1、高级英语第一册第三课 Ships in the desert 词汇(Vocabulary) lap ( v.) : (of waves,etc.)move or strike gently with a light,splashing sound such as a dog makes in lapping(波浪)拍打;泼溅 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- divert ( v.) : turn(a person or thing)aside(f
2、rom a course,direction,etc.);deflect转移;使(人或物)转向;岔开,使偏斜 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antarctic ( adj. ) : of or near the South Pole or the region around it南极的;近南极的;南极区的;南极地带的;南极周围的 -------------------------------------------------------------
3、 Trans—Antarctic (adj.) : crossing or spanning the Antarctic横贯南极的;横贯南极地带的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- parka ( n.) : a hip—length pullover fur garment with a hood,worn 1n arctic regions风雪大衣,派克大衣 ------------------------
4、 glacier ( n.) : a slowly moving river or mass of ice and snow that forms in areas where the rate of snowfall constantly exceeds the rate at which the snow melts冰河;冰川 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
5、 accessible ( adj.) : that can be approached or entered;easy to approach or enter能够接近的;能够进去的;易接近的;易进去的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- trap ( v.) : catch in or as in a trap;entrap诱捕;计捉 ------------------------------------------------
6、 inexorable ( adj.) :that cannot be altered,checked,etc.不可变的;不可抗拒的;无情的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- graph ( n.) : a diagram consisting of nodes and links and representing logical relationships or sequences of
7、 events(曲线)图,标绘图;图表;图形 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- slab ( n.) : a piece that is flat,broad,and fairly thick平板;厚片 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- frigid ( adj.) : extremely cold;without hea
8、t or warmth极冷的,寒冷的,严寒的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- snowmobile ( n.) : any of various motor vehicles for traveling over snow,usually with steerable runners at the front and tractor treads at the rear(机动)雪车;(履带式)雪上汽车 -------------------------
9、 rendezvous ( n.) : [Fr.] a place designated for meeting or assembling [法语]指定集合地;会合点 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hover ( v.) : stay suspended or flutter in the air near oneplace盘旋 --
10、 eerie,eery ( adj. ) : mysterious,uncanny,or weird,esp. in such a way as to frighten or make uneasy神秘的,离奇的,怪异的;阴森的,恐怖的,可怕的/eerily adv. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11、 hummock ( n.) : ridge or rise in an ice field冰群;(冰原上的)冰丘 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- collide ( v.) : come into violent contact;strike violently against each other;crash碰撞;猛撞;互撞 -------------------------------------------------------------
12、 scenario ( n.) : a sequence 0f events esp. when imagined;an account or synopsis of a projected course of action or events(设想中的)未来事态;方案 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- controversial ( adj. ) : of,subject to,or stirring up co
13、ntroversy;debatable争论的;引起争论的; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tundra ( n.) : any of the vast,nearly level,treeless plains of the arctic regions冻原;苔原;冻土带 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- equator
14、 ( n.) : an imaginary circle around the earth,equally distant at all points from both the North Pole and the South Pole,dividing the earth's surface into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere赤道 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- billow
15、 ( v.) : surge,swell,or rise like or in a billow(巨浪)奔腾;(波涛)汹 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pasture ( n.) : ground suitable for grazing牧场 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- slash (v.) : cut or w
16、ound with a sweeping stroke or strokes,as of a knife(用刀等)猛砍,乱砍 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- blot (v.) : make blots on;spot;stain;blur(esp. used in blot out:darken or hide entirely;obscure)涂污;玷污;把……弄模糊;遮暗(尤用于bolt out:把……弄模糊;遮暗,遮蔽;掩蔽) --------
17、 noctilucent (adj.) : designating or of a luminous cloud of unknown composition。visible at night in the polar regions at an altitude of c.50 miles夜光云的;夜间发光的 ------------------------------------------------------------------
18、 shimmer ( v.) : shine with an unsteady light;glimmer闪烁;发出微光 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- translucent ( adj.) : 1etting light pass but diffusing it so that objects on the other side cannot be clearly distinguished;partially tr
19、ansparent,as frosted glass半透明的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- buildup ( n.) : a gradual increase in amount,power,influence,etc.;expansion(在数目、力量、影响等方面)逐渐增加,扩大,扩充;集结 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
20、 methane ( n.) : a colorless,odorless,inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon,CH4,present in natural gas and formed by the decomposition of vegetable matter,as in marshes and mines. or produced artificially by heating carbon monoxide and hydrogen over a nickle catalyst甲烷;沼气 --------------------------
