词汇book3 unit1.doc

Unit 1 Festivals around the world 1. beauty n 1. [U]美；美麗 ：the beauty of the sunset/of poetry/of his singing 落日詩作他的歌聲之美 a woman of great beauty 大美人 beauty products/ treatment (= intended to make a person more beautiful) 美容產品；美容 [C] 美人；美好的東西 ： She had been a beauty in her day. 她年輕時是個美人。 [C]極好的榜樣；典型的例子 ： That last goal was a beauty! 最後進的一球真絕 [C]好處；優點 advantage ：One of the beauties of living here is that its so peaceful. 在這裏生活的好處之一是安寧。Idm beauty is in the eye of the beholder 情人眼裏出西施；對美的判別因人而異beauty is only skin-deep 美貌不過一張皮；貌美不如心靈美 [C, U]收穫季節；收割；收穫 ： harvest time 收穫季節 Farmers are extremely busy during the harvest. 農民在收穫季節裏十分忙碌。[C]收成；收穫量 ： the grain harvest 穀物的收成 a good/ bad harvest 豐收；歉收 The appeal produced a rich harvest of blankets, medicines and clothing. 呼籲的成果頗豐，收到了大批毛毯、藥物和衣服V [V VN]收割（莊稼）；捕獵（動物、魚）[VN] (medical 醫) 採集（人體的細胞或組織，以供醫學實驗等） ： starve v1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] （使人或动物）挨饿, 饿死Thousands of cattle are starving. 成千上万的牛正在挨饿.starve to death 饿死Shes starving herself to try to lose weight. 她正在用节食的办法减轻体重.Whats for dinner? Im starving! 晚饭吃什麽? 我饿极了!2 [Ipr, Tn.pr usu passive 通常用於被动语态]~ for sth; ~ sb of sth使某人）得不到某事物而受苦或渴望获得某事物; 缺乏children starving for/starved of affection 渴望受人疼爱的孩子Industry is being starved of technical expertise. 工业界技术力量匮乏.4 (phr v) starve sb into sth/doing sth force sb to do sth by not allowing him to get food 使某人挨饿以迫其做某事starved into surrender/surrendering 饿得只好投降.starve sb out (of sth)将某人饿得从隐藏处出来It took 8 days to starve them out (of the building). 用了8天时间才把他们饿得（从那座建筑物里）出来了.n1 [C, U]起点; 开端; 来源the origins of life on earth 地球上生命的起源words of Latin origin 拉丁语源的词he origins of the custom are unknown. 该风俗起源不详.2 [C esp pl 尤作复数] 血统; 背景; 出身He never forgot his humble origins. 他从未忘记过自己出身卑微.1 [attrib 作定语]of religion 宗教的; 宗教上的religious worship, belief, faith 宗教礼拜、 信仰a religious service 宗教仪式.2 (of a person) believing in and practising a religion; devout （指人）笃信宗教的, 虔诚的. (fig 比喻) scrupulous or conscientious 审慎的; 认真的pay religious attention to