20231006 单词学习

20231006 单词学习

 

paddy /ˈpædɪ/     

1.N-COUNT A paddy or a paddy field is a field that is kept flooded with water and is used for growing rice. 稻田

 

•  ...the paddy fields of China.

 …中国的稻田。

 

2.N a fit of temper 发脾气; 使性子

 

 

pulverize /ˈpʌlvəˌraɪz/

pulverizingpulverizedpulverizes

 

1.V-T To pulverize something means to do great damage to it or to destroy it completely. 摧毁

 

•  The tsunami pulverized everything in its path.

 这场海啸将所经之地夷为平地。

 

2.V-T If someone pulverizes an opponent in an election or competition, they thoroughly defeat them. 击溃

 

•  He is set to pulverize his two opponents in the race for the presidency.

 他将肯定在总统大选的较量中击溃自己的两个竞争对手。

 

3.V-T If you pulverize something, you make it into a powder by crushing it. 将...弄成粉末

 

•  Using a mortar and pestle, pulverize the bran to a coarse powder.

 用研钵和杵，把糠磨成粗面。

 

•  The fries are made from pellets of pulverized potatoes.

 这些薯条是用捣碎后的土豆颗粒做成的。

 

 

fateful /ˈfeɪtfʊl/      |TEM8

ADJ If an action or a time when something happened is described as fateful, it is considered to have an important, and often very bad, effect on future events. 有重大影响的 (尤指产生负面结果的)

 

•  It was a fateful decision, one which was to break the Government.

 那是一项重大的决定，一个将使政府垮台的决定。

 

 

soybean /ˈsɔɪˌbiːn/ |TEM4

N-COUNT Soybeans are the same as soya beans. 同soya beans 大豆、黄豆

 

 

bulwark /ˈbʊlwək/

N-COUNT A bulwark against something protects you against it. A bulwark of something protects it. 防护; 堡垒

 

•  The abbeys were founded in the 12th century by King David as a bulwark against the English.

 这些修道院是大卫王于12世纪修建的抵抗英国人的堡垒。

 

 

ad·zuki n.   /ədˈzuːki/

 

( also [ "adˈzuki bean", "aduki" ] ) a type of small round dark red bean that you can eat 赤豆；红豆

 

 

Chinese cabbages

大白菜（等于 celery cabbage）