英語單詞超好背 第0285期

bite

英 [ba?t] 美 [ba?t]

vt. 咬；刺痛

n. 咬；一口；咬傷；刺痛

vi. 咬；刺痛

abbr. 機(jī)內(nèi)測(cè)試設(shè)備（Built-In Test Equipment）

n. (Bite)人名；(匈)比泰

例句：

The dog gave me a playful bite.
狗鬧著玩地咬了我一下。

Most European spiders don't bite.
大多數(shù)歐洲蜘蛛不咬人。

Does your dog bite?
你的狗咬人嗎？

defy

英 [d??fa?] 美 [d??fa?]

vt. 藐視；公然反抗；挑釁；使落空

n. 挑戰(zhàn)；對(duì)抗

例句：

I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers.
我可不敢不聽老師的話。

I defy anyone not to cry at the end of the film.
我倒要看看有誰在電影結(jié)尾時(shí)不哭。

This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother.
這是我第一次（也是最后一次）膽敢違抗我母親。

ashtray

英 [???tre?] 美 [???tre?]

n. 煙灰缸

例句：

I emptied the ashtray.
我倒空了煙灰缸。

He ground his cigarette into the ashtray.
他把香煙按在煙灰缸里捻滅。

I emptied the sweet wrappers from the ashtray.
我從那個(gè)煙灰缸里倒出了那些糖紙。

chiefly

英 [?t?i?fli] 美 [?t?i?fli]

adv. 主要地；首先

例句：

He's travelled widely, chiefly in Africa and Asia.
他游歷了許多地方，主要在非洲和亞洲。

We are chiefly concerned with improving educational standards.
我們主要關(guān)心的是提高教育水平。

He joined the consular service in China, chiefly because this was one of the few job vacancies.
他參加了駐華領(lǐng)事館的工作，主要是因?yàn)檫@是為數(shù)不多的幾個(gè)空缺職位之一。

medieval

英 [?medi?i?vl] 美 [?medi?i?vl,?mi?d?i?vl]

adj. 中世紀(jì)的；原始的；仿中世紀(jì)的；老式的

例句：

It is a perfect example of a medieval castle.
這是最典型的中世紀(jì)城堡。

He began studying politics and medieval history.
他開始學(xué)習(xí)政治學(xué)和中世紀(jì)史。

He was able to pinpoint on the map the site of the medieval village.
他能在地圖上準(zhǔn)確找出那個(gè)中世紀(jì)村莊的位置。

回顧

1. bite
2. defy
3. ashtray
4. chiefly
5. medieval