20230810 單詞學(xué)習(xí)

• curry /?k?r?/

• 1.N-VAR Curry is a dish composed of meat and vegetables, or just vegetables, in a sauce containing hot spices. It is usually eaten with rice and is one of the main dishes of India. 咖喱

? ...vegetable curry.
…蔬菜咖喱。

• 2.V-T to prepare (food) with curry powder or sauce 加咖哩粉(或醬)的

• 3.PHRASE If one person tries to curry favour with another, they do things in order to try to gain their support or cooperation. 討好某人

? Politicians are eager to promote their "happy family" image to curry favour with voters.
政客們積極推廣其“幸福家庭”的形象以討好選民。

· cactus /?k?kt?s/

o N-COUNT A cactus is a thick, fleshy plant that grows in many hot, dry parts of the world. Cacti have no leaves and many of them are covered in prickles. 仙人掌屬植物

· tasty /?te?st?/

o ADJ If you say that food is tasty, you mean that it has a fairly strong and pleasant flavour which makes it good to eat. 味美的

? Try this tasty dish for supper with a crispy salad.
晚餐就著一道鮮脆色拉嘗嘗這道佳肴。

· cut up

o PHRASAL VERB If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces. 切碎

? Halve the tomatoes, then cut them up coarsely.
把西紅柿切成兩半，然后再把它們粗略切一下。

· pan /p?n/

o 1.N-COUNT A pan is a round metal container with a long handle, that is used for cooking things in, usually on top of a stove. 平底鍋

? Heat the butter and oil in a large pan.
在一個大平底鍋里加熱黃油和食用油。

o 2.V-T If something such as a film or a book is panned by journalists, they say it is very bad. 抨擊; 批評

? His first high-budget film, called "Brain Donors," was panned by the critics.
他的第一部巨資電影名為《撞板三舞男》，遭到了批評家們的抨擊。

o 3.V-T/V-I If you pan a film or television camera or if it pans somewhere, it moves slowly around so that a wide area is filmed. 使 (攝像機(jī)) 搖攝; 搖攝

? The camera panned along the line of players.
攝像機(jī)沿著球員們的隊(duì)列搖攝。

? A television camera panned the stadium.
一臺電視攝像機(jī)搖攝體育場。

o 4.N the act of panning 搖攝

o 5.N (as modifier) 搖攝

? a pan shot

o 6.V to wash (gravel) in a pan to separate particles of (valuable minerals) from it 淘(貴金屬)

o 7.N the leaf of the betel tree 檳榔葉

· dry up

o 1.PHRASAL VERB If something dries up or if something dries it up, it loses all its moisture and becomes completely dry and shrivelled or hard. 使…干枯; 干枯

? As the day goes on, the pollen dries up and becomes hard.
隨著日子一天天過去，花粉變得又干又硬。

o 2.PHRASAL VERB If a river, lake, or well dries up, it becomes empty of water, usually because of hot weather and a lack of rain. 干涸

? Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land in search of water.
水庫正在干涸，農(nóng)民開始離開田地去尋找水源。

o 3.PHRASAL VERB If a supply of something dries up, it stops. (供應(yīng)) 停止

? The main source of income, tourism, is expected to dry up completely this summer.
作為主要收入來源的旅游業(yè)預(yù)計(jì)將在今年夏天徹底枯竭。

o 4.PHRASAL VERB If you dry up when you are speaking, you stop in the middle of what you were saying, because you cannot think what to say next. (講話時(shí)) 語塞

? When he turned around and saw her, his conversation dried up.
他轉(zhuǎn)過身來看見她時(shí)，他的談話就出不來詞兒了。