英語高考高頻詞匯第017期

calendar

英 [?k?l?nd?(r)] 美 [?k?l?nd?r]

n. 日歷；[天] 歷法；日程表

vt. 將…列入表中；將…排入日程表

例句：

This is one of the biggest weeks in the racing calendar.
這是全年賽馬日程表中最重要的幾個星期之一。

In the last calendar year the company had a turnover of $426m.
在上一個日歷年度里，該公司的營業(yè)額為4.26億美元。

It is one of the hottest tickets on Washington's social calendar.
這是華盛頓社交日程表上最熱門的入場券之一。

earthquake

英 [???θkwe?k] 美 [???rθkwe?k]

n. 地震；大動蕩

例句：

The town was rocked by an earthquake.
小鎮(zhèn)受到地震的劇烈震動。

He was buried alive in the earthquake.
地震把他活埋了。

Whole villages were wiped out by the earthquake.
地震把整座整座的村莊夷為平地。

elbow

英 [?elb??] 美 [?elbo?]

n. 肘部；彎頭；扶手

vt. 推擠；用手肘推開

例句：

She poked her elbow into his ribs.
她用胳膊肘頂他的肋部。

He's fractured his elbow.
他肘部骨折。

She poked him in the ribs with her elbow.
她用胳膊肘頂他的肋部。

the Pacific Ocean

美

太平洋（等于the Pacific）

例句：

The island's in the Pacific Ocean; I'm not at liberty to say exactly where, because we're still negotiating for its purchase.
這個島嶼在太平洋上；我還不能說具體在哪里，因為我們?nèi)匀辉诰退馁徺I問題進行談判。

We swam in the Pacific Ocean at Santa Monica.
我們在圣莫尼卡的太平洋游泳。

Captain Cook was an explorer of the Pacific Ocean.
庫克船長是太平洋的探險家。

mist

英 [m?st] 美 [m?st]

n. 薄霧；視線模糊不清；模糊不清之物

vi. 下霧；變模糊

vt. 使模糊；使蒙上薄霧

例句：

A milky mist filled the valley.
乳白色的薄霧彌漫了山谷。

The city was shrouded in mist.
城市籠罩在霧靄之中。

Mist ascended from the valley.
薄霧從山谷升起。

回顧

1. calendar
2. earthquake
3. elbow
4. the Pacific Ocean
5. mist