trunkn汽车后部的行李箱.doc

Unit 7

trunk: n. 汽车后部的行李箱
-- The small car has no trunk at its back.

struggle with: have difficulty handling or coping with 费力地对付
-- We found the Smiths struggling with their car stuck in the mud.
-- The soldiers struggled with the enemies.

groceries: n. (usu. pl) 食品杂货
-- This small shop sells some groceries like salt, soy (酱油), spice (调味品), etc.
locomotive: n. 机车
-- The factory produces primarily diesel locomotives.
horn: n. 喇叭
-- The driver blew / sounded his horn when an old lady with her dog stepped in front of his car.

nearby: ad. in the area close by; near 在附近
-- Jack found a part-time job in the company nearby.
-- All the towns nearby were crowded with tourists during the holiday.
-- The man spoke softly to an old lady standing nearby.
-- 附近举行了一场足球赛。
A football game was played nearby.
a. not far away 附近的
-- We stopped at some nearby shops to pick up some food.
-- He worked in a nearby shop.
-- He came from a nearby village.

a thumbs-up gesture
thumbs-up n. 翘拇指（赞同或满意的表示）
This is a sign that you make by making a fist and raising your thumb to show that you agree with someone, that you are happy with an idea or situation, or that everything is all right.

-- He gave me the thumbs-up.
-- Thumbs up for England team! They arrived home today after two good wins against strong European teams.

echoed: v. repeat (another’s words, ideas, etc.) 重复
-- They echoed their leader’s every word.

draw one's attention to: make sb. aware of and be concerned about sth. 引起（某人）注意
-- The article was intended to draw the public's attention to environmental protection.
-- My teacher drew my attention to an error in the term paper.
-- The mother tried to draw the baby’s attention to the toy.
-- 老师把学生的注意力吸引到她的身上。
The teacher drew the students’ attention to herself.

steep: a. rising or failing sharply 陡峭的
-- The castle is built on a steep hill.
kneel: (knelt) vi. go down on the knees; rest on the knees 跪下；跪着
-- Everyone in church knelt in prayer.

freight: n. 1) the carrying of goods by some means of transport 货运
-- The student sent his luggage by air freight.
-- This aircraft company deals with freight only; it has no passenger service.
2) the goods carried in this way 货物
-- The truck was carrying five tons of freight.
-- 装运货物时，小心轻放。
The freight must be carefully handled when loading.

overhead: a. above one’s head; in the sky 在上头的；架空的
-- She turned on the overhead light and looked around the room.

signal: n. a sound or action understood to give a message
-- Chinese soldiers used to send smoke signals.
-- The dog stood by the river and waited for the signal to jump.
v. send (sth. such as a warning or a message) by a light or an act
/ give a signal; express (sth.) in this way 发信号传达
-- The student raised his hand, signaling to the teacher that he had finished his paper.
-- She signaled a passing taxi and asked him to take her to the railway station.
-- The thief signaled that the police were coming.
-- 警察示意司机把车开走。
The policeman signaled to the driver to move away.

out of the way: at a distance from the usual route; in a state or condition so as not to hinder (used after a verb) 远离，不碍事
-- Step out of the way and let me handle the stone.
-- The house is well out of the way on the back road.

resume: vt. begin (sth. or doing sth.) again after a pause 重新开始，恢复
-- The search for the missing pilot is expected to resume early today.
-- We'll stop now and resume (working) at two o'clock.
-- They stopped talking for a moment to see where the noise was coming from and then resumed their conversation.
-- He was ready to resume his duties.
-- The girl stopped for a while and resumed reading.
-- We resumed our work after a rest.

per: prep. for each 每
-- How much do you earn per week?
accelerator: n. 加速装置
-- An accelerator is a device for increasing speed.
conductor: n. (AmE) 列车员
-- The conductor announced the name of each station.
medium: a. coming halfway between; not extreme 中等的
n. a means which can be used to express or communicate sth. 媒质，媒介
-- He is of medium height.

mess around / about: (infml) spend time playing or doing things with no particular
purpose b / (infml) do things in an aimless way; spend time
playing 随意做事；闲荡
-- The kids spent all day Sunday just messing around.
-- The boy spent the whole summer just messing around.
-- 一些年轻人本应在工厂里工作但是他们却一直在闲逛。
Some of the young men had been messing round when they should have been working in
the factory.
-- He often likes to mess around with pals on days off.

