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Words and Expressions (B)

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bask

英 [bɑːsk]     美 [bæsk]    

过去式: basked 过去分词: basked 现在分词: basking 第三人称单数: basks

详尽释义

v.(动词)

取暖

晒太阳

感到适意

使舒适暖和

使(自身)受(暖)

受宠

沐恩

感到舒适

沉浸

陶醉

满心欢喜

承受

沉浸(在赞美、关顾等中)

沐浴(在赞美、关顾等中)

对…感到乐趣

因他人的功绩而出名

仰仗…的余泽

沾光

享受温暖阳光

感到愉快

享受

舒适地晒太阳

沐浴于

英英释义

Verb:

derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in;

"She relished her fame and basked in her glory"

be exposed;

"The seals were basking in the sun"

例句

Now we can bask in the rainbow of the memories that we'll nurture in the years ahead. 在未来岁月里,让我们在记忆的长虹里永远珍藏对他的怀念。

After his apprenticeship he worked for Joe Manton, the greatest gunsmith in England and a legend in his own lifetime. But James was not content to bask in anyone's reflected glory. 学徒期满后,詹姆士为英国最伟大的造枪巨子及其所在时代的一个传奇人物乔·曼顿工作。但是他并不愿意沾任何人的光。

I saw her basking in the sunshine. 我看到她在阳光下晒太阳。

【近义词】

enjoy享受 savour 味道 savor 味道 relish享受 laze aroundlaze about lie躺下 recline躺 lounge休息室 stretch out伸出 spread out伸开 soak up吸收 luxuriate繁茂 delight in因 ... 高兴 glory光荣

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beset 扩展词汇 

英 [bɪ'set]     美 [bɪ'set]    

vt.包围;困扰;镶嵌

名词: besetment 过去式: beset 过去分词: beset 现在分词: besetting 第三人称单数: besets

Verb:

1. annoy continually or chronically;

"He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"

"This man harasses his female co-workers"

2. assail or attack on all sides:

"The zebra was beset by leopards"

3. decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

Buck was beset by three huskies, and in a trice his head and shoulders were ripped and slashed. 三只赫斯基狗包围了巴克,瞬息间便咬破了他的头和肩膀。

The country was beset with many problems. 这个国家被许多困难所困扰。

The crown was beset with diamonds and jewels. 皇冠上镶嵌着钻石和珠宝。

词汇搭配

besetting sin 易犯的罪恶

【近义词】

attack 攻击 surround 包围 harass 使疲乏 assail 使苦恼,纠缠 plague 瘟疫 affected 受影响的 overwhelmed 动词overwhelm的过去式 overcome 战胜 harassed 疲倦的 surrounded 被 ... 环绕着的 full of 充满 hamper 妨碍 siege 包围 embellish 美化、装饰或修饰 adorned 动词adorn的过去式 infest 侵扰 storm 暴风雨 afflicted 动词afflict的过去 overrun 超越 provoke 激怒 chivy 打猎叫喊 encrust 包以外壳(结壳) chevy 打猎时的叫喊 incrust 用皮包裹 charge 责任 assault 攻击 molest 骚扰 hassle 困难 chivvy 催促 harry 不断骚扰

【反义词】

release 释放

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blaze 常用词汇 

英 [bleɪz]     美 [bleɪz]    

副词: blazingly 过去式: blazed 过去分词: blazed 现在分词: blazing 第三人称单数: blazes

详尽释义

n.(名词)

火焰,烈火

光辉,闪光,光明,强烈的光

爆发,迸发,激发

白斑,脸上的白斑

记号,刻痕

猛烈的扫射

<俚>地狱

火灾

鲜明的色彩

灿烂,辉煌

炫耀,炫示,展现

【扑克牌】一手五张人头大牌(不成特殊花色或套牌,但可赢两对)

v.(动词)

冒火焰,发火焰,熊熊燃烧,猛烈地燃烧

闪耀,发强光,发亮光,闪闪生辉,放光彩

(眼睛)怒视

大肆宣扬,传播,宣布

(枪)连续射击

使燃烧,使发火焰

炫示,炫耀

在(树皮)上刻记号

迸发,爆发,突然动怒

闪耀出,放出…的光彩

开拓,开辟(道路等)

引起对…的注意

显示出

领导,领先,作开路先锋

<废>吹奏

英英释义

Noun:

a strong flame that burns brightly;

"the blaze spread rapidly"

a cause of difficulty and suffering;

"war is hell"

"go to blazes"

noisy and unrestrained mischief;

"raising blazes"

a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted;

"a glare of sunlight"

a light-colored marking;

"they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"

"the horse had a blaze between its eyes"

Verb:

shine brightly and intensively;

"Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"

shoot rapidly and repeatedly;

"He blazed away at the men"

burn brightly and intensely;

"The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"

move rapidly and as if blazing;

"The spaceship blazed out into space"

indicate by marking trees with blazes;

"blaze a trail"

例句

用作名词 (n.)

