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Unit10

□percussionist □esthetic □disgorge □scenario

□acoustical □gloss □daguerreotype □tymbal

□slash □credo □sulfur □distortion

percussionist [pəˈkʌʃənɪst]

【考法】 NOUN A percussionist is a person who plays percussion instruments such as drums. 打击乐器演奏者

【例句】 He is a youg percussionist, composer and national secondary-level actor.

他是青年打击乐演奏家、作曲家、国家二级演员。

esthetic [ɛsˈθɛtɪk]

【考法】 ADJ (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful 审美的

【例句】 From the esthetic view, it was a beautiful continent.

从美学的观点来看,那是一个美丽的大陆。

disgorge [dɪsˈgɔːdʒ]

【考法】 VERB If something disgorges its contents, it empties them out. 排出;倾倒;喷吐

【例句】 The ground had opened to disgorge a boiling stream of molten lava.

大地开裂,汩汩冒出炽热的熔岩。

scenario [səˈnærɪoʊ]

【考法】 NOUN If you talk about a likely or possible scenario, you are talking about the way in which a situa tion may develop. 设想;可能发生的情况

【例句】 .the nightmare scenario of a divided and irrelevant Royal Family.

对于王室四分五裂、无足轻重的可怕设想

acoustical [əˈkʊstɪkl]

【考法】 ADJ of or relating to the science of acoustics 声学的;听觉的

【例句】 The ancient Greeks were aware of other acoustical principles, at least empirically.

至少在实践上,古希腊人也知道其他的声学原理。

gloss [glɔs]

【考法】 NOUN A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something. 光泽;色泽;光亮

【例句】 Rain produced a black gloss on the asphalt.

雨后的柏油路面显得黑亮黑亮的。

daguerreotype [dəˈgɛrəˌtaɪp]

【考法】 NOUN 银版照相法

【例句】 The image was taken by Louis Daguerre who invented the Daguerreotype—one of the earliest methods of photography.

这张照片是由路易斯·达盖尔拍摄的,他发明了银版照相法——摄影的最早方法之一。

tymbal [ˈtimbəl]

【考法】 NOUN a type of kettledrum 铜鼓

【例句】 The song is produced by vibrations of the tymbal driven by alternating contractions of the tymbal mus cle on both side.

鼓膜的振动发声是由两侧鼓膜肌交替收缩驱动的。

slash [slæʃ]

【考法】 VERB If you slash at a person or thing, you quickly hit at them with something such as a knife. 挥砍;劈

【例句】 He slashed at her, aiming carefully.

他仔细地瞄准她劈了过去。

credo [ˈkriːdoʊ]

【考法】 NOUN A credo is a set of beliefs, principles, or opinions that strongly influence the way a person lives or works. 信条;教义

【例句】 Lord Clarendon’s liberal credo was one of the foundations of his political conduct.

克拉伦登勋爵的自由主义信条是他从事政治活动的一大基础。

sulfur [ˈsʌlfə]

【考法】 NOUN 硫黄;硫黄色

【例句】 But no one knew where the sulfur came from.

但是,没有人知道硫黄来自何处。

distortion [dɪˈstɔrʃən]

【考法】 NOUN Distortion is the changing of something into something that is not true or not acceptable. 歪曲;曲解

【例句】 I think it would be a gross distortion of reality to say that they were motivated by self-interest.

我认为说他们是受自身利益的驱使是对事实的严重歪曲。 Wpimf/EYaA+vbkmEd0GKBkcTUyvNbFgt2bOP6uhTI04hcr1sZxxBrO5KYcNzgp2K

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