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□elm □aloft □chronicle □continuum
□penultimate □tally □traceable □specter
□crocodile □shutter □ether □epitomize
【考法】 NOUN An elm is a tree that has broad leaves which it loses in winter. 榆树
【例句】 It was a good table too, sturdily constructed of elm.
这也是一张好桌子，榆木做的，很结实。
【考法】 ADV Something that is aloft is in the air or off the ground. 在空中；在高处
【例句】 He held the trophy proudly aloft.
他自豪地高举起奖杯。
【考法】 NOUN A chronicle is an account or record of a series of events. 编年（史）；大事年表
【例句】 .this vast chronicle of Napoleonic times.
这套大部头的拿破仑时代编年史
【考法】 NOUN A continuum is a set of things on a scale, which have a particular characteristic to different de grees. 统一体；连续体
【例句】 These various complaints are part of a continuum of ill-health.
这些各种各样的疾病、不适都是身体健康状况欠佳的一种表现。
【考法】 ADJ The penultimate thing in a series of things is the last but one. 倒数第二的
【例句】 .on the penultimate day of the Asian Games.
在亚运会结束的倒数第二天
【考法】 VERB If one number or statement tallies with another, they agree with each other or are exactly the same. You can also say that two numbers or statements tally. 与……一致；与……相同；与……吻合
【例句】 Its own estimate of three hundred tallies with that of another survey.
其估计数目300与另一项调查的结果相吻合。
【考法】 ADJ If one thing is traceable to another, there is evidence to suggest that the first thing was caused by or is connected to the second thing. 可归因于……的；由……造成的；与……有关的
【例句】 The probable cause of his death is traceable to an incident in 1724.
他的死亡很可能是由1724年的一起事件造成的。
【考法】 NOUN a mental representation of some haunting experience 幽灵；妖怪；恐怖之物
【例句】 The specter of war loomed ahead.
战争的幽灵逼近了。
【考法】 NOUN A crocodile is a large reptile with a long body and strong jaws. Crocodiles live in rivers and eat meat. 鳄鱼
【例句】 So the prince told her the whole story, and of the impossible task given him by the crocodile.
于是，王子将整个故事告诉了她，包括鳄鱼交给他的那个不可能的任务。
【考法】 NOUN Shutters are wooden or metal covers fitted on the outside of a window. They can be opened to let in the light, or closed to keep out the sun or the cold. 百叶窗
【例句】 She opened the shutters and gazed out over village roofs.
她打开了百叶窗，向外俯视着村里房子的屋顶。
【考法】 NOUN Ether is a colourless liquid that burns easily. It is used in industry and in medicine as an anaes thetic. 醚；乙醚
【例句】 .a sweetish smell of ether and iodine.
乙醚和碘酒的香甜气味
【考法】 VERB If you say that something or someone epitomizes a particular thing, you mean that they are a perfect example of it. 成为……的典范；作为……的缩影
【例句】 Lyonnais cooking is epitomized by the so-called “bouchons”.
被称作“bouchon”的里昂小餐馆是里昂饮食的缩影。