张汉熙《高级英语(2)》(修订本)学习指南【词汇短语+课文精解+全文翻译+练习答案】(1-5章)【圣

Unit1

一、词汇短语

1.hurricane[]n.a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains

and winds moving a73-136knots飓风

sh[]vt.strike against with force or violence猛烈打击：The sleet is lashing

the roof.雨夹雪击打着屋顶。

3.pummel[]v.（用拳头连续）击打：The child pummeled his mother

angrily as she carry him home.那孩子因其母带他回家而生气地捶打着母亲。

4.reluctant[]adj.unwilling;disinclined不愿意的，勉强的：He

was very reluctant to go away.他很不愿意离去。其名词形式为reluctance。

5.abandon[]vt.a）leave someone who needs or counts on you;

leave in the lurch放弃，抛弃：abandon a friend in trouble抛弃处于危难中

的朋友；b）to give up by leaving or ceasing to operate or inhabit,

especially as a result of danger or other impending threat离弃，丢弃：

abandon the ship弃船

6.course[]n.a mode of action or behavior品行，行为

7.demolish[]vt.to do away with completely;put an end to毁坏，

破坏：The fire demolished the town.大火烧毁了这座城镇。

8.motel[]n.a hotel for people who are traveling by car,where you

can park your car outside your room汽车旅馆

9.gruff[]adj.hoarse;harsh粗糙的，粗哑的：a gruff voice粗哑的嗓音

10.batten[]vt.to furnish,fasten,or secure with battens用压条固定

11.methodically[]adv.orderly and systematically有条

理地，有秩序地：He methodically and placidly devoured a loaf of

bread.他有条不紊，不动声色地把一整只面包都吃光了。

12.main[]n.the principal pipe in a system for conveying water,gas,oil,or

other utility（自来水、煤气、石油等的）总管道，干线：gas main煤气总管13.bathtub[]n.a relatively large open container that you fill with

water and use to wash the body浴缸，澡盆

14.generator[]n.a machine that produces electricity发电

机，发动机

15.scud[]vi.to run or skim along swiftly and easily飞奔，疾行，掠过：Dark

clouds are scudding by.乌云滚滚而来。

16.mattress[]n.a usually rectangular pad of heavy cloth filled with

soft material床垫，褥子

17.pane[]n.one of the glass-filled divisions of a window or door窗格玻璃

18.disintegrate[]vt.to become reduced to

components,fragments,or particles分解，分裂，碎裂：disintegrate the

enemy troops瓦解敌军

19.blast[]n.a sudden strong movement of wind or air强风，阵风：A

blast of hot air came from the furnace一股热风从火炉里吹出来。

20.douse[]vt.to plunge into liquid;immerse浸泡，使浸透：As a joke,they

douse him with a bucket of water.他们开玩笑，把一桶水泼到他身上了。21.brigade[]n.a group of persons organized for a specific

purpose执行特定任务的队伍

22.scramble[]vi.to move or climb hurriedly,especially on the

hands and knees攀爬，爬：scramble up a steep hillside爬上陡峭的山坡23.litter[]n.the offspring produced at one birth by a multifarious

mammal幼仔，一胎生下的小动物

24.shudder[]vi.to shiver convulsively,as from fear or revulsion战栗，颤

抖：I shudder to think what might happen.我想到可能发生的事而战栗。25.ferocity[]n.the state or quality of being ferocious;fierceness

凶恶，残忍，暴行：The rebellion was put down with utmost ferocity.起义

遭到了残酷镇压。

26.swipe[]n.a sweeping blow or stroke猛击，重击：She made a swipe at

the mosquito.她挥臂打蚊子。

27.maroon[]vt.to put ashore on a deserted island or coast and

intentionally abandon把……放逐到孤岛，（因洪水等）使孤立：During the

storm we were marooned in a cabin miles from town.在风暴中我们被围困

在离城数英里的小屋内。

28.devastate[]vt.to lay waste;destroy使荒芜，破坏：A long

war devastated Europe.长期的战争破坏了欧洲。[扩展]devastation n.毁坏，

破坏/devastating adj.破坏性的，毁灭性的/devastator n.蹂躏者，劫掠者29.swath[]n.the width of a scythe stroke or a mowing-machine blade