英文單字 2013 6/3~2013 6/7

單字筆記2013 6/3
單字1:banal
來源:They never could connect really the romance of their impending deaths with the banal mechanical process.
定義:Commonplace

單字2:caitiff
來源:I am Robin Hood, as thy caitiff carcase soon shall know.
定義:Cowardly

單字3:brae
來源:They warn of a brae new world of "embryo farms" and "cloning mills" for the cultiation of human spare parts.
定義:Hillside

單字4:decorate
來源:Bright posters decorate the streets.
定義:To embellish

單字5:evert
來源:The other slug has also begun to evert the organ. You can see that it comes out from around the side of the head.
定義:To turn inside out

單字筆記2013 6/4
單字1:frizz
來源:To form or cause to be formed into small, tight curls; frizz.
定義:To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to

單字2:gosling
來源:Now the foreign goose-egg was set under the broody hen and in due time a wonderful gosling hatched out.
定義:A young goose

單字3:harangue
來源:But the venom of the chaplain's harangue had worked into his blood and sapped the life of his sweet contentment.
定義:A tirade

單字4:incident
來源:An official enquiry into the incident was launched.
定義:A happening in general, especially one of little importance

單字5:implicit
來源:He had an air, a walk, a manner, in which charm was implicit.
定義:Implied

單字筆記2013 6/5
單字1:luscious
來源:He stretched his limbs in expectation of a luscious forfeit.
定義:Rich, sweet, and delicious

單字2:mete
來源:He saddled Mutz, promising to mete out cruel punishment to the thief.
定義:To apportion

單字3:obesity
來源:Schools Take Steps to Counter Youth Obesity.
定義:Excessive fatness

單字4:peaceful
來源:Amongst birds, the contest is often of a more peaceful character.
定義:Tranquil

單字5:quackery
來源:Some scientists relegate parapsychology to the sphere of quackery.
定義:Charlatanry

單字筆記2013 6/6
單字1:quibble
來源:To see or make trivial distinctions; quibble.
定義:An utterly trivial distinction or objection

單字2:rigmarole
來源:She told me some rigmarole or other having lost her keys.
定義:Nonsense

單字3:sequel
來源:20th Century Fox decided that the movie Ice Age needed a sequel.
定義:That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened

單字4:transverse
來源:The transverse sensitivity was due primarily to the end loops in the grid pattern.
定義:Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction

單字5:unison
來源:My feelings are in unison with yours.
定義:A condition of perfect agreement and accord

單字筆記2013 6/7
單字1:wry
來源:He achieved a wry smile while his grayblue eyes were by now perturbed by puzzled inquiry.
定義:Deviating from that which is proper or right

單字2:venal
來源:I never intimidate ordinary folks. I only intimidate those venal officials.
定義:Mercenary, corrupt

單字3:umbrage
來源:The pope himself had taken great umbrage at the book.
定義:A sense of injury

單字4:vale
來源:I descended a little on the side of that delicious vale, surveying it with a secret kind of pleasure.
定義:Level or low land between hills

單字5:stingy
來源:They wouldn't be so stingy about it.
定義:Cheap, unwilling to spend money.