Handout 3 Nature
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IELTS Vocabulary雅思词汇教程3
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1.She is smarter than me. I am out-fox ed.
2.They are good at imitating people. They
always ape the way we do things.
3. A ball was flying towards her. She duck ed
her head in time.
4.She got cold feet and chicken out in the
last minute.
5.I am so hungry. I cannot wait to pig out on
the cake.
6.She is fat. She is a cow.
7.This bike belongs to the three of us. It is
not yours alone. So don’t hog it.
8.She keeps lots of weird stuff like a magpie.
9.Fierce competition escalated into rat race.
10.Girls fighting girls is a cat fight.
Bible,Old Testament,the Genesis《创世纪》Gen- = birth; to give birth to
1.Genetic engineering is sophisticated
technology.基因工程
2.Gende r and race are invisible barriers.性别
3.Greatness engenders jealousy, jealousy
spawns hatred, hatred leads to libel.产生4.In this small village he found few persons
congenial to him.志同道合
5.She is a language genius and he is a
mathematics whiz. Wizard天才
6.Ingenious gadgets and widgets frequent
cloak-and-dagger movies.精巧
7.Congenital defects are linked to hereditary
disease.先天
8.Hydrogen, H2 + O2 = H2O氢气
9.Eugenics优生学
10.C aucasian白种人
11.M ongolian黄种人
gyn 妇女的
andro 男性的
阴性表达Duke公爵→Duchess公爵夫人
She is an air hostess.空姐
He had a mistress in town.情妇
actress
princess
We went nuts on her bachelorette party.
A brunette is a woman with brown hair. She is the heroine in the play.女主角Farewell, my concubine is a classic starring Leslie Cheung.妃子
小称
The ugly duckling grew up to be a swan.丑小鸭
His part-time job is to giving out booklets to passers-by.小册子
She is a B-list Hollywood starlet.小明星Nuclear physics deals with particles.粒子
●-ette
Novelette, cigarette
●-en
chicken
●-cle/-cule
particle
●-ling
duckling
●-let
booklet, pamphlet, leaflet小册子
●-kin
wolfkin狼崽子
Band-aid邦迪
Hoover吸尘器
Post-it即时贴
Q-tip棉花棒
Jacuzzi极可意
aqua & hydro
I love such aquatic sports as swimming, rowing, and surfing.水上运动
Venice is an aquatic city.水城
She cured her own disease by hydrotherapy.水疗
He bought an aquarium at the pet store.水族箱
They preserved their food by dehydrating corns.脱水
Food chain
Prey猎物
Predator捕食者
Jungle law丛林法则
They pray for you today and prey on you tomorrow.
Herbivore草食
Carnivore肉食
Omnivore杂食
Carn-肉,肉体
Omni-全
A cure-all is a medicine which is omnipotent.万能
Carcasses of dead animals decayed gradually.尸体
Wreckage
Carnal knowledge肉体关系
Volcano火山
Vulcanized rubber硫化橡胶
●Active volcano活
●Extinct volcano死
Extinct species灭绝物种
Endangered species濒危物种
●Dormant volcano休眠
Earthquake地震
Epicenter震中
◆Episode故事的一集Magnitude震级
◆Magnificent雄伟Aftershock余震
◆aftermath后果(事后算帐)温室效应
Kyoto protocol京都议定书
Ozone-friendly不伤害臭氧
Unleaded petrol无铅汽油
GHG= green house gases温室气体Emission, Emit排放
Exhaust汽车废气
Monoxide, dioxide一氧化物,二氧化物
Preserve & conserve
They made huge efforts to conserve water during the drought.保量
That painting is preserved in good condition.保质
Live and let live
Viv, vit活,生命
He survived the terrible earthquake.幸存Cheongsam is revived.复兴
Many students suffer from Vitamin C deficiency.维他命
Vivid pictures aroused his interest.生动
Bio=biology生物学
Eco=ecology生态学。