We warmed our hands near the blaze of the campfire. 我们在篝火的火焰旁暖手。

The firemen were unable to control the blaze. 消防队员无法控制这场大火。

Seven people died in the blaze at the nightclub. 在夜总会的熊熊烈火中有七人丧生。

The new building was a blaze of light. 那幢新大楼一片灯光。

The gardens in summer are a blaze of colour. 夏天的花园色彩斑斓。

Their marriage took place amid a blaze of publicity. 他们举行婚礼轰动一时。

In a blaze of anger he shouted at us. 他盛怒之下,对我们大声叫嚷。

用作动词 (v.)

The following morning the building was still blazing. 第二天早上,大楼还在燃烧。

Lights were blazing in every room. 每个房间都灯火通明。

The tree will blaze with lights on Christmas. 圣诞节时,这树将被灯饰缀得闪闪发光。

He blazed up without warning. 他突如其来地勃然大怒。

The news was blazed all over the daily papers. 所有日报都刊登了这条消息。

He blazed a path through the forest. 他沿途在森林里的树上刻记号以标示路径。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

Dry wood makes a good blaze. 干木燃起夺目的火焰。

In a blaze of anger he shouted at them. 他怒火中烧,对着他们大吼起来。

The whole front of the building was a blaze of light. 整幢大楼正面灯火辉煌。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+~(+A)

The fire in the forest has blazed for days. 森林大火已经燃烧好几天了。

The fire was blazing in the fireplace. 火在炉中燃烧。

That young man's face blazed friendly, but he is very dangerous. 那个年轻人看上去一脸的友善,但他很危险。

On New Year's Eve the big house blazed with lights. 除夕夜,那所大房子灯火通明。

Lights were blazing in every room. 每个房间都是灯火通明。

收起

用作及物动词

S+~+ n./pron.

Her eyes blazed fire. 她的眼中燃烧着怒火。

Give us a smile; you blazed anger all the day. 笑笑吧,别老怒气满面。

His face always blazed anger. 他总是满脸的怒气。

The little girl blazed shy. 这个小女孩满脸的羞涩。

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

blaze abroad (v.+adv.)

宣扬,传播 spread

blaze sth ⇔ abroad

They blazed the news abroad.他们传播这条新闻。

She blazed her discovery abroad everywhere.她到处宣扬她的发现。

He always blazed his idea abroad.他四处宣扬他的观点。

用于 be ~ed 结构

His fame was blazed abroad by the country's newspapers and television.通过国内报纸和电视的宣传,他名扬天下了。

His success was blazed abroad in his home-town.他成功的消息在他的家乡被传播开了。

blaze away (v.+adv.)

不停地燃烧; 连续开火 continue burning; shoot rapidly and continuously (at sb or sth)

blaze away

The fire blazed away and destroyed the whole hotel.大火不停燃烧,烧毁了整个饭店。

The captain ordered the men to blaze away .上尉命令士兵连续射击。

blaze sth ⇔ away

He blazed away all his ammunitions.他把所有的子弹一口气打光了。

blaze down (v.+adv.)

炙晒; 燃烧着掉下 burn fiercely down; come down in flames

blaze down

The sun blazed down.太阳炙晒着。

The plane was seen blazing down behind the hill, where it crashed.人们看见那架飞机燃烧着掉到山那边,撞毁了。

The sun blazed down on us.阳光直射在我们身上。

blaze up (v.+adv.)

复燃; 发怒,发脾气 burn again; increase in heat, anger, or violence

blaze up

The fire blazed up when we thought it was out.我们以为那火已经熄灭,不料又着起来了。

The dry wood blazed up.干木头烧着了。

She blazed up at the insult.受到这一侮辱她发怒了。

Mary blazed up when Jim angered her.吉姆惹玛丽时,她火了。

In a moment his temper blazed up.他的脾气一下子发作起来。

blaze with (v.+prep.)

因…而涨红脸 turn red in the face because of

blaze with sth

He blazed with anger because his car was stolen.由于车被盗了,他感到非常气愤。

Jenny blazed with anger when she heard how her mother had been treated.珍妮听了母亲的遭遇,气得脸通红。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

~+介词

blaze of anger 勃然大怒blaze of day 光天化日blaze of fire 火焰blaze of glory 荣耀blaze of jewels 珠宝的闪光blaze of light 灯火辉煌blaze of passion 大动感情blaze of publicity 名声显赫blaze of temper 大发雷霆

用作动词 (v.)

