20230930 单词学习

20230930 单词学习

gastronomic

/ˌɡæstrəˈnɒmɪk/ ADJ Gastronomic is used to describe things that are concerned with good food. 与美食有关的 •  Paris is the gastronomic capital of the world.  巴黎是全世界的美食之都。 •  She is sampling gastronomic delights along the Riviera.  她正在里维埃拉一带体验美食之乐。      

self-appointed

ADJ A self-appointed leader or ruler has taken the position of leader or ruler without anyone else asking them or choosing them to have it. (指领导或统治者)自封的 •  ...the new self-appointed leaders of the movement.  ...该运动最近自封的领导们。  

rhap·sody

n. /ˈræpsədi/

( pl. -ies)

1.( often in titles 常用于标题 ) a piece of music that is full of feeling and is not regular in form 狂想曲

•Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies 李斯特的《匈牙利狂想曲》

2.( formal ) the expression of great enthusiasm or happiness in speech or writing （言语或文字的）狂热表达，充满欣喜的表达

primordial

/praɪˈmɔːdɪəl/

ADJ You use primordial to describe things that belong to a very early time in the history of the world. 原始的; 远古的

•  Twenty million years ago, Idaho was populated by dense primordial forest.

 两千万年前，爱达荷州遍布着茂密的原始森林。

conjure

/ˈkʌndʒə/     |TEM8 conjuringconjuredconjures 1.V-T If you conjure something out of nothing, you make it appear as if by magic. 使如变魔术般凭空出现 •  Thirteen years ago she found herself having to conjure a career from thin air.  十三年前她认识到自己得白手起家闯出一番事业来。 2.PHRASAL VERB Conjure up means the same as . 使如变魔术般凭空出现 •  Every day a different chef will be conjuring up delicious dishes in the restaurant.  该饭店每天都有一位不同的厨师会像变戏法似地做出美味的菜肴。    

ostentation

/ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃən/ N-UNCOUNT If you describe someone's behaviour as ostentation, you are criticizing them for doing or buying things in order to impress people. 卖弄; 炫耀 •  On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.  总体来说，她生活俭朴，不事张扬。