《高级英语第二册重点词汇.docVIP

1. mourner: n. person who attends a funeral as a relative or friend of the dead 送葬者；哀悼者 mourn: v. grieve for 哀悼 e.g.: The whole nation had mourned (for) the death of their great leader. 举国上下哀悼他们的伟大领袖。 Silent mourning Mourn for the deceased 2. thread: v. pass through like a thread 穿过 thread one’s way through: find, pick, one’s way through (a crowd, streets, etc) 挤过（人群）；穿过（街道） e.g.: I thread my way through the crowded streets. On holidays, if you go shopping, you have to thread your way through the crowd, which is very annoying sometimes. 如果节假日里去购物，不得不在人群中挤，这有时很烦人。 3. wail: v. cry in a loud, usually shrill voice 悲伤地哭泣或哀嚎 e.g.:1) She was wailing for her lost child.她为失去的孩子哭泣。 2) wails (over) one’s misfortunes 为自己的不幸而哀泣 3)The wind wailed through the trees. 风穿过树林发出似嚎叫的声音。 4. chant: n. a song in which words are repeated in a monotonous tone of voice 单调的歌 e.g.: The mourners wailed a short chant over and over again. 送葬者的口里一遍一遍地哀号着一支短促的悲歌。 5. bier: n. a platform or portable framework on which a coffin or corpse is placed 棺材架，尸体架 e.g.: The corpse was carried on the wooden bier on the shoulders of four friends. 尸体放在一副木制担架上，由死者的四位朋友抬去送葬。 6. hack: v. cut with strong, rough strokes using a sharp tool; break up land with a hoe, etc. 乱砍，乱劈；（用锄等）翻地，挖土 e.g.: 1)hack a way through the jungle 在丛林中劈出一条路 2)hack the soil 开垦翻地； 3)hack in wheat 翻土播下小麦 7. dump: v. throw or unload sth. quickly and carelessly 倾倒；抛扔 e.g.: A million tons of untreated waste is dumped into the sea. 百万吨未经处理过的废物被倒进海里。 He got my haversack from the cab and dumped it at my feet. 他从出租车中拿出我的帆布背包，扔到我的面前。 8. fling: v. throw sth. with a lot of force 用力扔，抛，掷 e.g.: fling a grenade at the enemy 向敌人掷手榴弹 The storm flung the ship onto the rocks. 暴风雨把船抛在岩石上。 The little girl flung herself into her mother’s arms. 小女孩一头栽进母亲的怀里。 9. lumpy: adj. Something that is lumpy contains lumps or is covered with lumps. 多块的；凹凸不平的 e.g.: When the rice isn’t cooked properly it goe