【達(dá)人】新概念英語(yǔ)單詞:Lesson 42　Recording an earthquake 記錄地震

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Lesson 42 Recording an earthquake 記錄地震

earthquake [???θkweik] n. 地震

【構(gòu)】earth（陸地，土地）＋quake（震動(dòng)，顫抖）＝earthquake（地震）

【擴(kuò)】quake 地震

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A: He was sleeping when the earthquake occurred.

B: Then how did he escape?

A：地震發(fā)生的時(shí)候他正在睡覺(jué)。

B：那他是怎么逃出來(lái)的呢？

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slumber [?sl?mb?] v. 睡眠

ninepin [?nainpin] n. 九柱戲中的木柱

rigid [?rid?id] adj. 堅(jiān)硬的

【擴(kuò)】petrous 堅(jiān)硬的，巖石般的

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A: She was rigid with fear.

B: What on earth did she see?

A：她害怕得全身都僵住了。

B：她究竟看到了什么？

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delicate [?delik?t] adj. 靈敏的

【派】delicately 微妙地

【搭】A dog has a delicate sense of smell.

　　　狗具有靈敏的嗅覺(jué)。

seismometer [saiz?m?mit?] n. 地震儀

penholder [?pen?h?uld?] n. 筆桿

legibly [?led??bli] adv. 字跡清楚地

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A: He can write as neatly and legibly as the other person if he takes his time over it.

B: OK. I will not urge him next time.

A：若他不匆匆忙忙寫的話，他能寫得和另一個(gè)人一樣整潔，清楚。

B：好的，我下次不催他了。

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drum [dr?m] n. 鼓狀物

wriggle [?riɡ?l] v. 扭動(dòng)

【擴(kuò)】wiggle 扭動(dòng)　　twist 扭曲

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A: A snake wriggled across the wet path.

B: I am so lucky that I didn't see the snake.

A：一條蛇從潮濕的小路上蜿蜒而過(guò)。

B：很幸運(yùn)我沒(méi)有看到那條蛇。

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bluebottle [?blu?b?tl] n. 綠頭蒼蠅

graph [ɡr?f] n. 圖表

graphic [?ɡr?fik] adj. 圖示的

【派】graphically 用圖表的方式

【搭】graphic method 圖解法

【例】Computer graphics, by which you can display and change pictures on a screen, are used in many areas of industrial designs.

　　　計(jì)算機(jī)圖像可在屏幕上顯示和予以更改，已在工業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)方面得到廣泛應(yīng)用。

longitudinal [?l?nd?i?tju?din?l] adj. 縱向的

【例】This sequence is presented as a longitudinal progression of events.

　　　這個(gè)順序是按照事件縱向進(jìn)展進(jìn)行劃分的。

transverse [?tr?nsv??s] adj. 橫向的

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A: When we transverse the storm will definitely be very big.

B: Is there anything we can do now?

A：我們橫渡時(shí)風(fēng)浪一定很大。

B：現(xiàn)在有沒(méi)有什么是我們能做的呢？

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