高考英语3500单词详解(C开头)

高考英语3500单词详解(C开头）

cab[kAb] n.[C]出租车，计程车：Shall we walk or take a cab？ 咱们走路还是坐计程车？/ Let’s go by cab. 我们坐计程车去吧。

cab-driver[5kAbdraivE] n.[C]计程车司机

cabbage[5kAbidV] n. [C,U]卷心菜，洋白菜：She bought two cabbages [two heads of cabbage]. 她买了两棵卷心菜。/ Give me some more cabbage. 再给我一点洋白菜。

【说明】作为植物的“卷心菜”，可数或不可数均可；作为疏菜吃的“卷心菜(叶)”，不可数。

café[5kAfei] n.[C]咖啡馆，餐馆

cafeteria[5kAfi5tiEriE] n.[C]自助餐厅：This cafeteria serves good food. 这家自助餐厅供应的饭菜不错。

cage[keidV] n.[C]笼，鸟笼，兽槛：Put the dog in a cage. 把这条狗关入笼中。v.关入笼中或槛内：I felt terribly caged in that office. 我呆在那个办公室里感觉真像在笼子里一样。

calculate[5kAlkjuleit] v.1.计算：Have you calculated the result? 你算出结果了吗? 2.估计，认为：I calculate you’ll get there in time. 我认为你们赶到那里是来得及的。3.计划，打算：The room is not calculated for such use. 这房间不是打算做这种用途的。4.指望，依靠：We cannot calculate on his help. 我们不能指望他的帮助。■be calculated to do sth 打算或计划做某事：This advertisement is calculated to attract the attention of housewives. 这个广告是为引起家庭主妇们的注意而设计的。

cake[keik] n.1.[C,U]蛋糕，糕点：Help yourself to more cake. 再吃一点蛋糕。 2.[C]饼：fish cakes鱼肉饼 / potato cakes 马铃薯饼

call[kC:l] v. 1.喊，叫：Someone is calling for help. 有人在大声呼救。2.叫，点名：I’ll call the numbers. 我会叫号码。3.大声叫(某人)来，呼唤： Please call me a taxi. 请给我叫辆计程车。4.取名，称呼：We’ll call the baby David. 我们给这婴儿取名大卫。5.拜访，经常来访(如卖东西)：Let’s call (in) on John[at John’s house]. 咱们去拜访约翰吧。6.举行，进行：The president called an election. 总统宣布举行选举。7.打电话：I’ll call (you) again later. 我稍后再(给你)打电话。n. 1.[C]呼喊，喊叫：I heard a call for help. 我听到有人呼救。/ They came at my call. 我把他们喊来了。2.[C]电话：Were there any calls for me while I was out? 我出去的时候有人打电话给我吗？3.[C](短暂)访问：You should make[pay] a call on your uncle. 你应该去看看你的叔叔。■1. call back 唤回，回电话：He’s not in. Please call back later. 他不在家，请过一会儿再打来。2. call for 叫某人，需要：This problem calls for careful thought. 这问题需要好好想一想。3. call in 找来，来访，收回：Call in the doctor at once. 马上去请医生来。/ Please call in at five. 请在五点来访。4. call off 叫走，取消：Call your dog off. 把你的狗叫走。/ The match was called off because of bad weather. 由于天气不好，比赛取消了。5. call (up)on sb 拜访，看望：He called on them that evening. 他那天晚上去拜访了他们。6. call out 大声叫：He called out with pain. 他痛得大叫。7. call up打电话，想起：Please call me up this evening. 请今晚给我打电话。

