每天背单词 第531期

steam

英 [stiːm] 美 [stiːm]

n. 蒸汽；蒸汽动力；水汽；精力

vi. 冒水汽；蒸；用蒸汽动力推动；疾行；<非正式>开始战斗；抢劫

adj. 蒸汽的

例句：

Steam had clouded the mirror.
水蒸气使镜子变得模糊不清。

Who invented the steam engine?
谁发明了蒸汽机？

Steam rose from the boiling kettle.
壶里的水开了，冒着蒸汽。

fbi

英 [ˌef biː ˈaɪ] 美 [ˌef biː ˈaɪ]

abbr. （美国）联邦调查局（Federal Bureau of Investigation）；英国工业联合会（Federation of British Industries）

例句：

He had fallen foul of the FBI.
他已惹恼了联邦调查局。

The FBI kept a voluminous file on Pablo Picasso.
联邦调查局保存了有关巴勃罗·毕加索的大量档案。

The document was excerpted from an unidentified FBI file.
此文件摘自来源不明的联邦调查局档案。

bestow

英 [bɪˈstəʊ] 美 [bɪˈstoʊ]

vt. 使用；授予；放置；留宿

例句：

Conversely, the stemma can also bestow a semblance of separation on manuscripts written within a few months of one another or even in the same room.
相反地，族谱也可以给几个月之内写的手稿一种分离的假象，甚至是在同一个房间里写的。

And you can bestow love upon things.
你可以给东西你的爱。

You also bestow love upon her or him.
你也赐予他或她爱。

surgery

英 [ˈsɜːdʒəri] 美 [ˈsɜːrdʒəri]

n. 外科；外科手术；手术室；诊疗室

例句：

She's had laser surgery on her eye.
她做了眼部激光手术。

He had survived heart bypass surgery.
他在心脏搭桥手术中活了下来。

Surgery to a balky ankle was required.
脚踝受伤了，必须接受手术。

lab

英 [læb] 美 [læb]

n. 实验室，研究室

例句：

The lab assistant was wearing a white overall.
实验室助手穿着一件白罩衣。

"He went back to the lab," Inez exclaimed impatiently.
“他回实验室了，”伊内兹不耐烦地叫道。

She sat in the Spanish lab for hours, trying to acquire the accent of a native speaker.
她在西班牙语研究所里坐了好几个小时，试着学习以西班牙语为母语的人的口音。

回顾

1. steam
2. fbi
3. bestow
4. surgery
5. lab