英语单词超好背 第0462期

metallurgy

英 [məˈtælədʒi] 美 [ˈmetəlɜːrdʒi]

n. 冶金；冶金学；冶金术

例句：

She loved metallurgy as I do, and she named one of her dogs Maggie, and one of her dogs Molly.
她像我一样喜欢冶金学，并且她给一只狗命名玛吉，另一只狗为莫丽。

Unlike in the Americas, where metallurgy was a very late and limited development, Africans had iron from a relatively early date.
美洲的冶金学发展非常晚，而且发展有限。与之不同的是，非洲人在更早的时候就有了铁。

A few years of metallurgy experimentation later, the disposable-blade safety razor was born.
经过了几年的试验，使用抛弃型刀片的安全剃刀问世了。

loom

英 [luːm] 美 [luːm]

v. 赫然耸现，可怕地出现；显得突出，逼近；（不祥之事）似将发生；在织布机上织

n. 织布机；若隐若现的景象

n. (Loom) （瑞典）洛姆（人名）

例句：

She sat at her loom and continued to weave.
她坐在织布机前，继续织布。

You've got to be able to make decisions on the fly as deadlines loom.
你必须能够立刻作出决定，因为最后期限迫在眉睫。

Now the Emperor himself wished to see the costly manufacture, while it was still in the loom.
当这布还在织的时候，皇帝就亲自去看它了。

parasite

英 [ˈpærəsaɪt] 美 [ˈpærəsaɪt]

n. 寄生虫；食客

例句：

One of the ways the parasite spreads is through faecal matter.
寄生物传播的方式之一就是透过排泄物。

Schistosomiasis is diagnosed through the detection of parasite eggs in stool or urine specimens.
血吸虫病的诊断方法是，检测粪便或尿液标本中寄生虫卵。

At times, it is actually possible to watch the effects of natural selection in host-parasite relationships.
有时，在宿主-寄生虫关系中观察自然选择的影响实际上是可能的。

peruse

英 [pəˈruːz] 美 [pəˈruːz]

vt. 详细考察；精读

例句：

A copy of the report is available for you to peruse at your leisure.
现有一份报告，供你闲暇时细读。

Applicants should peruse the instructions carefully.
申请人须详细阅读本说明。

In all cases the results came quickly and were easy to peruse.
人们很快就能得到搜索结果，并能简单地读出这些结果。

property

英 [ˈprɒpəti] 美 [ˈprɑːpərti]

n. 性质，性能；财产；所有权

例句：

The property was owned communally.
这财产属集体所有。

This building is government property.
这座大楼是政府的财产。

The price of property has risen enormously.
房地产的价格大幅上升了。

回顾

1. metallurgy
2. loom
3. parasite
4. peruse
5. property