现代大学英语精读3_Lesson_9_A_Dill_Pickle.pptVIP

51 snap sth to Into a shut or closed position:处于关上的状态：pushed the door to.把门关上 (52)Picture: n. a person or an object bearing a marked resemblance to another. 酷似，化身，与另一人或物具有极明显相似性的人或物： Shes the picture of her mother. 她酷似她的妈妈。 Para. 53 56: Vera still has preserved a tender spot for his man, however, the man perhaps truly insensitive and unaware that he has hurt her or perhaps purposefully mocking her. (55)clutch at: v. to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch抓住。 A drowning man will clutch at a straw . 溺水之人不放过一根救命稻草。 (55)Barbarian: n. 1. a member of a people considered by those of another nation or group to have a primitive civilization. 原始人，未开化的人，被其他民族或群体视为拥有原始文化的人。 2. a fierce, brutal, or cruel person. 凶暴、粗野或残酷的人。 3. an insensitive, uncultured person; a boor. 粗鲁不文，感觉不灵敏，没有文化的人；乡巴佬。 (56)die down: to lose strength; subside. 渐弱，消退，没劲了；平静了： The winds died down. 风渐渐平息了。 Para. 57 64: The last dramatic turn of their relationship. Para. 57: His honeyed tongue. Para. 58: Her awakening love for him. Para. 59: His paradoxical insights. Para. 60: She regrets to pop up. Para. 61 63: The possibility for the two to understand each other and renew their relationship. Purr 58 v. intr.（不及物动词） To make or utter a soft, vibrant sound: 产生或发出一种轻柔且颤动的声音： The cat purred. The sewing machine purred. 猫发出呜呜声。缝纫机呜呜地响着 v.tr.（及物动词） To express by a soft, vibrant sound. 用轻柔振颤的声音表达 (60)Throw away: 1. to get rid of as useless. 抛弃，扔掉，作为无用而除去：threw away yesterdays newspaper. 扔掉昨天的报纸。 (64)Scrape: vt. 1. to rub (a surface) with considerable pressure, as with an edged instrument or a hard object. 摩擦，使劲用带梭或坚硬的物体磨（表面）。 (64)Wrapped up in: completely immersed or absorbed in. 全神贯注于，完全沉浸于或专注于：She is wrapped up in her studies. 她埋头苦读。 (64)Naive: adj. simple and credulous as a child; ingenuous. 天真的，如同孩子般简单和易轻信的；天真的。 (64)Hearty: adj. expressed warmly, exuberantly, and unrestrainedly. 热心的，热烈地、奔放地和毫无拘束地表达的：a hearty welcome. 热烈的欢迎。 Part Three (para. 65): The unexpected final. Many questi