柯林斯词典版人教版高中英语选修7U4词汇表.docx

1、柯林斯词典版人教版高中英语选修7U4词汇表M7 Unit41、 airmail /mel/ n. 航空邮件N-UNCOUNT Airmail is the system of sending letters, parcels, and goods by air. 航空邮递例： .an airmail letter. 一封航空信。2、Papua 巴布亚新几内亚3、fortnight /ftnat/ n. 两星期(fortnights)N-COUNT A fortnight is a period of two weeks. 两周英国英语例： I hope to be back in a fort

2、night. 我希望两周后回来。4、hear from 接到的信5、(be) dying to 极想；渴望6、roof /ruf/ n. 屋顶；车顶(roofs)1、N-COUNT The roof of a building is the covering on top of it that protects the people and things inside from the weather. 屋顶例： .a small stone cottage with a red slate roof. 一座有一个红石板屋顶的小石屋。2、N-COUNT The roof of a car or

3、 other vehicle is the top part of it, which protects passengers or goods from the weather. (车的) 顶篷例： The car rolled onto its roof, trapping him. 那辆小汽车翻了个底朝天，把他困在里面。3、N-COUNT The roof of your mouth is the highest part of the inside of your mouth. 上腭例： She clicked her tongue against the roof of her mo

4、uth. 她用舌头抵着上腭发出咔哒声。4、PHRASE If the level of something such as the price of a product or the rate of inflation goes through the roof, it suddenly increases very rapidly indeed. 突然猛涨非正式例： Prices for Korean art have gone through the roof. 韩国艺术品价格突然猛涨了。. 5、PHRASE If you hit the roof or go through the ro

5、of, you become very angry, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone. 怒气冲天非正式例： Sergeant Long will hit the roof when I tell him youve gone off. 如果我告诉朗警官你已经走了，他一定会怒火冲天的。 6、PHRASE If a number of things or people are under one roof or under the same roof, they are in the same building. 在同一建筑物里

6、例： The firms intend to open either together under one roof or alongside each other in shopping malls. 这些公司打算要么开在同一栋楼里，要么在商业街上比邻而开。7、muddy /md/ adj. 泥泞的；泥土般的(muddying, muddied, muddier, muddies, muddiest)1、 ADJ Something that is muddy contains mud or is covered in mud. 泥泞的例： .a muddy track. 一条泥泞的小路。2

7、、V-T If you muddy something, you cause it to be muddy. 使沾上泥巴例： The ground still smelled of rain and they muddied their shoes. 地面仍散发着雨水的气息，他们的鞋沾上了泥巴。3、V-T If someone or something muddies a situation or issue, they cause it to seem less clear and less easy to understand. 搅乱 (局势、问题等)例： Its difficult en

8、ough without muddying the issue with religion. 即使不和宗教搅在一起，这个问题也已够难的了。4、PHRASE If someone or something muddies the waters, they cause a situation or issue to seem less clear and less easy to understand. 搅浑水8、textbook /tkstbk/ n. 教科书；课本(textbooks)1、N-COUNT A textbook is a book containing facts about a

9、 particular subject that is used by people studying that subject. 教科书例： She wrote a textbook on international law. 她写了一本国际法的教科书。 2、ADJ If you say that something is a textbook case or example, you are emphasizing that it provides a clear example of a type of situation or event. 典型的强调ADJ n例： The house

10、 is a textbook example of medieval domestic architecture. 这座房子是中世纪民居建筑的典型范例。9、concept /knspt/ n. 观念；概念(concepts)N-COUNT A concept is an idea or abstract principle. 概念; 观念例： She added that the concept of arranged marriages is misunderstood in the west. 她补充说包办婚姻的概念在西方被误解了。10、bucket /bkt/ n. 水桶；吊桶；提桶(b

11、uckets)1、N-COUNT A bucket is a round metal or plastic container with a handle attached to its sides. Buckets are often used for holding and carrying water. (有提梁的) 桶例： We drew water in a bucket from the well outside the door. 我们用水桶从门外的井里提水。2、N-COUNT A bucket of something such as water is the amount o

