新视野英语教程1Unit8词汇.docVIP

Language points of unit eight: 1.daily adj. done or happening every day 日常的[例] Computers will play an increasingly important role in our daily lives. 计算机将在日常生活中起越来越重要的作用。 adv. every day 每日；天天[例] The tide comes in twice daily. 每天涨潮两次。 n. [C] a newspaper printed and sold every day except Sunday 日报[例] I forgot to buy todays China Daily. 我忘了买今天的《中国日报》。[例] You can read the news in all the dailies. 你可以在所有的日报上看到这条新闻。 verbal adj. 1. connected with words and their use 用言辞的；文字上的[例] verbal communication 口头交际[例] John has very good verbal skills. 约翰有很强的文字能力。 ? 2. spoken, not written 口头的；非书面的[例] a verbal description 口头描述[例] They finally reached a verbal agreement. 他们最终达成了口头协议。 gesture v. call or direct with a movement of the body 用手势表示；用动作示意[例] He gestured angrily at me. 他气愤地对我做手势。[例] She gestured me over with a movement of her head. 她摆动一下头示意我过去。 n. [C; U] (an example of) the use of movement of the body, especially of the hands, to express a certain meaning 手势；示意动作[例] gesture language 手语[例] He made an angry gesture. 他做出生气的动作。 eyebrow n. [C] the line of hairs above each of the two human eyes 眉毛[例] raise ones eyebrows 竖起眉毛[例] I have been up to my eyebrows with work recently. 我近来忙得不可开交。 random adj. without any plan, aim, or pattern 随机的；任意的[例] Computerized matching is a random selection. 计算机配对是一种随机选择。[例] He fired a few random shots. 他乱放了几枪。 meaning n. 1. [C; U] that which you plan to understand by something spoken or written, or by something expressed in other ways, such as by signs 意义；意思[例] She told me the general meaning of what she just read. 她把刚读到的大致意思讲给我听。[例] The two words share the same meaning. 这两个词意思相同。 ? 2. [U] importance or value 重要性；价值[例] the meaning of marriage 婚姻的价值[例] He says life has lost its meaning (for him) since his wife died. 他说自从他的妻子去世后，生活就失去意义了。 male n. adj. (of) the gender that does not give birth to young 男性（的）；雄性（的）[例] About 6