大学英语第六单元词汇讲义概要1.ppt

Unit 6 A Day’s Wait Words and Expressions slide [slaid] v. 滑动；滑行；滑落；悄悄地走；不知不觉中陷入 n. 滑行，滑动；幻灯片；滑道；滑坡 The car, whose handbrake wasnt very reliable, began to slide backwards. 这辆车已开始向后滑动，因为手闸不太灵。 常用短语 lantern slide n.幻灯片 slide fastener n. 拉链 slide rule (=sliding rule) 计算尺 * * miserable [?miz?r?bl] adj. very unhappy;causing unhappiness. 1.（地方，形势）令人难受，让人抑郁。 There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him 2 （天气）阴郁的，令人苦恼的。 It was a grey, wet, miserable day. 3 脾气坏的；不友善的；乖戾的。 He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else. adv. miserably He looked miserably down at his plate. 他忧郁地低下头看着盘子。 creek [kri:k] n.Small stream. 英小湾； 美小河，小溪；〈废〉弯曲狭窄的通路；克里克人，克里克语 thermometer n. [θ?m?mit?] measuring instrument for measuring temperature 温度计；寒暑表；体温表 [C] The thermometer reached the minimum for the year. 寒暑表已降到当年的最低记录。 slip 英 [sl?p]　 美 [sl?p]　 词形变化：slipped slipped slipping v. 1.vi. 滑; 滑倒 lose ones balance; fall or almost fall as the result of this 2.vi. 溜走,悄悄地移动 move smoothly, or unnoticed 3.vt. 摆脱,挣脱 get free from (a fastening) n.1.[S] 滑,溜,滑倒 an act of slipping or sliding 2.[C] 小过失,失误 slight mistake 常用短语 slip down 滑倒 slip from 滑脱；降低到…之下 slip into (使)滑进,塞进; (使)滑行撞上(某物); (使)悄悄进入 slip on 匆匆穿上 slip up v.跌倒,疏忽,遭到不幸 slip away v. 逃走 flush [fl??] 词形变化: flushed flushed flushing flushes v. 脸红；冲洗（抽水马桶）；冲刷；清除 n. 冲洗；脸红；激动 adj. 大量的；充足的；齐平的 Embarrassment caused the blood to flush to her face . 窘迫使血液上涌，涨红了她的脸部。 The security forces say they will flush out all the troublemakers. 保安人员说他们一定把所有捣乱分子清出来。 blush,flush 词义辨析 这两个动词均含有“脸红”之意。 blush侧重因羞愧或尴尬而突然脸红。 flush强调因愤怒、高兴、羞愧、发烧或酗酒等引起的脸红。 scatter [sk?t?] 词形变化: scattered scattered scattering scatters