英语

ankle. [C] the part which connects the foot to the leg 踝；踝关节I fell over and twisted my ankle.我摔倒了，扭伤了脚踝。

He hurt his right ankle while competing in the broad jump.他跳远比赛时伤了右踝。

c omiccausing laughter; funny 喜剧的；滑稽的The speech is rich in comic sensitivity.这次演讲很富有喜剧性。

The book handles the delicate subject with a light comic touch.这本书用一种轻松、喜剧的笔法处理这棘手的问题。

n. [C] a comedian 喜剧演员Before she became a film actress, she wasa comic.她在成为电影演员前是一名喜剧演员。

r agn. 1. (usu. pl.) old torn clothes 破旧的衣服The poor child was dressed in rags.那可怜的孩子衣衫褴褛。

Standing before him were men, women, and small children, some dressed in rags.站在他面前的有男人、妇女和儿童，有些人穿得破破烂烂。

2. [C, U] a torn piece of old cloth 破布；碎布I keep these rags for cleaning the car.我把这些破布留着擦车用。

I used a piece of rag to dust the furniture.我用一块抹布擦拭家具上的灰尘。

a pplausen. [U] the sound made by people applaudinga performance, speech, etc. 鼓掌；掌声His speech met with loud applause.他的讲话赢得了热烈的掌声。

The President was welcomed at the airport with loud applause.总统在机场受到了热烈的鼓掌欢迎。

c omedyn. [C, U] a film, play, etc. that is intended to entertain people or make them laugh 喜剧A lot of Shakespeare's plays are comedies.莎士比亚的许多戏剧是喜剧。

His latest film is described as a "romantic comedy".他最新的一部电影被描绘为一部“浪漫的喜剧”。

s coutn. 1. [C] sb. whose job is to look for people with particular skills, esp. in sport or entertainment 物色新秀者；星探He was spotted by a scout at the age of13.他在13岁那年就被猎头给盯上了。

The scout spotted him when he was playing for his school football team.猎头在他为校足球队踢球时就盯上了他。

2. [C] a soldier sent out to get informationabout the enemy 侦察兵The scout reported that there was trouble on the road ahead.侦察员报告说前面路上有麻烦。

He sent four scouts ahead to take a look at the bridge.他派了四名侦察兵到前面去察看那座大桥的情况。

c rudea. 1. rude and offensive 粗鲁的；粗俗的He was afraid that his son's crude words would upset some of the guests.他很担心儿子粗鲁的言语可能会使一些客人不高兴。

He made a crude joke at the meeting.他在会上说了一个粗俗的笑话。

2. simple and not skillfully done ormade 粗制的；粗陋的crude furniture粗制家具He showed us a crude sketch of thebuilding.他给我们看了那栋建筑物的粗略的草图。

3. in the natural state; not refined 天然的；未加工的crude rubber天然橡胶It is reported that a thousand tons of crude oil has spilled into the sea.据报道有一千吨原油溢入大海。

c lapv. applaud 鼓掌；拍手The audience clapped and cheered when she appeared.当她出现时，观众鼓掌欢呼了起来。

The audience clapped his performance.观众为他的表演鼓掌。

r evoltvi. refuse to accept sb.'s authority or obey rules, laws, etc. 反抗；不服从The people revolted against his violent rule.人们不服从他的暴力统治。

The people in the north have revolted against the foreign rule and established their own government.北方的人们为反对外国统治而造反，并建立了自己的政府。

h eeln. 1. [C] the raised part of a shoe underneath the back of the foot 鞋跟She wore brown leather shoes with pointed toes and high heels.她穿了一双尖头高跟的棕色皮鞋。

2. [C] the back part of the foot 脚后跟I got a sore heel.我一只脚后跟痛。

One of his heels had got blistered on the walk.步行时他一只脚后跟起泡了。

m oustachen. [C] (also mustache) hair growing on aman's upper lip 小胡子His grey hair and moustache were neatly trimmed.他灰白的头发和八字须修剪得很整洁。

He shaved off his moustache.他把胡子剃了。

c oarsea. 1. rude and offensive 粗鲁的；粗俗的He's never made any coarse joke.他从来不开粗俗的玩笑。

He was a coarse man whose manner made him unpopular with some people.他举止粗鲁，因而不受一些人的欢迎。

2. rough and not smooth 粗糙的coarse cloth粗布The sand was so coarse that it was quite painful to walk on.沙子非常粗糙，走在上面很痛。

n ationalityn. 1. [C, U] the legal status of belonging to a particular country 国籍Fill in your name, address and nationality on the form.在表上填写你的姓名、地址和国籍。

He's applied for Chinese nationality.他已申请了中国国籍。

2. [C] a large group of people with thesame race, language, culture, etc. 民族There are many minority nationalities in China.中国有很多少数民族。

At this school they have pupils of 20 different nationalities.这所学校有来自20个不同民族的学生。

p ostponevt. delaysth. to a later date or time 推迟，延迟They decided to postpone their holiday until the autumn.他们决定将假期推迟到秋天。

We've had to postpone going to France because Tom's got an interview for a jobthat week.我们已不得不延期去法国，因为汤姆那周有个求职面试。

n onsensen. 1. [U] speech or writing that has no meaning or cannot be understood 无意义的话或文字She left out three words when she copied the sentence and the result was nonsense.她抄这个句子时漏了三个词，结果使得这句话毫无意义。

Most of the translation he did was complete nonsense.他翻译的东西绝大部分都完全是不成意思的话语。

2. [U] ideas, opinions, statements, etc.that are untrue or stupid 荒谬的想法、观点、说法Don't talk nonsense!不要胡说八道！He wrote a lot of nonsense.他写了一大堆废话。

d oubtfula. 1. probably not true or not likely tohappen 难以预料的，未定的It is doubtful whether they ever reached the summit before they died.他们不大可能在去世前登上过山顶。