综合教程5《one writer's beginnings》单词整理

Unit 1 Text A

作家起步时

1. rocker

n. rocking-chair 摇椅

e.g. The old lady was reading a newspaper in her rocker.

2. tick

vi. make light, regularly repeated sounds 发出滴答声

vt. put a small mark against (names, figures, etc.) to show that sth. is correct 在...上打勾

n. 滴答声；记号，勾形符号

e.g. I could hear the clock on the wall ticking.

3. rhythm

n. regular successions of weak and strong stresses, accents, sounds of movements (in speech,

music, dancing, etc.) （说话、音乐、舞蹈等的）节奏，韵律

e.g. The audience clapped in rhythm as we sang.

4. in rhythm有节奏地

5. cricket

n. 蟋蟀；板球（运动）

e.g. About 1,000 kinds of crickets have been discovered by scientists.

6. give sb. no peace

keep disturbing sb. 让某人不得安宁

e.g. The baby kept coughing all night, giving her mother no peace.

7. churn

v. beat and shake (cream) in a tub; make (butter) in this way 搅拌（乳脂）；搅拌乳脂制（黄油）

e.g. Cream may be churned into butter.

8. sob

vi. draw in breath sharply and irregularly from sorrow or pain, esp. while crying; ma ke the soun-d like that of sobbing 呜咽，啜泣，抽噎；发呜咽声

n. act or sound of sobbing 呜咽（声），啜泣（声）

e.g. I found her sobbing in the bedroom because she'd broken her favorite doll.

9. ambition

n. strong desire (to be or do sth.); object of such a desire 抱负，雄心，野心；目标，夙愿;

e.g. Her ambition was to become a cinema actress.

10. expressive

a. (esp. of words or a face) full of feeling and meaning 富有表情的；富有意味的

e.g. She had large expressive eyes.

11. puss

n. (word used to call a) cat （叫唤猫时用语）猫咪

e.g. Here, puss.

12. boot

n. 靴；(BrE) （汽车后部的）行李箱

e.g. My boots are too tight.

13. illiterate

a. unable to read or write, with little or no education 目不识丁的；未受教育的

e.g. For many illiterate people television is the one means of getting news.

14. salary

n. payment for regular employment 薪金，薪水

e.g. This position offers a weekly salary of $200.

15. all the while

all the time 一直

e.g. All the while she talked of Annie’s good spirits and cleverness.

16. encyclopedia

n. book, or set of books, giving information about every branch of knowledge, or on one subject,with articles in alphabetical order 百科全书

e.g. The best way to learn how to use an encyclopedia is simply to practice with it.

17. unabridged

a. (of sth. written) given in full form, not shortened 未经删节的；完整的

e.g. There is an unabridged dictionary on the library table.

18. secondarily

ad. 次要地，从属地

e.g. The trading patterns of the European Union countries are primarily with one ano ther; second-arily with other industrial market economy countries.