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NPR词汇汇总：NPR 2006-01spoke wheel: 辐条车轮. holy mackerel/cow: used to express feelings such as surprise or fear.ag: 农业的.C-section: a caesarean.rose rock: The rose rock is the official state rock of Oklahoma. It is found nowhere else but central Oklahoma. It is most common in Cleveland County.illiteracy: someone who is illiterate, who has not learned to read or write; 文盲.Guggenheim Fellowship: Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded to men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. gaiety: when someone or something is cheerful and fun.malaprop: 用词错误可笑的Kanji: 日本汉字tune in: to watch or listen to a broadcast on radio or television; 收听dyslexic: a condition that makes it difficult for someone to read and spell; 诵读困难者homo sapiens: the type of human being that exists nowgun-toting: someone carrying a guy. i.e. gun-toting gangs on the street avant-garde: extremely modern and shockingpristine: not spoiled or damaged in any wayrancher: someone who owns or works on a big farmslot machine: a machine for a game when you put money into itvermin: unpleasant people who cause problems for societyprolifically: fertilelyproselytize: to try to persuade someone to join a religious group or political partyprimordial: primitivebrethren: [plural] a member of a group, especially a religious one.constituency: supporterput-upon: a feeling of put-upon is occurs when one feels being treated of doing thing unfairly or too much.albino: 白化病患者impersonator: 模仿(名人等)的艺人euphemistic: 委婉的schizophrenic: 精神分裂症的asylum: 收容所, 精神病院Guyana: 圭亚那dental floss: 牙线jittery: tremblingconvulsion: 震撼,动乱attire in: 穿上toiletry: 化妆品detachment: the state of not reacting to or being involved in something in an emotional waychildbirth: 分娩ostracize: 排斥contagious: 传染性的slough off: 抛弃,丢弃toddler: 初学走路的孩子saddle: n. 马鞍 v. 承受stigma: 污名don: if you don clothing, you put it on.North Dakota: 美国北达科他州Bismarck: the c