Dictation 7

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fuel /ˈfjuːəl/
fill /fɪl/
◻◻ fuel
🌰 • to fuel speculation/rumours/fears 引起猜测╱谣传╱恐惧
🌰 • Higher salaries helped to fuel inflation. 工资提高刺激通货膨胀。
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graze /ɡreɪz/
grate /ɡreɪt/
——◼◻【拼写】——
burn
earn
——◼◻【pl.】——
clearings
——◼◻【pl.】——
human beings
——◼◻【冠词】——
in forests
a greater grazing area
the wild animals
for human beings
——◼◻【标点】——
无","
... led to farming and the domestication of animals
——◼◻【词汇】——
clearing
N-COUNT A clearing is a small area in a forest where there are no trees or bushes. 林中空地
🌰 • A helicopter landed in a clearing in the dense jungle.
一架直升机在茂密丛林中的一片空地着陆了。
——◼◻【词汇】——
◻◻ graze ◻◻
v.
吃草;放牧;擦过;擦伤,擦破;<非正式>经常吃零食而不吃正餐,吃很多零食;<美,非正式>随意地尝试(或体验、浏览)
n.
擦伤
🌰 • Parents have been warned against allowing children to graze on snacks (= to keep eating them, instead of real meals) .
家长得到忠告不要让孩子乱吃零食。
🌰 • The cows are out now, grazing in the pasture.
牛群现在出去了,正在牧场上吃草。
🌰 • cuts and grazes 划伤和擦伤
◻◻ grate ◻◻
n.
(壁炉上的)金属炉架,炉箅;壁炉(或熔炉)的炉膛;格栅;<美>下水道孔盖
v.
擦碎,磨碎(食物);粗声粗气地说话;使烦躁,使难受;发出刺耳的摩擦声
🌰 • A wood fire burned in the grate.
柴火在炉栅里燃烧。
🌰 • Grate the cheese into a mixing bowl.
将干酪磨碎放进搅拌碗里。
🌰 • His chair grated as he got to his feet.
当他站起身时,椅子发出了嘎嘎声响。
🌰 • His manner always grated on me.
他的举止总是令我很恼火。
——◼◻【词汇】——
domestication
n. 驯养;教化
词根:domestic
adj.
domestic国内的;家庭的;驯养的;一心只管家务的
domesticated家养的;驯服的;喜欢家庭生活的
n.
domestic国货;佣人
v.
domesticated驯养(domesticate的过去分词);使习惯于家庭生活
vi.
domesticate驯养;使习惯于或喜爱家务和家庭生活
vt.
domesticate驯养;教化;引进