... you'd better cool down.: ... you'd better stop spending so much time messing around.
cool down: (cause to ) become calmer （使）冷静下来
-- She is so angry now. Just leave her to cool down and then talk to her.
-- 争论后，她过了很久才平静下来。
It took her a long time to cool down after the argument.
CF cool cold chilly
都为形容词，都含“温度低”，“情绪不亢奋”，“态度不合作”的意思
cool 指温度：能保持客观、无偏见或能避免愤怒或狂喜的素质
-- It happened in a cool autumn day.
事情发生在一个凉爽的秋日。
-- Keep cool when complaining.
抱怨时要保持冷静。
cold 指温度：引起人们明显不适的零下或接近零下的温度；表示感情：一种冷淡的态度，
或甚至怀有敌意
-- It is very cold in winter in Beijing.
北京冬天很冷。
-- She seemed cold to me.
她似乎对我很冷淡。
chilly 指温度：表示 cool 和 cold 之间的空气和天气，凉得使你感到不舒服；表示感情：
冷淡，不友好
-- I felt chilly after I walked out of the room.
走出房间，我感到冷。
-- The president was given a chilly welcome when he arrived in that country.
总统到达那个国家时，受到冷遇。
party animal: a sociable person who enjoys going o parties

spot: vt. 1) see or recognize; pick out 看出，认出
-- Thank you for pointing out the error; I hadn't spotted it.
-- He left the house seconds before smoke was spotted coming up the stairs.
-- 走在街上，我看见了一个老朋友。
I spotted one of my old friends when I was walking on the streets.
2) mark with spots
-- She had two dogs, a yellow one and a spotted one.
-- She was wearing a white dress spotted with red.

instant: n. moment, a very brief period of time / a moment or point of time c 片刻，瞬息
-- The alarm bells started ringing and at the same instant all the lights went off.
-- The magician came to the stage with a bunch of flowers. And then, in an instant, the
flowers turned into a bird.
-- All happened in a single instant.
-- He paused for an instant.
the instant: as soon as
-- I tried phoning her the instant I got home.
CF moment instant minute
都是名词，都含“片刻”、“瞬间”的意思
moment 很短的时间，时间的持续性能清楚地意识到，但不能固定，无法计算
-- She was silent for only a moment.
她只沉默了一会儿。
-- At that precise moment, my mother came into the room.
就在那一刻，我母亲走进了房间。
instant 强调特短的时间中的一点，短得无法让人注意到。多含紧急迫切、刻不容缓、瞬
息变化之意
-- The traffic accident happened in an instant.
交通事故一刹那间就发生了。
minute 指很短但可以计量的一段时间
-- The train will come in a minute.
火车马上就来。
-- Why do you always leave things to the last minute?
你为什么总把事情留到最后一刻再做？

intently: ad. with great attention 专心地
-- He does his homework intently after school every day.
rag: n. 破布；抹布；(pl) 破旧衣服
-- He was clad in rags.
brake: n. 制动器，刹车
-- His brakes failed on a slippery road.

pull on: take hold of (sth.) and pull (it) with strength 用力拉扯，拉紧
-- The child pulled on his mother's coat wanting to leave.
-- Sophia pulled on the rope, shouting "help."

with all one's strength: with all one's power 使劲，用全力
-- With all his strength he removed the piano to the next room.
-- She opened the door with all her strength and ran out of the house.
strength: n. the quality or degree of being strong
-- He tried to lift the barbell with all his strength.
-- 病人没有力气站起来。
The patient hasn’t got enough strength to stand up.

blast: n. （汽笛等的）鸣叫
-- The driver gave a blast on his horn.

explode: vi. 1) burst with a loud noise 爆发；爆炸
-- The clap of thunder exploded overhead, which frightened the child into crying.
-- A bomb exploded at one of London's busiest railway stations this morning.
-- The boiler exploded and a big fire ensued.
2) increase suddenly or rapidly 猛增
-- The world population is exploding.
3) express strong feelings suddenly and violently
（怒气等）猛烈地发作，爆发
-- She explode with anger.
-- 学生们哄堂大笑。
The students exploded into laughter.

sway: vi. (cause to) move or swing slowly from side to side （使）摇动；（使）摇摆
-- Trees swayed gently in the breeze.
-- The coastal highway is lined with tall, swaying palm trees.
-- The tree swayed in the wind.

flash: vi. 1) move very fast; produce a sudden bright light 飞驰，掠过；闪烁
-- It was a busy road; cars flashed by every few minutes.
-- An eagle flashed across the sky.
-- The cars flashed past.
2) appear or shine for a moment
-- The lights of the cars flashed at night.
vt. cause (sth.) to shine briefly or suddenly
-- It is impolite to flash light in other people’s eyes.

calculate: v. work (sth.) out using mathematics (find out by using numbers)计算
-- Carrie has calculated that it would take five workers eight months to complete the
job.
-- The cost of the damage caused by the recent flood has been calculated at/as over $5
million.
-- The scientists were busy calculating.
-- A girl first calculated the result.
-- 科学家计算出飞船什么时候能到达火星。
The scientists are able to calculate accurately when the spacecraft will reach the moon.
CF calculate compute
都是动词，都含“计算”，“估算”之意
calculate 多用于科研、生产等需要精密计算之处，这种计算往往是复杂的
-- He must have calculated wrongly.
他一定是算错了。
compute 正式用语
-- It is difficult to compute the loss in revenue.
很难算出收益损失。

deceleration: n. 减速
-- The harder the brake pedal is pressed, the greater the car’s deceleration.
groan: v. 呻吟
-- The wounded man lay there groaning, with no one to help him.
thunderous: a. extremely loud 雷鸣似的；极响的
-- His speech got thunderous applause.

