20230812 單詞學(xué)習(xí)

· lime /la?m/

o 1.N-VAR A lime is a green fruit that tastes like a lemon. Limes grow on trees in tropical countries. 酸橙

? ...peeled slices of lime.
…去皮橙片。

o 2.N-VAR any linden tree, such as Tilia europaea, planted in many varieties for ornament 歐椴樹

o 3.N-UNCOUNT Lime is a substance containing calcium. It is found in soil and water. 石灰

? If your soil is very acidic, add lime.
如果你的土壤酸性很強(qiáng)，就加點(diǎn)石灰。

· observatory /?b?z??v?t?r?/

o N-COUNT An observatory is a building with a large telescope from which scientists study things such as the planets by watching them. 天文臺(tái)

archae·olo·gist?n.?/?ɑ?ki??l?d??st/

(?NAmE?also?arche·olo·gist?) a person who studies?archaeology?考古學(xué)家

· peer /p??/

o 1.V-I If you peer at something, you look at it very hard, usually because it is difficult to see clearly. 費(fèi)力地看; 盯著

? I had been peering at a computer print-out that made no sense at all.
我一直在費(fèi)力地看一份不知所云的電腦打印稿。

o 2.N-COUNT Your peers are the people who are the same age as you or who have the same status as you. 同齡人; 同等地位的人

? His engaging personality made him popular with his peers.
他迷人的個(gè)性使他很受同齡人歡迎。

o 3.N a member of a nobility; nobleman 貴族

Nile delta /na?l ?delt?/

尼羅河三角洲：位于埃及北部的尼羅河入海口，是世界上最大的河流三角洲之一，擁有豐富的農(nóng)業(yè)資源和人口。

excavation?n.?/?eksk??ve??n/

1.[ CU] the activity of digging in the ground to look for old buildings or objects that have been buried for a long time （對(duì)古物的）發(fā)掘，挖掘

2.[ Cusually pl.] a place where people are digging to look for old buildings or objects 發(fā)掘現(xiàn)場(chǎng)

?The excavations are open to the public. 發(fā)掘現(xiàn)場(chǎng)對(duì)公眾開放。

3.[ U] the act of digging, especially with a machine 挖掘；開鑿；挖土

grant?/ɡrɑ?nt/

~ (to do sth)a sum of money that is given by the government or by another organization to be used for a particular purpose （政府、機(jī)構(gòu)的）撥款

• ?student grants?(= to pay for their education)?學(xué)生助學(xué)金

• ?He has been awarded a research grant. 他得到一筆研究經(jīng)費(fèi)。

?part of ?speech?n.?( grammar 語法) one of the classes into which words are divided according to their grammar, such as noun, verb, adjective, etc. 詞類；詞性

prep·os·ition?n.?/?prep??z??n/

(?grammar 語法) a word or group of words, such as?in?,?from?,?to?,?out of?and?on behalf of?, used before a noun or pronoun to show place, position, time or method 介詞

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

prep·os·ition·al?/???nl/ /???nl/?adj

·??a prepositional phrase?(= a preposition and the noun following it, for example at night or after breakfast )?介詞短語

a dream job 理想的職業(yè)一份理想的工作理想的工作

his·tor·ian?n.?/h??st??ri?n/

a person who studies or writes about history; an expert in history 史學(xué)工作者；歷史學(xué)家

HELP Some speakers do not pronounce the ‘h’ at the beginning of?historian?and use ‘a(chǎn)n’ instead of ‘a(chǎn)’ before it. This now sounds old-fashioned. 有人說historian時(shí)不發(fā)h音，前面用an而不用a，現(xiàn)在聽起來過時(shí)了。