高级英语试卷9.DOCVIP

高级英语试题（九） Explain the italicized words or phrases in the following sentences. (20%) All languages are dynamic rather than static, and hence a “rule” in any language can only be a statement of contemporary practice. Was I gypped by the landlord when he called the folding contraption that shuts off my kitchen a door? To some (of whom I am one) the omission of the label “colloquial” will seem meritorious… … and the buyers, overwhelmed by the sepulchral atmosphere, follow suit. … there is the spice-market, with its pungent and exotic smells; … Every here and there, a doorway gives a glimpse of a sunlit courtyard, perhaps before a mosque or a caravanserai, where camels lie disdainfully chewing their hay, … The camels are the largest and finest I have ever seen, and in superb condition?muscular, massive and stately. Ancient girders creak and groan, ropes tighten and then a trickle of oil oozes down a stone runnel into a used petrol can This “noctilucent cloud” occasionally appears when the earth is first cloaked in the evening darkness; shimmering above us with a translucent whiteness, these clouds seem quite unnatural. After we watched the car dust settle I asked Maggie to bring me a dip of snuff. The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly. As the Duke of Croydon shifted uneasily, the house detective’s bulbous countenance reddened. The TV set blinks on with the day’s first newscast: a selective rundown (ordered up the night before) of all the latest worldwide events affecting the economy---legislative, political, monetary. The latter-day Aladdin, still snugly abed, then presses a button on a bedside box and issues a string of business and personal memos, which appear instantly on the genie screen. The TV set blinks on with the day’s first newscast: a selective rundown (ordered up the night before) of all the latest worldwide events affecting the economy---legislative, political, monetary. Mark Twain honed and experimented with his new writing muscles, but he had