20230830 单词学习

20230830 单词学习

corn /kɔːn/ |CET4 TEM4 1.N-UNCOUNT Corn is a tall plant which produces long vegetables covered with yellow seeds. It can also be used to refer to the yellow seeds. 玉米; 玉米粒 • ...rows of corn in an Iowa field. …爱荷华州农田里成排的玉米。 • We're having corn-on-the-cob for lunch. 我们吃玉米棒子当午饭。 2.N-UNCOUNT Corn is used to refer to crops such as wheat and barley. It can also be used to refer to the seeds from these plants. 谷物 (指小麦、燕麦等); (小麦、燕麦等的) 谷粒 3.N-COUNT a hardening or thickening of the skin around a central point in the foot, caused by pressure or friction 鸡眼 4.→see also popcorn →see also sweetcorn teosinte /ˌtiːəʊˈsɪntɪ/ N a tall Central American annual grass, Euchlaena mexicana, related to maize and grown for forage in the southern US 墨西哥类蜀黍4 rudimentary /ˌruːdɪˈmɛntərɪ, -trɪ/ |TEM8 1.ADJ Rudimentary things are very basic or simple and are therefore unsatisfactory. 简陋的 • The earth surface of the courtyard extended into a kind of rudimentary kitchen. 院子的泥土地面延伸进一间类似简易厨房的地方。 2.ADJ Rudimentary knowledge includes only the simplest and most basic facts. 最基本的 • He had only a rudimentary knowledge of French. 他只有最基本的法语知识。 amino acid /əˈmiːnəʊ ˈæsɪd, ˈæmɪnəʊ/ N-COUNT Amino acids are substances containing nitrogen and hydrogen that are found in proteins. Amino acids occur naturally in the body. 氨基酸 calcium hydroxide N a white crystalline slightly soluble alkali with many uses, esp in cement, water softening, and the neutralization of acid soils. Formula: Ca(OH)2 氢氧化钙 (Also called lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate) shatter /ˈʃætə/ 1.V-T/V-I If something shatters or is shattered, it breaks into a lot of small pieces. 粉碎 • ...safety glass that won't shatter if it's broken. …安全玻璃即使破了也不会粉碎。 • The car shattered into a thousand burning pieces in a 200 mph crash. 这辆轿车在时速200英里的碰撞中裂成了数以千计燃烧着的碎片。 2.N-UNCOUNT 粉碎 • ...the shattering of glass. …玻璃的粉碎。 3.V-T If something shatters your dreams, hopes, or beliefs, it completely destroys them. 粉碎 (梦想、希望、信仰等) • A failure would shatter the hopes of many people. 一次失败会粉碎很多人的希望。 4.V-T If someone is shattered by an event, it shocks and upsets them very much. 严重打击 • He had been shattered by his son's death. 儿子的死使他很受打击。 5.→see also shattered →see also shattering