[英语学习]WebGRE Vocabulary24红宝书韦氏词典版.doc

Lesion 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●n. 伤口; 损害 ●［英］n. 伤口 ( an injury) ; 损害 ( damage) ●［记］来自lese ( 冒犯, 损害) +ion - 损害 ●［例］The doctor bandaged my lesions carefully. Webster Collegiate noun ●Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin laesion-, laesio, from laedere to injure ●Date: 15th century ●1. injury, harm ●2. an abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to injury or disease; especially one that is circumscribed and well defined ●?~ed adjective ------ Lethargy 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●n. 昏睡; 倦怠 ●［英］n. 昏睡 ( abnormal drowsiness or torpor) ; 倦怠 ( dullness, apathy) ●［类］antidote : poison / tonic : lethargy ( 解毒剂用来解除毒 / 补药用来解除困乏) 反义词: vigor ( 活力) ●［记］leth ( 死) +argy - 昏睡, 无生气 Webster Collegiate noun ●Etymology: Middle English litargie, from Medieval Latin litargia, from Late Latin lethargia, from Greek lēthargia, from lēthargos forgetful, lethargic, irregular from lēthē ●Date: 14th century ●1. abnormal drowsiness ●2. the quality or state of being lazy, sluggish, or indifferent ●Synonyms: m ~, languor, lassitude, stupor, torpor mean physical or mental inertness. ~ implies such drowsiness or aversion to activity as is induced by disease, injury, or drugs months of ~ followed my accident. languor suggests inertia induced by an enervating climate or illness or love languor induced by a tropical vacation. lassitude stresses listlessness or indifference resulting from fatigue or poor health a depression marked by lassitude. stupor implies a deadening of the mind and senses by shock, narcotics, or intoxicants lapsed into an alcoholic stupor. torpor implies a state of suspended animation as of hibernating animals but may suggest merely extreme sluggishness a once alert mind now in a torpor. ------ Lettering 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●n. 刻字, 烫印; 字体 ●［英］n. 刻字, 烫印 ( the art of writing or drawing letters) ●［类］stencil : lettering / pattern : sewing ( 依照模板来刻字 / 依照衣服图案来缝纫) ●［记］letter ( 文字) ＋ing Webster Collegiate noun ●Date: 1789 ●letters used in an inscription ------ Levee 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●n. 防洪堤; 堤岸 ●［英］n. 防洪堤