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Unit 3

□ bump

□ hostage

□ wisp

□ flax

□ gaily

□ repentant

□ pretreat

□ inconvenient

□ chop

□ claustrophobic

□ churn out

□ mole

bump [bʌmp]

【考法】 VERB If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving. (无意地)碰撞,冲撞

【例句】They stopped walking and he almost bumped into them.

他们停下了脚步,结果他差点儿撞到他们身上。

hostage ['hɑstɪdʒ]

【考法】 N-COUNT A hostage is someone who has been captured by a person or organization and who may be killed or injured if people do not do what that person or organization demands. 人质

【例句】It is hopeful that two hostages will be freed in the next few days.

有两名人质可望在几天后获释。

wisp [wɪsp]

【考法1】N-COUNT A wisp of something such as smoke or cloud is an amount of it in a long thin shape. (烟、云等的)缕

【例句1】A thin wisp of smoke straggled up through the trees.

一缕轻烟在林间袅袅升起。

【考法2】N-COUNT A wisp of hair is a small, thin, untidy bunch of it. (毛发的)缕,绺,小把

【例句2】She smoothed away a wisp of hair from her eyes.

她将眼睛上的一缕头发拨开。

flax [flæks]

【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Flax is a plant with blue flowers. Its stem is used for making thread, rope, and cloth, and its seeds are used for making linseed oil. 亚麻

【例句】Cherries, sunflower and flax seeds have traces of this hormone.

樱桃、向日葵籽和亚麻籽都含有少量这种荷尔蒙。

gaily ['ɡeli]

【考法】 ADV If you do something gaily, you do it in a lively, happy way. 快乐地;喜气洋洋地

【例句】Magda laughed gaily.

玛格达开心地笑了起来。

repentant [rɪ'pɛntənt]

【考法】 ADJ -GRADED Someone who is repentant shows or says that they are sorry for something wrong they have done. 后悔的;悔改的;有悔改表现的

【例句】He was feeling guilty and depressed, repentant and scared.

他感到内疚、沮丧、后悔和害怕。

pretreat [priː'triːt]

【考法】 VERB 预先处理;事先处理

【例句】Here, how do you pretreat the steel plates?

在这里,你们怎样对钢板进行预处理?

inconvenient [ˌɪnkən'vinjənt]

【考法】 ADJ -GRADED Something that is inconvenient causes problems or difficulties for someone. 不方便的;打扰的;令人为难的

【例句】Can you come at 10:30? I know it’s inconvenient for you, but I must see you.

你能10点半来吗?我知道你不方便,但是我必须见你。

chop [tʃɑp]

【考法】 VERB If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe. 砍;剁;劈;切

【例句】Chop the butter into small pieces.

把黄油切成小片。

claustrophobic [ˌklɔːstrə'foʊbɪk]

【考法】 ADJ You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted. (地方等)引起幽闭恐惧的

【例句】They lived in an unhealthily claustrophobic atmosphere.

他们生活在一种令人感到幽闭恐惧的不健康氛围里。

churn out

【考法】 PHRASE perform in a mechanical way 大量生产;大量炮制

【例句】He began to churn out literary compositions in English.

他开始用英文创作大量的文学作品。

mole [moʊl]

【考法】 N-COUNT A mole is a small animal with black fur that lives underground. 鼹鼠

【例句】But Tiny was not at all pleased; for she did not like the tiresome mole.

不过蒂尼一点也不感到高兴,因为她的确不喜欢这只讨厌的鼹鼠。 JRUv/nTEPe8kUbdzFcv5baaBxeP/eyCA87R5w21nR4Bs8AQO6B8kL+NILyuwHmFF

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