~+名词

blaze building 烧着建筑blaze house 烧房子blaze wood 烧木头~+副词

blaze furiously 大怒blaze glowingly 热情地燃烧blaze intensely 剧烈地燃烧blaze magnificently 壮丽地燃烧blaze suddenly 突然名扬天下blaze away 继续燃烧blaze down 直射在…上blaze off 继续燃烧; 连续射击blaze out 猛烧起来; 突然发怒blaze up 重新燃烧起来~+介词

blaze high into the air 火焰冲天blaze with 勃然大怒

词语用法

n.(名词)

blaze 用作名词的基本意思是“火焰,烈火”,指突然、猛烈迸发出明亮强光的火,可用来比喻“(灯光、颜色等的)光辉,闪耀”,也可用来比喻“(强烈感情的)骤然迸发”。

blaze 只用于单数形式,作“光辉,闪光”及“迸发,爆发”解时常与of连用。

v.(动词)

blaze的基本含义是“熊熊燃烧,同时发射出光和热”,引申可指“怒火中烧”,在句中可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词,但多用作不及物动词。

词义辨析

n.(名词)

blaze, flame, light

这组词都有“火”“火光”的意思。

1.blaze 指大火; flame既可表示孤立的小火,也可表示“火舌,火苗,火焰”; light为一般用语,泛指日、月、星、火、灯的光。

2.blaze 可给人带来温暖,但如控制不住可造成火灾; flame和light强调光明、光线, flame也可造成火灾。

3.blaze 多用单数形式; flame表示“火舌,火苗,火焰”时常用复数形式; light为不可数名词。

blaze flame flare glow glare flash glitter twinkle light

这些名词均含有“火焰、烈火、光”之意。

blaze:blaze 指猛烈燃烧所发生强烈的光。

flame:flame 指一条或多条火舌,多用复数形式,指由许多火舌构成的大火。

flare:flare 指摇曳的火焰。

glow:glow 指像冶炼铁和钢时发出的红光。

glare:glare 指眩目的光。

flash:flash 指突然发出而随即消失的闪光。

glitter:glitter 指连续发出闪烁不定的光。

twinkle:twinkle 指如星光等的闪烁。

light:light 普通用词,指日、月、星或灯等的光。

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bombard

英 [bɒm'bɑːd]     美 [bɑːm'bɑːrd]    

名词: bombarder 过去式: bombarded 过去分词: bombarded 现在分词: bombarding 第三人称单数: bombards

详尽释义

v.(动词)

不断攻击

【核】以高能量粒子或放射能冲击

轰炸

痛斥

炮击

【原子能】轰击

对…进行粒子辐射

痛骂

攻击

质问

冲击

打击

拍发

一下子抛给

向…连续提出问题

大量提问

大肆抨击

连珠炮般地提问

不断攻击连续质问

n.(名词)

射石炮(古代的臼炮)

英英释义

Noun:

a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

Verb:

cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile;

"They pelted each other with snowballs"

throw bombs at or attack with bombs;

"The Americans bombed Dresden"

address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage;

"The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"

"The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer"

direct high energy particles or radiation against

例句

用作动词 (v.)

Reporters bombarded the President with questions about his economic policy. 新闻记者提出许多有关经济政策的问题围攻总统。

【近义词】

attack攻击 shell壳 bomb炸弹 shower淋浴 barrage弹幕 blast爆炸 blitz闪击(尤指空袭) assault攻击 assail使苦恼,纠缠 flood淹没 inundate浸水 overrun超越 overwhelm打击 torpedo鱼雷 besiege围攻 fire火 open开着的 open fire开火 fire upon 射击(炮击 bombardon低音金管乐器的一种 pelt皮毛

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bug

[bʌg]

n. 臭虫, 窃听器, [计]漏洞: Why do we need bug spray? 我们要杀虫剂干什么?

v. 窃听, 打扰, 失去(镇定)

n. (短暂)着迷

名词bug:

1. general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

2. a fault or defect in a system or machine

同义词:glitch

3. a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly

4. insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

同义词:hemipterous insect, hemipteran, hemipteron

5. a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

同义词:microbe, germ

动词bug:

1. annoy persistently

同义词:tease, badger, pester, beleaguer

2. tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

同义词:wiretap, tap, intercept

【词义辨析】

bug, insect, pest, worm 这些名词均含“虫,昆虫”之意。

bug: 指小昆虫,尤指吸血的臭虫,也可指细菌。

insect: 含义广泛,多指蚂蚁、黄蜂、蝉等等。

pest: 指有害的昆虫或有害的小动物。

worm: 侧重指蚯蚓、蚕、毛虫等小而无骨的虫。

overhear, bug, monitor

相关例句:

1.The police tested the room for bugs. 警察检查房间里是否放有窃听器。

2.Our test flight was to discover the bugs in the new plane. 试验飞行是为了发现新飞机有何毛病。

3.What's bugging you? 你有什麽别扭事儿?

