模板:DailyGREWord/February 2007

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• Abacus
• 红宝/蓝宝 : n. 算盘(frame with balls for calculating)
• Webster: an instrument for performing calculations by sliding counters along rods or in grooves

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• Blazon
• 红宝: n. 纹章, 装饰; v. 精确描绘
• 蓝宝: n. 纹章；卖弄(ostentatious display); v. 刻纹章
• Webster: the proper description or representation of heraldic or armorial bearings...

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Atrophy

• 红宝/蓝宝/TOEFL : n. v.萎缩, 衰退 ( a wasting away of body tissue)
• Barron: wasting away
• Webster: decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue; also...

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• Mite
• 红宝: n. 极小量; 小虫
• 蓝宝: n.微生物，螨虫；极小 量
• Barron: n. very small object or insect-like creature; small coin
• Webster: any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods...

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• Sleigh
• 红宝: n. ( 马拉的) 雪橇 ( large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice)
• Barron: large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice
• Webster: ...an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice...

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• Buggy
• 红宝: n.轻型马车 ( a light carriage) ; 婴儿车 ( baby carriage)
• TOEFL: n. 小马车, 童车
• Webster: a light one-horse carriage made with two wheels in England and with four wheels in the United States...