Unit 8

□ anemic

□ winnow

□ holler

□ query

□ vernal

□ sentry

□ binary

□ buck

□ quadruped

□ engulf

□ hag

□ corporal

anemic [ə'nimɪk]

【考法】 ADJ Someone who is anemic suffers from anaemia. 贫血的

【例句】 Tests showed that she was very anaemic .

化验表明她非常贫血。

winnow ['wɪnoʊ]

【考法】 VERB If you winnow a group of things or people, you reduce its size by separating the ones that are useful or relevant from the ones that are not. 筛选；遴选

【例句】 Administration officials have winnowed the list of candidates to three.

行政官员将候选名单筛减至3人。

holler ['hɑlə(r)]

【考法】 VERB If you holler, you shout loudly. 叫喊；大叫；嚷嚷

【例句】 The audience whooped and hollered .

观众又是欢呼又是叫嚷。

query ['kwɪri]

【考法】 N-COUNT A query is a question, especially one that you ask an organization, publication, or expert. （尤 指向组织、出版物或专家提出的）问题，疑问，询问

【例句】 If you have any queries about this insurance, please contact Travel Insurance Services Limited.

如果您对此项保险有什么疑问，请与旅行保险服务有限公司联系。

vernal ['vɜrnl]

【考法】 ADJ of or occurring in spring 春天的；在春季发生的

【例句】 Let tulips trust the warm vernal rain.

让郁金香相信春天的绵绵细雨。

sentry ['sɛntri]

【考法】 N-COUNT A sentry is a soldier who guards a camp or a building. 哨兵；警卫

【例句】 The sentry would not let her enter.

警卫不让她进去。

binary ['baɪnəri]

【考法】 ADJ Binary describes something that has two different parts. 二元的；有两个不同部分的；二进制的

【例句】 a binary star

双星

buck [bʌk]

【考法1】 N-COUNT A buck is a US or Australian dollar. 美元；澳元

【例句】 That would probably cost you about fifty bucks .

那大概要花掉你50美元左右。

【考法2】 VERB If a horse bucks, it kicks both of its back legs wildly into the air, or jumps into the air wildly with all four feet off the ground. （马）猛地弓背跃起，尥起后蹄跳跃

【例句】 The stallion bucked as he fought against the reins holding him tightly in.

公马四蹄腾空跳起，想挣脱紧紧缚住它的缰绳。

quadruped ['kwɑdruped]

【考法】 N-COUNT A quadruped is any animal with four legs. 四足动物

【例句】 Ventral (or pelvic) fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped .

腹鳍对应着四足动物的后肢。

engulf [ɛn'ɡʌlf]

【考法】 VERB If one thing engulfs another, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way. （常指突然）吞没，吞噬

【例句】 A seven-year-old boy was found dead after a landslide engulfed a block of flats.

山体滑坡掩埋了一栋公寓楼，造成一名7岁男孩丧生。

hag [hæɡ]

【考法】 N-COUNT If someone refers to a woman as a hag, they mean that she is ugly, old, and unpleasant. 老丑 妇；老妖婆

【例句】 I hope the old hag has gone out to do her grocery shopping and hasn't come back yet.

我希望那个老妖婆出门买杂货还没回来。

corporal ['kɔrpərəl]

【考法】 N-COUNT; N-TITLE A corporal is a non-commissioned officer in the army or United States Marines. （陆军或美国海军陆战队的）下士

【例句】 The corporal shouted an order at the men.

下士向士兵们发出号令。 mrEF+/XLRNSr/IULC3qaSqQOQPc/8W2bIubCeOULD1BeNubjFa62muXWGcOdJjX1