4.There are a lot of bugs about in winter. 冬天有很多流行病.

5.This office is bugged. 这个办公室已装上了窃听器.

6.I think I've caught a bug. 我看我已经受细菌感染了.

7.There's a bug in the system. 设备中有故障.

8.That man really bugs me. 那个人真把我惹火了.

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bully

英 ['bʊli]     美 ['bʊli]    

名词复数: bullies 过去式: bullied 过去分词: bullied 现在分词: bullying 第三人称单数: bullies

n.(名词)

1. 罐头牛肉,腌牛肉

2. 仗势欺人者,欺侮弱者的人,欺凌弱小者,恃强欺弱的人,横行霸道者

3. 恶霸,恶棍,暴徒

4. 以大欺小的学生

5. <古>打手,受雇的凶手

6. <废>情人,心爱的人

7. <古>妓院的拉客者,为妓女拉客者,妓女的保镖

8. <古>好朋友,好家伙

9. 【曲棍球】争球,开球

adj.(形容词)

1. <口>第一流的,很好的,顶好的,特好的

2. 盛气凌人的,霸道的

3. 像流氓的,恶霸一样的

4. 精神抖擞的,精神饱满的,兴高采烈的

adv.(副词)

1. 很,极,十分

2. 突出地

int.(感叹词)

好极了,好,妙,干得好!

v.(动词)

1. 欺侮,欺负,恐吓,威吓,吓唬,威胁,威逼,胁迫,伤害

2. 盛气凌人地说

3. 以强凌弱,恃强欺弱,横行霸道,充当恶霸,专横跋扈,盛气凌人

4. 【曲棍球】争球,开球(off)

Noun:

1. a cruel and brutal fellow

2. a hired thug

Adjective:

very good;

"he did a bully job"

"a neat sports car"

"had a great time at the party"

"you look simply smashing"

Verb:

1. be bossy towards;

"Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"

2. discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

例句

用作名词 (n.)

The little girl stood up to a bully. 小女孩勇敢地对付暴徒。

The bully whacked my brother with a stick. 那恶棍用棒头狠揍我兄弟。

Leave that little girl alone, you big bully! 离那小姑娘远点儿, 你这个大坏蛋!

用作及物动词 (vt.)

You are not discreet; you mustn't bully me. 你真不客气,你休想恐吓我。

The manager tried to bully his men into working harder by threatening them with dismissal. 经理企图以解雇来威胁,迫使职工更卖力气。

Fahmy had come both to charm and to bully me. 法赫米这次来是要对我软硬兼施。

It is wrong of you to bully the child. 你不该欺侮那个孩子。

He was bullied by the older boys at school. 他在学校里受到大孩子的欺负。

You've got no right at all to bully the weak. 你根本没有权利欺侮弱者。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+~+ n./pron.

I wanted to tell you everything but the manager bullied me out of it. 我本来打算把事情都告诉你,可是经理硬不许我这样做。

用于be ~ed结构

The little boy was bullied by the older boys at school. 这个小男孩在学校受到大孩子的欺负。

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

bully into( v.+prep. )

威逼…做… force sb into sth or doing sth by threats or violence

bully sb into sth/v-ing

The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。

用于be ~ed结构

He will never be bullied into any change of his standpoint. 要想硬逼他改变自己的立场是办不到的。

词汇搭配

bully boy 用武力实行其计划的人 bully beef 罐头牛肉 bully tree=balata penalty bully 罚争球; 罚5码球 bully net 一种小围网 bully pulpit 天字第一号讲坛 come the bully over someone 欺压某人

词语用法

v.(动词)

1. bully作动词时意思是“威吓”,尤指在学校中以大欺小、以强凌弱的行为。

2. bully是及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语。常与介词into连用,表示“威逼…做…”。

3. bully偶尔也可用作名词,意思是“恃强凌弱的人”。例如:He is a bully.他是个大坏蛋。

词义辨析

v.(动词)

bully, bulldoze, intimidate

这组词都有“威逼”的意思。它们的区别是:intimidate是指显示武力或提出要使用武力的恐吓方式使对方感到恐惧而随后表示屈服; bulldoze是指用威胁或恐吓来压服对方的反抗; bully是指盛气凌人地欺负弱者。

【同义词】

intimidate  menace  terrify  threaten

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door buster

An unusually low sale price, typically offered by a retailer on a limited number of items for a limited time, often on prominent shopping days, such as the day after Thanksgiving in the US.

