自考综合英语二 上册 16课单词学习1

自考综合英语二上册16课单词学习（Oxford）

单词词性中文解释

character n. (文学作品等的)人物、角色

in book / play / movie

[C]a person or an animal in a book, play or film/movie: a major / minor character in the book

◆ cartoon characters ◆ Clint Eastwood's character is the most sympathetic in the movie. promising adj. 有希望的，有前途的

showing signs of being good or successful: He was voted the most promising newcomer for his part in the movie. ◆ The weather doesn't look very promising. ◆ The research produced promising results.

promisingly adverb: The day began promisingly with bright sunshine.

abundant adj. 很多的，丰富的

(formal) existing in large quantities; more than enough

Synonym: PLENTIFUL

Fish are abundant in the lake. ◆ We have abundant evidence to prove his guilt.

minimum n. 极少量的，最小的

noun(plural minima ) [C, usually sing.]

(abbreviation min.) the smallest or lowest amount that is possible, required or recorded: costs should be kept to a minimum. ◆ The class needs a minimum of six students to continue. ◆ As an absolute minimum, you should spend two hours in the evening studying. ◆ Temperatures will fall to a minimum of 10 degrees.

[sing.]an extremely small amount: He passed the exams with the minimum of effort. ◆ The room had a minimum of furniture.

Antonym: MAXIMUM

taste n. 品味

flavour

[C, U]the particular quality that different foods and drinks have that allows you to recognize them when you put them in your mouth: a salty / bitter / sweet taste ◆ I don't like the taste of olives. ◆ This dish has an unusual combination of tastes and textures. ◆ The soup has very little taste.

sense

[U]the sense you have that allows you to recognize different foods and drinks when you put them in your mouth: I've lost my sense of taste.

small quantity

[C, usually sing.]a small quantity of food or drink that you try in order to see what it is like: Just have a taste of this cheese. ◆ Do you want a taste?

short experience

[sing.]a short experience of sth: This was my first taste of live theatre. ◆ Although we didn't know it, this incident was a taste of things to come.

ability to choose well

[U]a person's ability to choose things that people recognize as being of good quality or appropriate: He has very good taste in music. ◆ They've got more money than taste. ◆ The room was furnished with taste.

what you like

[C, U]~ (for sth) what a person likes or prefers: That trip gave me a taste for foreign travel. ◆She has very expensive tastes in clothes. ◆ The colour and style is a matter of personal taste. ◆Modern art is not to everyone's taste. ◆ There are trips to suit all tastes.

worriedly adv. 焦急地，焦虑地

~ (about sb/sth)

~ (by sth)

~ (that ...) thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen and therefore feeling unhappy and afraid: Don't look so worried! ◆ I'm not worried about her-she can take care of herself.

◆ Doctors are worried about the possible spread of the disease. ◆ We're not too worried by these results. ◆ The police are worried that the man may be armed. ◆ Where have you been? I've been worried sick (= extremely worried). ◆ I was worried you wouldn't come. ◆ Try not to get worried.

◆ She gave me a worried look.

worriedly adverb: He glanced worriedly at his father.

robe n. 睡袍

a long loose outer piece of clothing, especially one worn as a sign of rank or office at a special ceremony: coronation robes ◆ cardinals in scarlet robes

pace vt. & vi. 慢慢走；步行测量

to walk up and down in a small area many times, especially because you are feeling nervous or angry: [V, +adv./prep.] She paced up and down outside the room. ◆[VN] Ted paced the floor restlessly.

buzzer n. 蜂音器

an electrical device that produces a BUZZING sound as a signal: Put your fingers on the buzzer and be ready to answer.

cook n. 厨师

a person who cooks food or whose jo

b is cooking: John is a very good cook (= he cooks well). ◆Who was the cook (= who cooked the food)? ◆ She was employed as a cook in a hotel.

light vt. 点燃

verb(lit, lit )

Help Note:Lighted is also used for the past tense and past participle, especially in front of nouns.)

start to burn

[VN]to make sth start to burn: She lit a candle. ◆ The candles were lit. ◆ I put a lighted match to the letter and watched it burn. ◆ Steve took out a cigarette and lit it.

wink n. 瞬间

an act of winking, especially as a signal to sb: He gave her a knowing wink.

homey n. 亲爱的

(also homy) adjective

(especially AmE) pleasant and comfortable, like home: The hotel had a nice, homey atmosphere. slight vt. 蔑视（某人），轻视，怠慢

verb[VN][usually passive]to treat sb rudely or without respect; to insult sb: She felt slighted because she hadn't been invited.

slighting adjective [only before noun]: slighting remarks / references

old-timer n. （口）老资格的人；老手

a person who has been connected with a clu

b or an organization, or who has lived in a place, for a long time: The jazz club always has a good mixture of old-timers and new faces. complimentary adj 夸奖的，赞美的

~ (about sth) expressing admiration, praise, etc: a complimentary remark ◆ She was extremely complimentary about his work.

afterthought n. 后来添加的东西；后来想到的事物

[usually sing.]a thing that is thought of, said or added later, and is often not carefully planned: They only invited Jack and Sarah as an afterthought.

dial vi. 拔号

(-ll-, AmE -l-) to use a telephone by turning the dial or pushing buttons to call a number: [VN] He dialled the number and waited. ◆ Dial 0033 for France. [also V]

oversight n. 疏忽，失察

[C, U]the fact of making a mistake because you forget to do sth or you do not notice sth: I didn't mean to leave her name off the list; it was an oversight. ◆ You can never entirely eliminate human error and oversight.

overlook vt. 忽视

verb[VN]

to fail to see or notice sth

Synonym: MISS

He seems to have overlooked one important fact. ◆ In my hurry to finish the exam I had