20230827 单词学习

20230827 单词学习

recursive adj. /rɪˈkɜːsɪv/ ( technical 术语) involving a process that is applied repeatedly 递归的；循环的 Inuit /ˈɪnjuːɪt/ N-COUNT The Inuit are the people descended from the original people of Alaska, Eastern Canada, and Greenland. 因纽特人 mono·cul·ture n. /ˈmɒnəkʌltʃə(r)/ 1.[ U] the practice of growing only one type of crop on a certain area of land 单作；单种栽培 2.[ CU] a society consisting of people who are all the same race, all share the same beliefs, etc. 单一文化社会；单种族社会；一元化社会 •a global economic monoculture 全球经济一元化社会 gourd /ɡʊəd/ 1.N-COUNT A gourd is a large, round fruit with a hard skin. You can also use gourd to refer to the plant on which this fruit grows. 葫芦 2.N-COUNT A gourd is a container made from the hard, dry skin of a gourd fruit. Gourds are often used to carry water or for decoration. 葫芦(容器) barley /ˈbɑːlɪ/ |CET6+ TEM4 N-UNCOUNT Barley is a grain that is used to make food, beer, and whisky. 大麦 • ...fields of ripening wheat and barley. …快要成熟的小麦和大麦田。 attest /əˈtɛst/ V-T/V-I To attest something or attest to something means to say, show, or prove that it is true. 证明 • Police records attest to his long history of violence. 警方记录证明他有长期的暴力史。 glacier /ˈɡlæsɪə/ |CET6+ TEM4 N-COUNT A glacier is an extremely large mass of ice which moves very slowly, often down a mountain valley. 冰川 retreat /rɪˈtriːt/ 1.V-I If you retreat, you move away from something or someone. 退出; 离开 • "I've already got a job," I said quickly, and retreated from the room. “我已经有了工作，”我迅速说道，然后就从房间里退了出来。 2.V-I When an army retreats, it moves away from enemy forces in order to avoid fighting them. 撤退 • The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat. 法军在人数上突然处于劣势，被迫撤退了。 3.N-VAR Retreat is also a noun. 撤退 • In June 1942, the British 8th Army was in full retreat. 1942年6月，英军第8军全线撤退。 4.V-I If you retreat from something such as a plan or a way of life, you give it up, usually in order to do something safer or less extreme. 放弃 • She retreated from public life. 她放弃了社会生活。 5.N-VAR Retreat is also a noun. 放弃 • The president's remarks appear to signal that there will be no retreat from his position. 总统的话似乎暗示他不会放弃自己的职位。 6.N-COUNT A retreat is a quiet, isolated place that you go to in order to rest or to do things in private. 隐居处; 休养处 • He spent yesterday hidden away in his country retreat. 他躲在乡间的休养地度过了昨天。