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Words and Expressions (T)



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tattle

英 ['tζtl]   美 ['tζtl]  

副词: tattlingly 过去式: tattled 过去分词: tattled 现在分词: tattling 第三人称单数: tattles

v.闲谈;泄密

n.闲谈;饶舌

Noun:

disclosing information or giving evidence about another

Verb:

speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"

例句

Who's been tattling? 谁在说闲话呢?

词汇搭配

tittle-tattle闲聊

【近义词】

chatter 饶舌 gossip 流言蜚语 rumor 谣言 tittle-tattle 闲聊 prattle 小孩般说话 dish the dirt 论人是非 chat 闲谈 snitch 告密者 sneak 偷偷摸摸做 grass 草 inform 通知 tattler 说闲话的人 squeal 用长而尖的声音说 informer 告发者 informant 通知者 telltale 泄露内情的 hearsay 传闻 report 报告 blab 泄密 telling 有效的 clack 发出咔嗒声 prate 唠唠叨叨的讲 blabber 多嘴的人 gibber 胡言乱语地说 peach 桃子 sing 唱 babble 含糊不清地说 piffle 做无聊事 maunder 絮叨 palaver 空谈 let the cat out of the bag 泄露秘密 talk 交谈 singing 唱歌 gabble 急促而不清楚地说 spill the beans 泄露秘密 twaddle 废话

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tarn

英 [tɑːn]     美 [tɑːrn]    

n.

山中小湖

【地】冰斗湖

a mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers)

Tarn.

n. 达恩湖(法国南部一河流)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

The deep and dark tarn at my feet closed over the fragments of the House of Usher. 我脚下深邃阴沉的小湖将厄谢尔古屋的断垣残墙吞没了。

近反义词

【近义词】

pond 池塘 lake 湖 pool 水塘 water 水 loch <苏>湖 mere 仅仅的 lagoon 泻湖

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team

英 [tiːm]     美 [tiːm]    

n.(名词)

队,组,班,团,群

一组马,一窝小动物,一队牲口,联畜,联兽

马及其所拉的车,牲口和所拉的车

工作队,工作组,作业班,一班工人

同胎仔

专业小组

v.(动词)

结成一队,使结成一队

合作,协作,使合作

使相配

用一组马,牛等拖运,用联畜运

把(工作)包给承包人,交给承包人,使转包工作

把联套在车上

赶联畜

联合起来组成

驾驶卡车

Noun:

a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

two or more draft animals that work together to pull something

Verb:

form a team;

"We teamed up for this new project"

例句

用作名词 (n.)

John is the spark plug on his rowing team. 约翰是划船队的中坚分子。(注意:"on" a team)

A cricket team is comprised of eleven players. 一个板球队由11名队员组成。

A team of nurses assisted the doctor in performing the operation. 一组护士协助医生施行手术。

用作动词 (v.)

It's hard to team these colours up. 把这些颜色配起来是困难的。

He didn't want to team up with anybody. 他不想与任何人合作。

用作形容词 (adj.)

Volleyball is a team game. 排球是一项要求全队默契配合的运动。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

Our team won the championship three years ago. 我们队三年前夺得世界冠军。

The team will certainly lose if he doesn't play. 如果他不参加,那个队肯定要输的。

After a disastrous first half the team fought back to level the match. 该队在上半场惨败后重整旗鼓以求扳成平局。

The rescue team hoped the men on the boat could hold out till they arrived. 救援队希望船上的人能坚持到他们到达。

Depend on it, our team will certainly win. 没问题,我们队肯定会取胜。

The fans groaned their disappointment when their team lost. 当这个球队输掉时,他们的球迷发出了失望的抱怨声。

The team is the best in the league. 在联赛上这支球队最棒。

The team is the best in this city. 这个队是这个城市最好的队。

The team are driving to the game in their own cars. 队员们正驾驶自己的车前往赛场。

The members of the team are practising very hard in order to gain the championship in the coming games. 为在即将到来的比赛中获得冠军,队员们正刻苦训练。

