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crew member

n.组员；船员水手；工作班人员

· descent /dɪˈsɛnt/

o 1.N-VAR A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position. 下降

• Sixteen of the youngsters set off for help, but during the descent three collapsed in the cold and rain.
那些年轻人中有16人出发寻求帮助，但在下山过程中有3人在寒冷和阴雨中倒下了。

o 2.N-COUNT A descent is a surface that slopes downward, for example, the side of a steep hill. 下坡

• On the descents, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed.
在下坡道上，自行车手们飞快地掠过汽车，靠惯性极速冲下山去。

o 3.N-SING When you want to emphasize that a situation becomes very bad, you can talk about someone's or something's descent into that situation. 沉沦; 没落

• ...his swift descent from respected academic to struggling small businessman.
…他从受人尊敬的学者到挣扎求存的小商人的迅速沦落。

o 4.N-UNCOUNT You use descent to talk about a person's family background, for example, their nationality or social status. 出身

• All the contributors were of African descent.
所有捐助者都是非洲血统。

· coat hanger

o N-COUNT A coat hanger is a curved piece of wood, metal, or plastic that you hang a piece of clothing on. 衣架

· crane /kreɪn/

o 1.N-COUNT A crane is a large machine that moves heavy things by lifting them in the air. 起重机

• The little prefabricated hut was lifted away by a huge crane.
那间小小的预制棚屋被一台巨大的起重机吊走了。

o 2.N-COUNT A crane is a kind of large bird with a long neck and long legs. 鹤

o 3.V-T/V-I If you crane your neck or head, you stretch your neck in a particular direction in order to see or hear something better. 伸长 (脖子)

• She craned her neck to get a better view.
她伸长脖子以便看得清楚一些。

• Children craned to get close to him.
孩子们伸长脖子想靠近他。

on one's own

独自地，靠自己：指一个人独立完成某事，没有他人的帮助。

· hook /hʊk/

o 1.N-COUNT A hook is a bent piece of metal or plastic that is used for catching or holding things, or for hanging things up. 钩子

• One of his jackets hung from a hook.
他的一件夹克衫挂在挂钩上。

o 2.V-T/V-I If you hook one thing to another, you attach it there using a hook. If something hooks somewhere, it can be hooked there. 挂; 钩

• Paul hooked his tractor to the car and pulled it to safety.
保罗把他的拖拉机挂在那辆小汽车上，然后把它拖到安全的地方。

o 3.V-T If you hook your arm, leg, or foot round an object, you place it like a hook round the object in order to move it or hold it. 使 (臂、腿、脚等) 成钩状

• She latched on to his arm, hooking her other arm around a tree.
她一只手抓住他的胳膊，另一只胳膊抱住一棵树。

o 4.V-T If you hook a fish, you catch it with a hook on the end of a line. 用鱼钩钓住

• At the first cast I hooked a huge fish, probably a tench.
第一次抛竿我就钓到了一条大鱼，可能是条丁鲷。

o 5.N-COUNT A hook is a short sharp blow with your fist that you make with your elbow bent, usually in a boxing match. (拳击中的) 钩拳

• Lewis desperately needs to keep clear of Ruddock's big left hook.
刘易斯务必要拼命躲开拉多克强有力的左钩拳。

o 6.V-T/V-I If you are hooked into something, or hook into something, you get involved with it. 卷入; 涉足

• I'm guessing again now because I'm not hooked into the political circles.
现在我又在猜测了，因为我没有涉足政界。

o 7.PHRASE If someone gets off the hook or is let off the hook, they manage to get out of the awkward or unpleasant situation that they are in. 脱身

• Officials accused of bribery and corruption get off the hook with monotonous regularity.
被指控受贿和贪污的官员无一例外总能脱身。

o 8.PHRASE If you take a phone off the hook, you take the receiver off the part that it normally rests on, so that the phone will not ring. (电话听筒) 未挂上

• I'd taken my phone off the hook in order to get some sleep.
我把电话听筒拿了下来，以便可以睡会儿觉。

o 9.PHRASE If your phone is ringing off the hook, so many people are trying to telephone you that it is ringing constantly. (电话) 响个不停

• Since war broke out, the phones at donation centres have been ringing off the hook.
自从战争爆发以来，捐款中心的电话一直响个不停。

compound subject

复合主语：由两个或多个单词组成的主语，通常由并列连词（如and、or）连接。