12、f it that is contained in a bucket. 一桶之量例：She threw a bucket of water over them. 她向他们泼了一桶水。11、the other day 不久前的一天12、weekly /wikl/ adj. & adv. 每周（的）(weeklies)1、ADJ A weekly event or publication happens or appears once a week or every week. 一周一次的; 每周的ADJ n例： Each course comprises 10-12 informal weekl

13、y meetings. 每门课程包括10至12次每周1次的非正式见面会。例： We go and do the weekly shopping every Thursday. 我们每星期四采购一次。 2、ADV Weekly is also an adverb. 每周一次地ADV after v例： The group meets weekly. 小组每周见面一次。3、ADJ Weekly quantities or rates relate to a period of one week. 按周计算的ADJ n例：Of course, in addition to my weekly pay

14、, I got a lot of tips. 当然，除了周薪外，我还得到很多小费。 4、N-COUNT A weekly is a newspaper or magazine that is published once a week. 周报; 周刊例： Two of the four national daily papers are to become weeklies. 4家全国性的日报中有2家要改为周报。13、bubble /bbl/ vi. 起泡；沸腾；汩汩地流动(bubbling, bubbled, bubbles)1、N-COUNT Bubbles are small balls

15、 of air or gas in a liquid. (液体中的) 气泡例： Ink particles attach themselves to air bubbles and rise to the surface. 墨点吸附在气泡上，升到表面。2、N-COUNTA bubble is a hollow ball of soapy liquid that is floating in the air or standing on a surface. 肥皂泡例： With soap and water, bubbles and boats, children love bathtime.

16、 因为有肥皂、水、肥皂泡和小船，孩子们都喜欢洗澡。3、N-COUNT In a cartoon, a speech bubble is the shape which surrounds the words which a character is thinking or saying. (圈注漫画中人物心理活动或对白的) 泡状框例： All that was missing were speech bubbles saying, Golly! and Wow! 漏掉的都是写着“呀！”和“哇！”的泡状话框。 4、V-I When a liquid bubbles, bubbles move i

17、n it, for example, because it is boiling or moving quickly. 冒泡; 沸腾例： Heat the seasoned stock until it is bubbling. 把这些调了味的汤汁加热至沸腾为止。例： The fermenting wine has bubbled up and over the top. 这些发酵的酒已经冒泡溢出来了。5、V-I A feeling, influence, or activity that is bubbling away continues to occur. 继续发生usu cont例：

18、.political tensions that have been bubbling away for years. 持续了若干年的政治紧张局势。14、relevant /rlvnt/ adj. 有关的；切题的ADJ Something that is relevant to a situation or person is important or significant in that situation or to that person. 相关的例： Is religion still relevant to most peoples lives? 宗教和大多数人的生活还有关系吗？1

19、5、remote /rmt/ adj. 遥远的；偏僻的(remoter, remotes, remotest)1、ADJRemote areas are far away from cities and places where most people live, and are therefore difficult to get to. 边远的; 偏僻的例：Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡阻隔了许多边远地区的村子。2、ADJ The remote past or remote future is a time

20、 that is many years distant from the present. 遥远的; 久远的例： Slabs of rock had slipped sideways in the remote past and formed this hole. 在遥远的过去，大块的岩石向旁边滑落，形成了这个洞。3、ADJ If something is remote from a particular subject or area of experience, it is not relevant to it because it is very different. (关系) 疏远的例

21、： This government depends on the wishes of a few who are remote from the people. 这个政府按照那几个疏远群众之人的愿望行事。 4、ADJ If you say that there is a remote possibility or chance that something will happen, you are emphasizing that there is only a very small chance that it will happen. 极小的; (可能性或机会) 微乎其微的强调例： I u

