赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit27

 　　cattle

　　n.牛群

　　In New Zealand, there are more than 13,000 sheep and cattle farms.

　　纽西兰有1万3千多个饲养绵羊和牛群的农场。

　　bull

　　n.公牛

　　During the festival, many bulls will run through the narrow streets in the city.

　　在庆典期间，许多公牛会狂奔于该城市狭窄的街道。

　　buffalo¹

　　n.野牛；水牛（=water buffalo)

　　The American buffalo is one of the largest land animals in North America.

　　美洲野牛是北美陆地上体型最大的动物之一。

　　lord

　　n.贵族；君主（大写）上帝

　　A knight² should pledge loyalty³ to his lord.

　　骑士应该向他的君主效忠。

　　If you feel lost, let the Lord guide you.

　　如果你迷失了，就让上帝来指引你方向。

　　engine

　　n.引擎

　　My car wouldn't move because something was wrong with the engine.

　　我的车动不了，因为引擎有毛病了。

　　engineer

　　n.工程师；火车司机 vt.策划

　　Tom is a good mechanical engineer.

　　汤姆是个优秀的机械工程师。

　　A person who drives a train is known as an engineer.

　　开火车的人被称为火车司机。

　　I'm sure Samantha will engineer the election campaign beautifully.

　　我相信莎曼莎会把这次选举活动办得很漂亮。

　　engineering

　　n.工程学

　　She studied electrical engineering at that university.

　　她在那所大学念电机工程。

　　shadow

　　n.阴影 vt.以影笼罩

　　Winnie sat in the shadows.

　　温妮坐在暗处中。

　　The cottage was shadowed by palm trees.

　　这间小屋被棕榈树的阴影遮蔽着。

　　The tree cast a shadow on the wall.

　　这棵树投影在墙上。

　　Not wanting to live in his father's shadow, Babe Ruth's son quit baseball.

　　贝比?鲁斯的儿子不愿活在父亲的阴影下，便不再打棒球。

　　shade

　　n.树荫；百叶窗（恒用复数） vt.遮荫 vi.逐渐改变

　　We took a rest in the shade of a large tree.

　　我们在一个大树的树荫下休息。

　　I pulled down the shades and went to bed.

　　我拉下百叶窗便睡觉去了。

　　The tall trees shade the garden.

　　高大的树将花园遮荫了起来。

　　The dusk shaded into night while I was driving home.

　　我开车回家时，不知不觉暮色已转为黑夜。

　　Michelle's beauty and confidence put other contestants⁴ in the shade.

　　蜜雪儿的美貌和自信使其他参赛者相形失色。

　　shady

　　a.荫蔽的；暖昧不明的；令人起疑的

　　They walked along the shady side of the street.

　　他们沿着街道有荫蔽的一边走。

　　He's a shady fellow, isn't he?

　　他是个引人起疑的家伙,不是吗？

1 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

2 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

3 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。

4 contestants   

n.竞争者，参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》