英语高考高频词汇第017期

calendar

英 [ˈkælɪndə(r)] 美 [ˈkælɪndər]

n. 日历；[天] 历法；日程表

vt. 将…列入表中；将…排入日程表

例句：

This is one of the biggest weeks in the racing calendar.
这是全年赛马日程表中最重要的几个星期之一。

In the last calendar year the company had a turnover of $426m.
在上一个日历年度里，该公司的营业额为4.26亿美元。

It is one of the hottest tickets on Washington's social calendar.
这是华盛顿社交日程表上最热门的入场券之一。

earthquake

英 [ˈɜːθkweɪk] 美 [ˈɜːrθkweɪk]

n. 地震；大动荡

例句：

The town was rocked by an earthquake.
小镇受到地震的剧烈震动。

He was buried alive in the earthquake.
地震把他活埋了。

Whole villages were wiped out by the earthquake.
地震把整座整座的村庄夷为平地。

elbow

英 [ˈelbəʊ] 美 [ˈelboʊ]

n. 肘部；弯头；扶手

vt. 推挤；用手肘推开

例句：

She poked her elbow into his ribs.
她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。

He's fractured his elbow.
他肘部骨折。

She poked him in the ribs with her elbow.
她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。

the Pacific Ocean

美

太平洋（等于the Pacific）

例句：

The island's in the Pacific Ocean; I'm not at liberty to say exactly where, because we're still negotiating for its purchase.
这个岛屿在太平洋上；我还不能说具体在哪里，因为我们仍然在就它的购买问题进行谈判。

We swam in the Pacific Ocean at Santa Monica.
我们在圣莫尼卡的太平洋游泳。

Captain Cook was an explorer of the Pacific Ocean.
库克船长是太平洋的探险家。

mist

英 [mɪst] 美 [mɪst]

n. 薄雾；视线模糊不清；模糊不清之物

vi. 下雾；变模糊

vt. 使模糊；使蒙上薄雾

例句：

A milky mist filled the valley.
乳白色的薄雾弥漫了山谷。

The city was shrouded in mist.
城市笼罩在雾霭之中。

Mist ascended from the valley.
薄雾从山谷升起。

回顾

1. calendar
2. earthquake
3. elbow
4. the Pacific Ocean
5. mist