托福分类词汇地理类.docx

1、托福分类词汇地理类地理类altitude /lttjud US -tud/ n C the height of an object or place above the seaaltitude ofWere flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet.high/low altitudesAt high altitudes it is difficult to get enough oxygen.arctic /ktk US rk-/ adj only before noun relating to the most northern part of the wor

2、ld Antarcticthe Arctic island of Novaya Zemlyaextremely coldarctic conditionsArctic n the Arcticthe large area of land surrounding the North PoleAntarctic /ntktk US -r-/ n the Antarcticthe very cold most southern part of the worldAntarcticathe continent which is the most southern area of land on the

3、 Earth and is mostly covered with ice south PoleSouth Pole n the South Polethe most southern point on the surface of the Earth magnetic pole magnetic/mgnetk/磁极the North Polethe most northern point on the surface of the Earthmagnetic pole n C one of the two points that are not firmly fixed but are ne

4、ar the North and South Poles of the Earth, towards which the needle on a compass pointsone of two points at the ends of a magnet/mnt/ where its power is strongestarid /rd/ adj arid land or an arid climate is very dry because it has very little rainWater from the Great Lakes is pumped to arid regions

5、 .not having any new, interesting, or exciting features or qualitiesMy mind was arid, all inspiration gone.aridity /rdti/ n Ubasin /besn/ n C an area of land that is lower at the centre than at the edges, especially one from which water runs down into a riverthe Amazon basina place where the Earths

6、surface is lower than in other areasthe Pacific Basincanal /knl/ n Ca long passage dug into the ground and filled with water, either for boats to travel along, or to take water to a placeWe walked along by the side of the canal.the Panama Canal / pnm/by canalThe goods were transported by canal to Lo

7、ndoncanyon /knjn/ n C a deep valley with very steep sides of rock that usually has a river running through itcavern /kvn US -rn/ n C a large cavecave /kev/ n C a large natural hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or under the groundthe entrance to a cavechannel /tnl/ n C【SEA/RIVER】a) an area of wate

8、r that connects two larger areas of waterSt Georges Channelb) the Channel BrE the area of water between France and England = the English Channelc) the deepest part of a river, harbor, or sea, especially where it is deep enough to allow ships to sail in【WATER】a passage that water or other liquids flo

9、w alongan irrigation channelcleft /kleft/ n C a natural crack in something, especially the surface of rocks or the Earth etcan area on the chin or lip that goes slightly inwardscliff /klf/ n C a large area of rock or a mountain with a very steep side, often at the edge of the sea or a rivercoastland

10、 nthe land along a coastcollide /klad/ v I to hit something or someone that is moving in a different direction from you collisionA car and a van collided on the motorway.collide withI ran around the corner, and almost collided with Mrs Laurence.Two trains collided head-on (= when they were moving di

11、rectly towards each other) .to disagree strongly with a person or group, especially on a particular subjectcollide withThe President has again collided with Congress over his budget plans.if two very different ideas, ways of thinking etc collide, they come together and produce an interesting resultI

12、stanbul, where east and west collidecollision /kln/ n U and C an accident in which two or more people or vehicles hit each other while moving in different directionscollision withThe school bus was involved in a collision with a truck.Two people were killed in a head-on collision (= between two vehi

13、cles that are moving directly towards each other) on highway 218.a strong disagreement between two people or groupscollision betweena collision between the two countries over fishing rightsbe on a collision coursea) to be likely to have serious trouble because your aims are very different from someo

14、ne elsesThe two nations are on a collision course that could lead to war.b) to be moving in a direction in which you will hit somethingan asteroid on a collision course with Earthcontinent /kntnnt US kn-/ n C a large mass of land surrounded by seathe continents of Asia and Africathe Continent BrE ol

15、d-fashioned Western Europe, not including Britaincontinental drift n U the very slow movement of the continents across the Earths surfacecontinental islandcontinental shelf n C technical plural continental shelves the edge of a continent where it slopes down steeply to the bottom of the oceancontour /kntu US kntur/ n C the shape of the outer edges of something such as an area of land or someones bodythe contours of the hillsthe con