赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit156

 　　penniless

　　a.身无分文的

　　That old guy was penniless and had to sleep on the street.

　　那位老先生身无分文，必须露宿街头。

　　basin

　　n.盆地；洗脸盆

　　Taipei city is built on a basin.

　　台北市建立在一个盆地上。

　　You need to scrub the basin harder.

　　你刷这个洗脸盆要更用力一点。

　　beak¹

　　n.鸟嘴

　　The white bird there has a long, sharp beak.

　　那边那只白鸟有一张又长又尖的嘴。

　　biology

　　n.生物学

　　Biology is the study of all living things.

　　生物学乃是研究所有生物的一门学问。

　　blend

　　vt. vi.混合

　　Mom likes to blend fruits together with milk.

　　妈妈喜欢把水果和牛奶混合在一起。

　　Your new hair color blends well with your skin.

　　你新染的发色和你的皮肤很相称。

　　blink

　　vt.眨（眼睛） vi.眨眼睛；闪烁 n.眨眼睛

　　I knew Jenny was lying because she blinked her eyes a lot.

　　我知道珍妮在说谎因为她不断地眨眼睛。

　　The Christmas lights blinked in the night.

　　圣诞装饰灯在夜晚闪烁发光。

　　We watched the magician closely, but the rabbit disappeared in the blink of an eye.

　　我们紧盯着魔术师看，但兔子却突然之间消失了。

　　wink²

　　vt. vi.眨（眼） n.眨眼

　　My grandpa still winks³ at cute girls.

　　我爷爷还会对可爱的女生眨眼睛。

　　Wink an eye when you want to leave the room.

　　你要离开的话请跟我眨个眼。

　　Mary gave me a wink, asking me to stop talking.

　　玛丽给我使眼色，要我别再说话。

　　I was so worried about the test today that I didn't get a wink of sleep last night.=I was so worried about the test today that I didn't sleep a wink last night.

　　我很担心今天的考试，所以昨晚都没睡。

　　calorie

　　n.卡路里，热量

　　Do you know how many calories there are in that pie?

　　你知道那个派有多少卡路里吗？

　　cargo⁴

　　n.货物（集合名词，不可数）

　　The ship's cargo will be unloaded tomorrow.

　　这艘船的货物将于明天卸下。

　　CD

　　n.雷射唱片

　　Paul has a large collection of CDs.

　　保罗收藏有许多雷射唱片。

1 beak   

n.鸟嘴，茶壶嘴，钩形鼻

参考例句：

• The bird had a worm in its beak.鸟儿嘴里叼着一条虫。
• This bird employs its beak as a weapon.这种鸟用嘴作武器。

2 wink   

n.眨眼，使眼色，瞬间；v.眨眼，使眼色，闪烁

参考例句：

• He tipped me the wink not to buy at that price.他眨眼暗示我按那个价格就不要买。
• The satellite disappeared in a wink.瞬息之间，那颗卫星就消失了。

3 winks   

v.使眼色( wink的第三人称单数 )；递眼色（表示友好或高兴等）；（指光）闪烁；闪亮

参考例句：

• I'll feel much better when I've had forty winks. 我打个盹就会感到好得多。
• The planes were little silver winks way out to the west. 飞机在西边老远的地方，看上去只是些很小的银色光点。 来自辞典例句

4 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。