21、 landfill ( n.) : the disposal of garbage or rubbish by burying it under a shallow layer of ground埋入地下的垃圾 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- paddy ( n.) :rice in the husk,growing or gathered稻,
22、谷 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- termite ( n.) : a kind of insect found chiefly in tropical areas,very destructive to wood,textiles,etc.,which makes large hills of hard earth白蚁 ------------------------------------------------------------------
23、 biomass ( n.) : the total mass or amount of living organisms in a particular area or volume生物量 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- extinction ( n.) : the fact or state of being or becoming extinct;dying out,as of a race,species of a
24、nimal,etc.(动物的)灭绝,绝种 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rip (v.) : cut or tear apart roughly or vigorously撕,扯 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- spectral ( adj.) : of or like a specter;phantom;ghost
25、ly鬼怪(似)的;幽灵(般)的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- skirmish ( n.) : a brief fight or encounter between small groups,usually an incident of a battle小规模战斗;前哨战 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- aquife
26、r ( n.) : an underground layer of porous rock,sand,etc.containing water,into which wells can be sunk含水层(能对水井提供重要经济价值的水量的地下岩层) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- chlorine ( n.) : a greenish—yellow,poisonous,gaseous chemical element with a disagreeabl
27、e odor.used as a bleaching agent,in water purification,in various industrial processes,etc.(symbol C1)氯(符号C1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- chlorofluorocarbon ( n.) : any of a series of gaseous or low—boiling,inert,nonflammable derivatives of m
28、ethane or ethane,used as refrigerants and solvents,and as propellants in aerosol products[化]氟利昂 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- disrupt ( v.) : disturb or interrupt the orderly course of扰乱;破坏 ----------------------------------------------------
29、 ultraviolet ( adj. ) :1ying just beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum and having wavelengths shorter than approximately 4 000 angstroms紫外(线)的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- molecule ( n.) : the smallest p
30、article of an element or compound that can exist in the free state and still retain the characteristics of the element or compound[化]分子 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- equilibrium ( n.) : a state of balance or equality between opposing forces平衡(状
31、态);平均;相称 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- exponential ( adj.)[Math.] : of or relating to an exponent:involving a variable or unknown quantity as an exponent[数]指数的;幂的 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
32、 axiom ( n.) : a statement universally accepted as true;maxim格言,箴言 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cumulative (adj. ) : increasing in effect,size, quantity,etc.by successive additions;accumulated累积的,堆积的;累加的;(作用、大小、数量等)渐增的 ------------------
33、 sustenance ( n.) : one’s means of livelihood;maintenance;support生计;支撑;支持,维持 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ozone ( n.) : n unstable,pale—blue gas,O3,with a penetraring odor(an all
34、otropic form of oxygen,formed usually by a silent electrical discharge in air,and used as an oxidizing,deodorizing.and bleaching agent and in the purification of water)[化]臭氧 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- depletion ( n.) : the gradual using up o
35、r destruction or capital assets,esp. of natural resources资产(尤指自然资源)的折耗,耗减 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- deforestation ( n.) : the act or action of clearing (1and)of forests of trees毁林,滥伐森林 -----------------------------------------------------
36、 precedent ( n.) : existing practice resulting from earlier precedents先例;前例 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sober ( v.) : make or become self—controlled,calm,serious in thought,etc.(使)变清醒(或冷静、严肃、庄严等) --------------
37、 weaponry ( n.) : the design and production o{weapons武器设计和生产 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- deploy ( v.) : spread out or place in accordance with a plan展开;部署 ----------------
38、 leapfrog ( v.) : jump or skip over跃过;越过 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- obsolete ( adj.) : no longer in use or practice;discarded;no longer in fashion;out—of-date已废弃的;已不用的;过时的;老式
39、的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- simplistic (adj.) : making complex problems unrealistically simple;oversimplifying or oversimplified过分简单化的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 短语 (Expressions) in all directions 四面八方;全面地;向各方面 at rest 静止;休息;安眠;处于静止状态;心情安定 pick up speed 加快速度 blot out 完全清除(思想、记忆等);遮盖;抹去 at stake: to be won or lost;being risked 在胜败关头,冒风险 例: This decision put out lives at stake.这一决定,我们的生命就凶吉难保了。






