第360期-每天背单词
millimetre
英 [ˈmɪlimiːtə(r)] 美 [ˈmɪlimiːtər]n. 毫米;千分之一米
例句:The focus is on individuals, tweaking performances to squeeze an extra hundredth of a second here, an extra millimetre there.
工作的重心放在个人上,通过调整他们的各种表现,努力在这次比赛中多缩短百分之一秒,在那场比赛中多出一毫米。
The bugs, which are less than a millimetre long, feed on scales of human skin and produce allergens which are easily inhaled during sleep.
这些体长不超过一毫米的虫子以人类皮肤的鳞屑为食,并且产生的过敏原在睡眠时很容易被吸入。
So, a sixty millimetre diameter pebble.
所以,一个60毫米直径的卵石。
advanced
英 [ədˈvɑːnst] 美 [ədˈvænst]adj. 先进的;高级的;晚期的;年老的
v. 前进;增加;上涨(advance的过去式和过去分词形式)
例句:Oil shares advanced amid economic recovery hopes.
在一片经济复苏的希望中石油股票价格上涨。
He was a man of advanced years.
他年事已高。
They had advanced 20 miles by nightfall.
夜幕降临时,他们已推进了20英里。
slit
英 [slɪt] 美 [slɪt]n. 狭长的切口;裂缝
v. 使有狭缝;撕裂;使成长条;眯起眼睛
例句:She watched them through a slit in the curtains.
她透过窗帘的缝隙注视着他们。
The child's throat had been slit.
那孩子的喉咙被拉了个口子。
They say somebody slit her throat.
他们说有人割断了她的喉咙。
realist
英 [ˈriːəlɪst; ˈrɪəlɪst] 美 [ˈriːəlɪst]n. 现实主义者;实在论者
例句:I see myself not as a cynic but as a realist.
我把自己看成是现实主义者而不是愤世嫉俗的人。
Theodore Roosevelt was preeminently a realist in foreign relations.
西奥多• 罗斯福在很大程度上是一位外交关系的现实主义者。
Although Millet was a realist painter, and Van Gogh a post-impressionist, the two paintings still share lots of features.
虽然米莱是一个现实主义画家,而梵高是后印象派画家,但这两幅画仍然有很多共同的特点。
windowsill
英 [ˈwɪndəʊsɪl] 美 [ˈwɪndoʊsɪl]n. [建] 窗台;[建] 窗沿
例句:My belt buckle slips inside the windowsill.
我的皮带扣滑到窗沿里面了。
As you can see in the photo, a group of mallards lives under the windowsill of a bank office in Spokane, Washington.
正如你在照片里看到的,华盛顿州斯波坎市一家银行办公室的窗台下面,生活着一群绿头鸭。
I would line up my toys on this windowsill and play.
我要把玩具在这个窗台上排成一行来玩。
回顾
- millimetre
- advanced
- slit
- realist
- windowsill