词语同形异义辨析

同形异义辨析

1. Iridescent: adj. Showing colors like those of the rainbow, changing color as light falls from different directions

C.f. Glister: reflected light

Luminous: reflected stars

Gleaming: reflected sunlight. E.g. The skyscraper's gleaming wall of glass

Glisten(v. ): shine of sparkle, usually because it is smooth, wet, or oily.

E.g. His face glistened with sweat.

... Gold sovereigns glistening in the sunlight

Glistening lips

2.Deride: v. To laugh at contemptuously, to show n. Derision

C.f.: ridicule/ mock: all mean to make a person or thing the object of laughter

Ridicule: implies deliberate and often malicious belittling of the person or thing ridiculed

E.g. The man who wants to preserve his personal identity is ridiculed as an eccentric.

Mock: stresses scornful derision and usually implies words or gestures or sometimes acts expressive of one's defiance or contempt

E.g. Nowhere can men be entirely happy while human nature is still being mocked and tortured on other parts of the globe.

3.Be astounded by vs. Be awed by

Be astounded by: to be shocked with surprises

E.g. Although small, he showed astounding strengths.

He was astounded when he heard he had won.

Be awed by: be filled with a feeling of respect mixed with fear and wonder

E.g. They were awed into silence by the sternness of her voice.

4.Sprout vs. Bloom

Sprout: v. To begin to grow; give off shoots of buds, cause to grow/ develop; produce

E.g. John has sprouted a mustache.

We expect rain to sprout seed well.

Potatoes sprout twice a year.

In the text he word "sprout" indicates the sudden increase of bottles and department( figurative).

Bloom: v. (a ) bo bear a flower or flowers; (b ) to support plant life in abundance

5.Temporary, momentary, passing, fleeting, transient, transitory,ephemeral

Temporary: the most general, implying a measurable but limited duration, something lasting for a limited time, suggesting a shift or arrangement made for the time being

E.g. A temporary job

A temporary shelter from the storm

A temporary setback

Momentary: (lit.) coming/ going away suddenly, in a moment, indicating relative brevity of duration

E.g. A momentary misgiving

A momentary delay

Passing: emphasize the fact that a thing does not continue to occupy the interest of very long, but runs its course fairly quick

E.g. A passing fad/ fanciful fashion

Fleeting: intensification of passing in a literal sense

E.g. Catch a fleeting glimpse of my new neighbour

Transient: stresses the temporary nature of a stay of the brevity of a thing's duration( When it is used as an adjective, it carries a formal tone.)

E.g. A transient joy

Transitory: like temporary, points to impermanence of something that is destined to pass away, either very soon or at last/ eventually;

E.g. A transitory pleasure as opposed to sources of enduring satisfaction

A transitory stage of development

Ephemeral:( lit.) lasting for a very short time

E.g. Ephemeral popularity