【说明】1.表示拜访或看望某人，其后接介词(up)on；表示到某地拜访，其后接介词at。2. call sb既可表示“叫某人”，也可表示“给某人打电话”。

calm[kB:m] adj. 1.(指天气)无风的，无浪的：The lake was calm. 湖面风平浪静。2.镇静的，沉着的：He always remains calm when he meets difficulties. 遇到困难时，他总是保持镇静。n.[C,U]平静：After the storm came a calm. 风暴过后，万籁俱寂。v.(使)平静，沉着：Calm yourself. 请别激动。/ The situation calmed down. 局势平静了。

calmly[5kB:mli]adv.平静地，镇静地：He walked into the shop and calmly stole a pair of gloves. 他走进商店若无其事地偷了一副手套。

calmness[5kB:mnis]n.[U]平静，冷静：The wind failed and the sea returned to calmness. 风停了，海面上恢复了一片寂静。

camel[5kAmEl] n. 1.[C]骆驼 2.[U]驼色，浅棕色

camera[5kAmErE] n.[C]照相机，摄像机，摄影机：Camera! 开摄!

camp[kAmp] n.[C]野营，营地：a holiday camp度假营 / We have to go back to camp now. 我们现在该回营去了。v.(使)扎营(宿营)：They camped themselves on the grasslands. 他们在草原上扎营住宿。/ They camped out in the woods. 他们在树林里露宿。

campaign[kAm5pein] n. 1.[C]战役：the Huai-Hai Campaign 淮海战役 2.[C]活动，运动：a campaign to stop people smoking 一项阻止人们吸烟的运动 vi.参加活动，从事活动，作战：She spent her life campaigning for women’s rights. 她毕生致力于女权运动。

can1[kAn]v. aux. 1. (表能力)能，会：Everyone here can speak English. 这儿人人会说英语。/ He couldn’t answer the question. 他不能回答那个问题。2.(表推测)可能：It can’t be true. 那不可能是真的。/ Can he be serious? 他当真是这个意思吗？3.(表许可)可以：Can I come in? 我可以进来吗? / You can go home now. 你可以回家了。

【辨析】can与be able to：1. can只有现在式和过去式两种形式，而be able to 则有多种时态形式。2. could 和 was / were able to作为过去式，均可表示过去的能力，但除非在否定句中，could通常只表示过去一般性的能力，而不表示过去特定场合下的能力，表示过去特定场合的能力要用was[were] able to结构：I was able to swim to the bank when the ship sank. 当船沉时，我设法游到了岸边。3. can有时可用没有生命的东西作主语，而be able to则不可以。 【说明】1.表推测时，can通常只用于否定句和疑问句，一般不用于肯定句，如可说Can he be at home? 他会在家吗？但不说He can be at home. 不过有时也用于肯定句，表示理论上的可能性或表示“有时”：Even experienced teachers can make mistakes. 即使是有经验的教师也可能出错。/ It can get very hot here. 这里有时会很热。2.若对过去可能已经发生的情况作推测，不能只用can的过去式could，而应后接动词的完成式：He can’t[couldn’t] have sold his house. 他不可能已把房子卖了。

can2[kAn] n. 1.[C](美)罐头，听头，一罐之量：He drank four cans of beer. 他喝了四罐啤酒。2.[C]罐子：an oil can 油罐 v.装于罐头内

canal[kE5nAl] n. 1.[C]运河：The Suez Canal joins the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. 苏伊士运河连接着地中海和红海。2.[C]水道，管道：The canals take water to the rice fields. 水渠把水送到稻田里。

cancel[5kAnsE] vt. 1.取消，废除：He has to cancel his plan. 他不得不打消他的计划。2.删除：Cancel that last sentence. 把最后一句删掉。

cancellation[kAnsE5leiFEn] n.1.[U]取消，注销：Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan. 她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。2.[C]作废的事物：Are there any cancellations for this evening’s performance? 今晚演出的节目有取消的吗？

cancer[5kAnsE] n. 1.[C,U]癌，毒瘤：Is there a certain cure for cancer yet? 迄今癌症有无有效的治疗办法? 2.[C]弊端，社会恶习：Violence is the cancer of our society. 暴力是我们社会的痼疾。