高级英语教程5到9 单元整理的单词表--有中文解释

The Lady, or the Tiger? Part II

1.blooming :bloody or damned 盛开的；妙龄的

2.florid :with too much decoration or detail 绚丽的；气色好的

3.fervent :very enthusiastic and sincere, especially about something you believe in or support 热心的；强烈的；

炽热的；热烈的

4.imperious :behaving in a proud and confident way that shows you expect to be obeyed 专横的；迫切的；傲慢的

5.As :a fact that

6.the apple of his eye :the person who someone loves most and is very proud of 掌上明珠, 珍爱的人

7.humanity :people in general 人类；人道；仁慈；人文学科

mon to :belonging to or shared by two or more people or things 共同的；共有的；为…所共用

9.conventional :traditional and ordinary 符合习俗的，传统的；常见的；惯例的

10.romance :a story about love 传奇；浪漫史；风流韵事；冒险故事

11.ardor :great enthusiasm or love 热情；狂热；灼热

12.exceedingly :to a very great degree; extremely 非常；极其；极度地；极端

13.happened to :to do or be by chance: 碰巧

14.waver :to vacillate irresolutely between choices 动摇；踌躇；挥动者

15.in regard to :in connection with 关于

16.premises :the land and buildings owned by someone, especially by a company or organization 前提；经营场

址；上述房屋；契约前言（premise的复数）

17.workings :the workings of sth. the way that an organization, machine or organism operates 作用；工作方式；

操作（working的复数

18.in no slight degree :to a large extent 在很大程度上

19.novel :new and original, not like anything seen before 新奇的；异常的

20.the ranks :the groups 普通士兵们

21.in case :if

22.took such great delight and satisfaction :enjoy 欣赏，享受；喜爱；使过得快活

23.thronged :to be or go somewhere in very large numbers 人群；众多, 蜂拥而至；群集, 拥挤的

24.admittance :permission to enter a place 进入；入场权；通道

25.massed :to come together in large numbers 集中；聚焦（mass的过去式和过去分词）集中；聚焦（mass的过去式和过去分词）

26.opposite :being in a position on the other side; facing 相反的；对面的；对立的, 在…的对面

27.fateful :having an important and usually negative effect on the future 重大的；决定性的；宿命的

28.hum :continuous low sound 发低哼声, 嗡嗡声；哼声；杂声

29.grand :splendid in style and appearance; attracting admiration and attention 宏伟的；豪华的；极重要的, 自视高贵的

30.personage :an important or famous person 要人；角色；名士

31.moiety :either of two parts, not necessarily equal, into which something is or can be divided 一部分；一半

32.gone forth :been issued 出发，向前去；发布

33.night or day :all the time 无论黑夜或白昼

34.Possessed of :be possessed of sth to own something or have something as a quality 具有；拥有

35.curtained :to veil or shut off with or as if with a curtain 带帘子的；装有窗帘的

36.radiant: obviously very happy, or very beautiful 辐射的；容光焕发的；光芒四射的

37.damsels :a young woman who is not married少女（damsel的名词复数）

38.returned :to give or perform in return 回国的；归来的；被送回的

39.space :a period of time; or its duration 空间；太空；距离

40.in a flash :quickly or suddenly 瞬间；立刻

41.parapet :a low wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, etc. 栏杆；扶手；矮护墙

42.devious :describes people or plans and methods that are dishonest, often in a complicated way, but often

also clever and successful 偏僻的；弯曲的；不光明正大的

43.white heat :the very high temperature at which metal gives out a white light白热化

44.grievous :having very serious effects or causing great pain痛苦的；剧烈的

45.reveries :(a state of having) pleasant dream-like thoughts幻想，梦想（reverie的复数）