22、se sunscreen whenever there is even a remote possibility that I will be in the sun. 我无论什么时候都用防晒霜，哪怕是有一点点晒到太阳的可能。5、ADJ If you describe someone as remote, you mean that they behave as if they do not want to be friendly or closely involved with other people. 与人疏远的; 孤傲的例： She looked so beautiful, and at

23、 the same time so remote. 她看上去如此漂亮，但同时又那么孤傲。6、N-COUNT A remote is the same as a . 遥控器例： He flipped through the channels with the remote. 他用遥控器快速浏览了各个频道。16、ridge /rd/ n. 山脊；屋脊(ridges)1、N-COUNT A ridge is a long, narrow piece of raised land. 脊; 山脉例： .a high road along a mountain ridge. 一条沿山脊而建的公路。 2、N

24、-COUNTA ridge is a raised line on a flat surface. (平面上的) 隆起线例： .the bony ridge of the eye socket. 眼窝的骨质隆起线。17、weed /wid/ n. 杂草；野草vt. & vi.除杂草(weeding, weeded, weeds)1、N-COUNT A weed is a wild plant that grows in gardens or fields of crops and prevents the plants that you want from growing properly.

25、杂草例： With repeated applications of weedkiller, the weeds were overcome. 反复的施除草剂后，杂草终于被消灭了。2、V-T/V-I If you weed an area, you remove the weeds from it. 除草例： Caspar was weeding the garden. 卡斯帕正在给花园除草。例： Try not to walk on the flowerbeds while weeding. 除草的时候尽量不要在花坛上走。18、hut /ht/ n. 棚屋；小屋(huts)1、N-COUNT

26、 A hut is a small house with only one or two rooms, especially one which is made of wood, mud, grass, or stones. (木头、泥、草或石头搭成的) 小屋 2、N-COUNT A hut is a small wooden building in someones garden, or a temporary building used by builders or repair workers. () 木屋; (工人住的) 临时工棚英国英语19、rectangle /rktl/ n. 矩

27、形；长方形(rectangles)N-COUNT A rectangle is a four-sided shape whose corners are all ninety-degree angles. Each side of a rectangle is the same length as the one opposite to it. 长方形20、rectangular /rktjl/ adj. 长方形的；矩形的ADJ Something that is rectangular is shaped like a rectangle. 长方形的例： .a rectangular tab

28、le. 一张长方形的桌子。21、adjust /dst/ vi. & vt. 调整；（使）适合(adjusting, adjusted, adjusts)1、V-T/V-I When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas. 调整以适应例： We have been preparing our fighters to adjust themselves to civil society. 我们一直在让我们的战士们准备好自我调整以适应普通社会。例： I f

29、elt I had adjusted to the idea of being a mother very well. 我感到我已经很好地适应了做母亲的想法。2、V-T If you adjust something, you change it so that it is more effective or appropriate. 调整例： To attract investors, Panama has adjusted its tax and labour laws. 为了吸引投资者，巴拿马已经调整了其税务及劳动法规。3、V-T If you adjust something such

30、 as your clothing or a machine, you correct or alter its position or setting. 调节例： Liz adjusted her mirror and then edged the car out of its parking space. 莉兹调节了她的后视镜，然后把车慢慢地开出了停车位。4、V-T/V-I If you adjust your vision or if your vision adjusts, the muscles of your eye or the pupils alter to cope with

31、 changes in light or distance. 适应例： He stopped to try to adjust his vision to the faint starlight. 他停下来，试着使眼睛适应昏暗的星光。22、platform /pltfm/ n. 台；平台；讲台；（火车站的）月台(platforms)1、N-COUNT A platform is a flat raised structure, usually made of wood, that people stand on when they make speeches or give a performance. 讲台; 舞台例： Nick finished what he was saying and jumped down from the platform. 尼克讲完话，从讲台上跳了下来。2、N-COUNT A platform is a flat raised structure or area, usually one that something can stand on or land on. (用于放置物品或着陆的) 平台例： They found a spot on a rocky platform where they coul