词汇积累——英语熟词生义汇总(五)
401.shoot up 迅速增长(勿望文生义)
Your son’s really shot up since we last saw him.
402.a big shot 重要人物(勿望文生义)
His father is a big shot in the steel industry.
403.shoulder 熟义:n. 肩膀
生义:vt. 承担
Young people should learn to shoulder the duty/blame.
404.simply 熟义:adv. 仅仅;只不过
生义:adv.(强调某说法)确实,简直
It is simply wonderful to see you!
405.sink 熟义:v. 下沉;沉没
生义:v. 下降,降低
Prices are sinking slowly.
406.somebody 熟义:pron. 某人
生义:pron. 有一定地位的人物
He is somebody in his town but he is nobody here.
407.somehow 熟义:adv. 以某种方式
生义:adv. 也不知道是什么原由,不知道怎么搞的
Somehow he is afraid of her.
408.something of 可以说是一个(勿望文生义)
He is something of a liar.
409.soul 熟义:n. 灵魂
生义:n. 人
Hardly a soul is seen in the village.410.sound 熟义:n. 声音 v. 听起来
生义:adj. (机器、身体等)没有毛病的
The bodywork’s sound but the engine needs repairing.
生义:adj. 健康的
It is important to have a sound body.
生义:adj. 酣睡的,酣畅的,香甜的
My wife is a sound sleeper.
411.spare 熟义:v. 抽出,匀出
生义:v. 饶恕,放过
He spared the prisoner.
412.spring 熟义:n. 春天;泉水;弹簧
生义:v. (up)迅速出现,突然兴起
Fast food restaurants are springing up all over the town.
413.stamp 熟义:n. 邮票
生义:v. 跺脚,重踩
He stamped his feet in anger.
414.stand 熟义:v. 站立
生义:v. 忍受
I can’t stand waiting any longer.
生义:v. 仍然有效
The order still stands.
生义:v. 保持原状
As things now stand, we shall win.
生义:n. 摊位,地摊a hamburger/newspaper stand
415.stand for 熟义:代表
生义:容忍(常用于否定句)
The teacher would not stand for such behavior.
416.start 熟义:v. 开始;发动;开创
生义:vi. 突然一惊
The sudden noise made her start.
417.state 熟义:n. 州;状态
生义:v. 陈述;说明
They gave him five minutes to state his views.
418.station 熟义:n. 站,台,所,局
生义:vt. 驻扎
A PLA unit is now stationed at Hong Kong.
419.steal 熟义:v. 偷
生义:v. 偷偷地(或悄悄地)移动
He stole out of the room so as not to wake the baby.
420.strength 熟义:n. 力气
生义:n. 强项
Maths is not my strength.
421.strike 熟义:v. 打击;袭击;罢工
生义:v. 突然想到,一下子想起,猛然意识到
It struck me that he was not telling the truth.
An idea suddenly struck me.
422.study 熟义:v. 学习,研究
生义:n. 书房He has a beautiful small old wooden study.
423.subject 熟义:n. 主题;科目
生义:n.(实验中)被试者
The subjects of this experiment were all men aged 18-25.
生义:adj. 可能受……影响的
These areas are subject to strong winds.
生义:adj. 易遭受……的
The child is subject to cold.
424.succeed 熟义:v. 成功
生义:vt. 接替,继任
Gingrich will succeed Foley as speaker of the House.
生义:v. 继承
Jim has just succeeded a large fortune from his uncle.
425.surprise 熟义:v.&n. 使惊讶,惊奇
生义:v. 出其不意地袭击或出现
Our troops surprised the enemy in the midnight.
426.suppose 熟义:v. 猜想;料想
生义:conj. 倘若(=supposing)
Suppose it rains, what shall we do?
427.sympathy 熟义:n. 同情
生义:n. 赞同,支持
Annie’s sympathies lie firmly with the workers.
428.swear to 熟义:v. 宣誓
生义:v. 断言;肯定;保证I would swear to having met him somewhere.
=I would swear to it that I had met him somewhere.
429.take up 熟义:占(时间/空间)
生义:开始学习(某课程);从事(某活动)
He dropped medicine and took up physics.
430.team 熟义:n. 队,组
生义:v.(与某人)一起工作,合作
Would you like to team up with us?
431.tell 熟义:v. 告诉,讲述
生义:vt. (on)发生影响,产生效果
The stress began to tell on her health.
生义:vt. 判断,区分
He couldn’t tell which house it was.
生义:v. 知道,看出,确切地判断
I think he’s happy. It’s hard to tell.
432.thorough 熟义:adj. 彻底的,完全的
生义:adj. 仔细周到,工作缜密
The screening of applicants must be thorough.
433.ticket 熟义:n. 票
生义:n. 罚单,罚款单
The new driver got a ticket for speeding.
434.tie 熟义:vt. 栓,系
生义:vi. 打成平手
They tied with the visiting team in the game.
435.in time 熟义:及时生义:经过一段时间之后,最后,迟早
Don’t worry—I’m sure things will get better in time.
436.tip 熟义:n. 小费;尖端;梢
生义:n. 点子;主意;劝告;情报
Here is a useful tip on how to deal with online friends.
437.touch 熟义:n.&v. 接触
生义:n. 少许,微量
I feel a touch of tenderness from mom’s words.
生义:vt. 比得上,抵得过
No one can touch him when it comes to interior design.
438.treat 熟义:vt. 对待;处理;治疗
生义:n.(难得的)乐事
Her son’s visit is a great treat for her.
生义:n. 请客,款待
It’s my treat this time.
439.turn to 熟义:翻到;转到;变成
生义:求助于
They always turned to me when they were in trouble.
440.in turn 熟义:依次,轮流
生义:又反过来
Theory is based on practice and in turn serves practice.
441.twist 熟义:v. 使弯曲变形
生义:v. (道路、河流等)曲折,蜿蜒The river twisted toward the sea.
442.travel 熟义:v.&n. 旅行
生义:v. 转送,传播
The news travels fast these days.
443.understand 熟义:vt. 理解
生义:vt. 知悉,了解,据闻
I understand that you are planning to go to Africa.
444.uniform 熟义:n. 制服
生义:adj. 相同的,一致的
The boxes are uniform in weight.
445.undertake 熟义:v. 承担,采取,从事
生义:v. 承诺,允诺,答应
I can’t