leap: (leapt or leaped) vi. jump 跳跃
-- The thief leaped from a window and escaped.
-- The instant he heard the baby crying Jordan leaped up from his chair and rushed into the
room.
-- The little boy leaped over the stream.
-- 祝英台跳入梁山伯的墓中，两人化成蝴蝶。
Zhu Yingtai leaped into Liang shanbo’s tomb, and the couple became butterflies.
-- The dog leapt over the fence.

grab: vt. seize suddenly; take roughly and quickly 猛地抓取
(seize with a sudden, rough movement)
-- A mugger grabbed my handbag as I was walking across the park.
-- The man grabbed the boy's arm to stop him from running into the road.
-- He grabbed me by the arm.
-- The man grabbed my bag and ran away.
-- He grabbed the coin and ran off.

blade: n. 刀刃，刀身；刀片
-- The blade of the knife is very keen.

loose: a. not firmly fixed in place; not tight 松散的
-- His tie was pulled loose and his collar hung open. It seemed that he was drunk.
-- When the teacher asked her to answer the question, the girl was idly pulling at a loose
thread on her skirt.
-- One of your buttons is coming loose.
-- 你把手放在松了的门把上，它就会发出奇怪的声音。
The loose doorknob made strange sounds when you put your hand on it.
NB 注意与 lose 的区别
lose 是动词，含“丢失”、“失去”、“迷路”等意思
-- I lost my money. 我把钱丢了。
-- I lost my way. 我迷路了。

hammer: n. 榔头，锤
-- The man picked up the hammer on the ground and hit the statue into pieces.

crash: vi. 1) fall or strike suddenly, violently, and noisily 突然重重倒下
-- I heard the dinner tray crash to the floor.
-- Standing on the beach, I could hear the waves crashing against the rocks.
-- She angrily crashed the dinner tray on the floor.
-- 我喜欢站在海滩上，听海浪撞击岩石。
I like standing on the beach, hearing the waves crashing against the rocks.
2) have a violent and noisy accident 坠毁；碰撞
-- The plan crashed after it took off.
-- The car crashed on the tree, killing its driver.
-- The cars crashed into each other.
n. 1) a violent vehicle accident
-- His mother was killed in a train crash.
2) a sudden loud noise as made by a violent fall, break
-- The crash of breaking glass woke him up.
-- After the lightning, I heard a terrific crash of thunder.

reach out: stretch one's arm, usu. in order to get or touch (sth.) (often followed by infinitive to) 伸手抓
-- The mother reached out to grab her little boy but it was too late.
-- When he saw his former teacher, he reached out a hand in greeting.
-- The man reached out his arm and took my hand.
-- The mother reached out to grab her little boy but it was too late. He fell into the river.

clear of: free from, not in contact with 离开；不接触
-- The man kept clear of his wife after the argument.
-- As soon as he was clear of the building he looked round.

scrape: v. push or drag (sth.) along a hard or rough surface 刮，擦
-- George drove too close to the wall and scraped the car's wing.
-- To scrape potatoes is to scratch off their skins.

instantly: ad. at once; immediately 立即，即刻
-- I instantly recognized her.
forehead: n. 前额
-- He had a broad forehead.

punch: vt. hit hard 猛击，用力击
-- The young couple quarreled with each other. The wife punched her husband on the nose.
-- 那人被击中腹部。
The man was punched in the stomach.
n. a quick strong blow made with the fist
-- I’d like to give you a punch in the face.

nylon: n. 尼龙
-- nylon stockings / a nylon curtain
fabric: n. 织物，织品；构造，结构
-- She bought some fabric to make shirts from.

horror: n. great fear or shock 恐惧，震惊
-- The crowd breathed in horror as the spacecraft exploded.
-- To her horror, she saw the boy fall from the ladder.
-- I screamed in horror when a wolf jumped over me.
-- 半夜听见敲门声，她的心中充满了恐惧。
She was filled with horror when she heard a knock at the door at midnight.
CF fear dread horror panic
作名词时都有“恐惧”之意
fear 意义最广，同 dread， 都表示认为处于困境之中而产生的忧虑、焦急，还表示因缺乏勇气几近懦弱之意
-- She was brought up with no fear of insects.
她从小不怕昆虫。
-- My fears were finally realized.
我恐惧的事最终还是发生了。
dread 表示因为某事将要或可能发生而产生的极度焦虑、恐惧的心理
-- They lived in the dread of being killed.
他们生活在会被杀害的恐惧之中。
horror 表示因极度令人不快的情况而引起的令人战栗的憎恨、厌恶
-- To my horror there was a mouse in the room.
令我恐惧的是，房间里有只老鼠。
panic 表示非理性的、无缘由的恐惧、恐慌
-- The government didn’t want to start a panic in the city.
政府不想在城里引起恐慌。
-- These rumors spread panic.
这些谣言传播恐慌。

up and down: higher and lower 一上一下地
-- When the Chinese women's football team defeated the American team, the crowd
jumped up and down and screamed excitedly.
-- My little daughter was jumping up and down on the sofa when I returned home from work