英語四級通關訓練 第0066期

locality

英 [l???k?l?ti] 美 [lo??k?l?ti]

n. （特定的）地方，地區(qū)

例句：

There is no airport in the locality.
這個地區(qū)沒有飛機場。

We talk of the brain as the locality of thought.
我們把進行思維的地方叫做大腦。

Following the discovery of the explosives the president cancelled his visit to the locality.
發(fā)現(xiàn)爆炸物之后總統(tǒng)取消了對該地區(qū)的訪問。

porridge

英 [?p?r?d?] 美 [?p??r?d?]

n. <英>燕麥粥，麥片粥；<英，非正式>關押期，監(jiān)禁期

例句：

The prisoners subsisted on one mug of the worst quality porridge three times a day.
犯人一天三次靠一杯最差的粥維持生活。

You don't want thy porridge!
你不想要粥！

Usually, it is porridge or beans; they have meat once a year.
通常是粥或豆子；他們一年吃上一次肉。

spacecraft

英 [?spe?skrɑ?ft] 美 [?spe?skr?ft]

n. 宇宙飛船，航天器

例句：

The two spacecraft will link up in orbit.
兩艘宇宙飛船將在軌道上對接。

A radio signal was sent to the spacecraft.
向宇宙飛船發(fā)出了無線電信號。

The spacecraft burned up as it entered the earth's atmosphere.
宇宙飛船進入地球大氣層時被燒毀。

echo

英 [?ek??] 美 [?eko?]

n. 回聲，回音，余音繞梁；重復，附和，共鳴；相似之處，再現(xiàn)；回聲插入；（話語結構和內容的）重復；（橋牌）回聲信號

v. 回響，發(fā)出回聲；重復，附和

例句：

The hills sent back a faint echo.
座座山丘傳來微弱的回聲。

There was an echo on the line and I couldn't hear clearly.
電話里有回音，我聽不清楚。

His words were an echo of what she had heard many times before.
他的話是她多次聽到過的話的重復。

couch

英 [ka?t?] 美 [ka?t?]

n. 長沙發(fā)，長榻；診察臺

v. 表達，措辭；<文>躺下，躺臥；<古>平端（矛或槍）（準備攻擊）；用下壓及后壓晶狀體的方式治療（白內障）；貼線縫繡

【名】 （Couch）（英）庫奇（人名）

例句：

She slipped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch.
她快速脫下了那件上衣，把它丟在沙發(fā)上。

We were sitting on the couch in the living room watching TV.
我們那時正坐在起居室的沙發(fā)上看電視。

Linda lay face down on a living room couch, nibbling popcorn.
琳達趴在客廳的一張沙發(fā)上，小口吃著爆米花。

回顧

1. locality
2. porridge
3. spacecraft
4. echo
5. couch