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jut [dʒʌt]
【考法】 VERB If something juts out, it sticks out above or beyond a surface. 凸出；伸出
【例句】The northern end of the island juts out like a long, thin finger into the sea.
岛屿的北端像一根细长的手指一样伸入海中。
wingspan ['wɪŋˌspæn]
【考法】 N-COUNT The wingspan of a bird, insect, or aeroplane is the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing. （鸟、昆虫或飞机的）翼展，翼幅
【例句】.a glider with an 18-foot wingspan.
翼展18英尺的滑翔机
resonance ['rɛzənəns]
【考法】 N-VAR A resonance is the sound which is produced by an object when it vibrates at the same rate as the sound waves from another object. 共鸣；共振；谐振
【例句】The ear has a set of filaments to vibrate in resonance with incoming sound-waves.
耳朵里有一组细丝能和进入的声波产生共振。
beaded ['biːdɪd]
【考法】 ADJ A beaded dress, cushion, or other object is decorated with beads. 饰以小珠的；带珠子的
【例句】Turn yourself into a breezy goddess by opting for the braided, crochet or beaded headband models.通过选择编织、钩针或串珠型的发带，把你自己变成一个活泼清新的女神。
hasten ['hesən]
【考法】 VERB If you hasten an event or process, often an unpleasant one, you make it happen faster or sooner. 加速，加快（常指不愉快的事）
【例句】But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country.
但是如果他这样做，就有可能加速自己国家的崩溃。
interbreed [ˌɪntəˑbrid]
【考法】 VERB to breed within a single family or strain so as to produce particular characteristics in the offspring 异种交配；混种；使品种间杂交
【例句】If this trait is also involved in reproduction, this process can have a side effect of causing the divergent subpopulations to no longer interbreed.
如果这种特质中包含了繁殖，这个过程中将存在这样一种副效应——使新产生的变异亚种群之间不再交配。
instinctive [ɪnˑstɪŋktɪv]
【考法】 ADJ An instinctive feeling, idea, or action is one that you have or do without thinking or reasoning. 本能的；直觉的；天生的
【例句】It’s an instinctive reaction—if a child falls you pick it up.
这是一种本能的反应——如果小孩摔倒了你会扶他起来。
homely ['hoʊmli]
【考法】 ADJ -GRADED If you say that someone is homely, you mean that they are not very attractive to look at. 相貌平平的
【例句】The man was homely and overweight.
该男子其貌不扬，身材肥胖。
clarify [ˌklærəfaɪ]
【考法】 VERB To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail. 阐明；阐释；说明
【例句】Can you clarify this long sentence?
你能把这个长句子解释清楚吗？
lottery ['lɑtəri]
【考法】 VERB A lottery is a type of gambling game in which people buy numbered tickets. Several numbers are then chosen, and the people who have those numbers on their tickets win a prize. （通过发行彩票方式的）抽彩给奖法，博彩
【例句】.the national lottery.
国家博彩
crossroads ['krɔsroʊdz]
【考法】 N-SING If you say that something is at a crossroads, you mean that it has reached a very important stage in its development where it could go one way or another. （发展的）关键时刻，紧要关头
【例句】The company was clearly at a crossroads.
该公司显然处于发展的关键时期。
lieutenant [lef 'tenənt]
【考法】 N-COUNT A lieutenant is a person who holds a junior officer’s rank in the army, navy, marines, or air force, or in the American police force. （陆军、海军陆战队、空军）中尉，少尉；（海军）上尉；（美国警察的）警督，小队长
【例句】Lieutenant Campbell ordered the man at the wheel to steer for the gunboat.
坎贝尔上尉命令舵手将船开向炮艇。