOEFL: ...
• Webster: to grow luxuriantly; thrive...