20230829 单词学习
20230829 单词学习
squash /skwɒʃ/ |CET6+ TEM8 squashingsquashedsquashes 1.V-T If someone or something is squashed, they are pressed or crushed with such force that they become injured or lose their shape. 压扁; 压碎 • Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car. 罗伯特很幸运,被一辆轿车挤压到一排栅栏上只折了一只脚而脱了险。 • Whole neighbourhoods have been squashed flat by shelling. 整个的居住区已经被炮火夷为平地。 2.ADJ If people or things are squashed into a place, they are put or pushed into a place here there is not enough room for them to be. 挤进去了的 • There were 2,000 people squashed into her recent show. 有2千人挤进了她最近的演出现场。 3.V-T If you squash something that is causing you trouble, you put a stop to it, often by force. 镇压 • The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble. 该部队将严阵以待,一有骚乱声音即进行镇压。 4.N-VAR A squash is one of a family of vegetables that have thick skin and soft or firm flesh inside. 瓜类蔬菜 5.N-UNCOUNT Squash is a game in which two players hit a small rubber ball against the walls of a court using rackets. 壁球 • I also play squash. 我也玩壁球。 6.N a still drink made from fruit juice or fruit syrup diluted with water 果汁饮料 7.N-SING If you say that getting a number of people into a small space is a squash, you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it. 塞满 • It was a squash in the car with five of them. 他们五个人把这小车全部塞满。 mung bean /mʌŋ/ N an E Asian bean plant, Phaseolus aureus, grown for forage and as the source of bean sprouts used in oriental cookery 绿豆 barley /ˈbɑːlɪ/ |CET6+ TEM4 N-UNCOUNT Barley is a grain that is used to make food, beer, and whisky. 大麦 • ...fields of ripening wheat and barley. …快要成熟的小麦和大麦田。 vector n. /ˈvektə(r)/ 1.( mathematics 数) a quantity that has both size and direction 矢量;向量 •Acceleration and velocity are both vectors. 加速度和速度都是矢量。 ——compare scalar 2.( biology 生) an insect, etc. that carries a particular disease from one living thing to another (传染疾病的)介体,载体 3.( technical 术语) a course taken by an aircraft (航空器的)航线 match ˈup (with sth) to be the same or similar (和某物)相同,相似 SYN tally agree •The suspects' stories just don't match up. 各嫌疑犯交代的内容不一致。 agri·cul·tur·al·ist n. /ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəlɪst/ an expert in agriculture who gives advice to farmers 农学家;农业技术员;农艺师 Cultural diffusion is defined as the spread of cultural elements due to the interaction among people from different cultures. Migration was one major reason for cultural diffusion for thousands of years.