Unit 8

□ soprano

□ threadbare

□ pulverize

□ crone

□ hoot

□ disparate

□ muffle

□ rapport

□ incognito

□ taut

□ reverie

□ twilight

soprano [sə'prɑnoʊ]

【考法】 N-COUNT A soprano is a woman, girl, or boy with a high singing voice. 女高音歌手；童声高音歌手

【例句】 She was the main soprano at the Bolshoi theatre.

她是莫斯科大剧院首席女高音歌手。

threadbare ['θredber]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Threadbare clothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin,because they have been worn or used too much. （衣服、地毯等）破旧的，磨薄的，陈旧的

【例句】 She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet.

她盘腿坐在一块破旧的方形地毯上。

pulverize ['pʌlvəˌraɪz]

【考法】 VERB To pulverize something means to do great damage to it or to destroy it completely. 严重损坏；彻 底摧毁

【例句】 the economic policies which pulverized the economy during the 1980s

20世纪80年代使经济遭受了重创的经济政策

crone [kroʊn]

【考法】 N-COUNT A crone is an ugly old woman. 丑陋的老太婆

【例句】 If need, occupy a throne, where nobody can call you crone.

如果需要，占领一个王位，那里没人会叫你老妇人。

hoot [hut]

【考法】 VERB If you hoot, you make a loud high-pitched noise when you are laughing or showing disapproval. 高声大笑；（表示反对而）喊叫

【例句】 The protesters chanted, blew whistles and hooted at the name of Governor Pete Wilson.

抗议者喊着口号、吹着哨子，并大声尖叫着皮特·威尔逊州长的名字。

disparate ['dɪspərət]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Disparate things are clearly different from each other in quality or type. 全异的；完全 不同的；异类的

【例句】 Scientists are trying to pull together disparate ideas in astronomy.

科学家们正试图将天文学中的各派观点整合在一起。

muffle ['mʌfəl]

【考法】 VERB If something muffles a sound, it makes it quieter and more difficult to hear. 使（声音）低沉；使（音 量）减弱

【例句】 Blake held his handkerchief over the mouthpiece to muffle his voice.

布莱克把手绢包在话筒上，以使自己的声音听起来模糊不清。

rapport [ræ'pɔr, -'por, rə-]

【考法】 N-SING If two people or groups have a rapport, they have a good relationship in which they are able to understand each other's ideas or feelings very well. 和睦；友善；亲近

【例句】 He said he wanted “to establish a rapport with the Indian people”.

他说他想“同印度人民建立友好关系”。

incognito [ˌɪnkɑg'nitoʊ]

【考法】 ADJ Someone who is incognito is using a false name or wearing a disguise, in order not to be recognized or identified. 隐姓埋名的；隐匿身份的

【例句】 Hotel inspectors have to travel incognito .

酒店检查员巡查时必须隐瞒真实身份。

taut [tɔt]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Something that is taut is stretched very tight. 绷紧的；拉紧的

【例句】 When muscles are taut or cold there is more chance of injury or strain.

肌肉绷紧或受凉时更容易损伤。

reverie ['rɛvəri]

【考法】 N-COUNT A reverie is a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, as if you are dreaming. 幻想；白日梦

【例句】 The announcer's voice brought Holden out of his reverie .

播音员的声音将霍尔登从幻想中惊醒。

twilight ['twaɪˌlaɪt]

【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Twilight is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark. 黄昏；薄暮

【例句】 They returned at twilight , and set off for one of the promenade bars.

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