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butt 

英 [bʌt]     美 [bʌt]    

名词: butter 过去式: butted 过去分词: butted 现在分词: butting 第三人称单数: butts

详尽释义

n.(名词)

<美俚>烟蒂,香烟

大(酒)桶

枪托

抵撞,顶撞

<美口>屁股

【建】对接

铰链

靶子

笑柄,嘲弄对象

粗端

靶场

比目鱼

柄,把

残端

v.(动词)

用头抵撞,用头猛撞,用头撞或顶

插入

(使)接合

抵触

顶撞,碰撞



使邻接,使两端对接,头尾相接,衔接着

紧靠,邻接,毗邻

伸出,突出

插嘴,打断说话

插手,干涉

走开,别管闲事

英英释义

Noun:

thick end of the handle

the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots

a victim of ridicule or pranks

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

"he deserves a good kick in the butt"

"are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at

finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping

a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)

the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)



Verb:

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

"Canada adjoins the U.S."

"England marches with Scotland"

to strike, thrust or shove against;

"He butted his sister out of the way"

"The goat butted the hiker with his horns"

place end to end without overlapping;

"The frames must be butted at the joints"



例句

用作名词 (n.)

He stamped his butt on the floor. 他在地板上踩灭了他的烟蒂。

My sister says he has a hairy butt. 我姐姐说他屁股上长满了毛。

He was clubbed to death with a butt of a gun. 他是被人用枪托殴打致死的。

It was be a butt of the joke on my history. 这在我的历史中真是一个天大的笑柄。

The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe. 大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。

He gave me a butt on the stomach. 他在我腹部撞了一下。



用作动词 (v.)

Don't butt in like that when I'm speaking. 我讲话时别这样打断我的话。

May I butt in on your conversation? 我可以插句话吗?

The bull began to butt the wall with his head. 那头公牛开始以头撞墙。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

He was the butt of their jokes. 他是他们嘲笑的对象。

She threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray. 她把烟头扔进烟灰缸。

Hold the rifle butt tightly. 抓紧枪托。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+~(+A)

The two goats was butting each other. 那两只山羊在用角顶架。

用作及物动词

S+ ~+n./pron.

The bull was butting its head against the wall. 那头公牛在用头顶墙壁。



词汇搭配

butt out 不必多嘴 butt in 插嘴 butt ugly【俚】极为难看的 butt hinge 明合页,平接铰链 butt shaft 射靶用的箭 butt strap 搭板,对接贴板,对接板 butt welder 对焊机,对接焊机 butt welding 平对焊,电阻对焊,对顶焊接,对接焊 butt pin 铰链销 butt strip 平接片 butt contact 半圆形触点,对接触点 butt riveting 对头铆接,对接铆 butt rammer [机] 平底捣锤 butt plate 连接板 butt weld 碰焊(对头焊接) butt end 平头端 door butt 门铰链 butt joint 对抵接头 butt rot 干基腐烂



【近义词】

target 目标 stub 烟蒂 barrel 桶 tub 桶 handle 处理 stock 存货 end 结束 object 物体 ram 公羊 hit 打(击) bump 碰撞 strike 罢工 knock against 碰到 run into 偶然遇见 push推 rump[鸟]尾部 fag (尤英)苦工 march 行军 bunt 顶撞 tail 后部 coffin nail [俚]香烟 prat <俚>臀部 goat 山羊 adjoin 邻接 seat 座位 nates [解]臀部 backside 臀部 hindquarters 动物的臀及后腿 rear end 后部 cigarette 香烟,卷烟,烟卷 stern 严厉的 behind 在...之后 tooshie 屁股 laughingstock 笑柄 keister(美俚)屁股 arse <俚>屁股 butt on 一端与…相接 abut 邻接 butt end 平头端 stooge 喜剧里的配角 derriere 臀部 edge 边缘 fundament 基础 buttocks (常复数)臀部 butt joint 对抵接头 bottom 底部 can 可以 border 边界 tail end 尾端 ass 驴 posterior (在时间;次序上)较后的 butt against 撞 cigarette 香烟 rear 后面的 bum 流浪汉 buns <俚>屁股