We yelled together for our team. 我们一起为我们的球队呐喊鼓劲。

The women's volleyball team put up a desperate fight to win the world championship at all costs. 女子排球队为争取世界冠军而不惜一切代价,殊死拼搏。

We elected the captain of our football team by a show of hands. 我们举手选举我们的足球队长。

He coaches the football team. 他是这个足球队的教练。

Wang Hai got into the college basketball team last week. 王海上个星期加入了学院篮球队。

You have been picked for the school team and everyone is depending on you. 你已经被选入校队,大家都在期望你。

The carriage was drawn by a team of four white horses. 这辆马车由四匹白马来拉。

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

on the team

队里的成员 a member who belonged to a team

Is he on that team? 他是那个队的队员吗?

Everyone on this team wants to be a manager. 这个队的每个成员都争着要当操作人员。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+~

beat a team 战胜一个队,打败一个队cheer a team 为一个队加油、喝彩、助威divide a team into 把一个队分成…drill team 操练球队field a team 派球队上场finance a team 赞助一个队form a team 组织一个队found a team 建立一个队have a team 有一个队help a team 帮助一个队invite a team 邀请一个队manage a team 管理一个队organize a team 组织一个队play team 对阵reform a team 改组一个队reorganize the team 改组这个队reward the team 奖励这个队set up a team 建立一个队split up team 解散球队,解散队伍support a team 支持一个队welcome a team 欢迎一个队

形容词+~

another team 另一队any team 任何队investigating team 调查队mutual-aid team 互助组national team 国家队negotiating team 谈判小组new team 新队old team 老队opposing team 对抗队production team 生产队rival team 竞争的队strong team 强队visiting team 客队weak team 弱队winning team 获胜的队

名词+~

badminton team 羽毛球队baseball team 棒球队basketball team 篮球队football team 足球队guest team 客队home team 主队investigation team 调查组production team 生产队school team 校队table tennis team 乒乓球队track team 竞赛项目运动队track-and-field team 田径队volleyball team 排球队

介词+~

in the team 在队中member of team 队员on the team 在那个队~+介词

a team of horses 一群马a team of oxen 一组拉车的牛

词语用法

n.(名词)

1. team的意思是“队,组”,指某些游戏及运动的队,也可指同拉一辆车的一组动物。

2. team用作主语,从整体着眼时,其谓语动词用单数形式,从其各成员考虑时,其谓语动词用复数形式。

3. team还可用作动词,常与副词up连用,意思是“一起工作,合作”。例如:They teamed up with another family to rent a house for the summer.他们与另一家人合租了一所房子来度夏。

常见错误

n.(名词)

足球队员们在洗澡。

误 The football team is having baths.

正 The football team are having baths.

情绪高昂的球队比较可能会获胜。

误 A team which are full of enthusiasm is more likely to win.

正 A team which is full of enthusiasm is more likely to win.

我们高兴的是我们这个小组得第一。

误 We are happy that our teams is first.

正 We are happy that our team is first.

析 team作为集体名词,当指一个队的队员们时,谓语动词应用复数。当被看作整体时,尤其当team之前有 a(n), each, every, this或that时,谓语动词就只能用单数。

我们队的队员个个都是好手。

误 Everyone of our team is a good player.

正 Everyone in our team is a good player.

正 Everyone on our team is a good player.

析 指“我们队中的每个人”,介词用on或in,而不用of。

【同义词】

club  crew  gang  group  organization

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tertiary

英 ['tɜːʃəri]     美 ['tɜːrʃieri]    

adj.第三的;第三位的;第三世纪的;高等教育的

n.臂翼;第三重音;第三会员

Noun:

from 63 million to 2 million years ago

Adjective:

coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

The tertiary industry in our nation has grown rapidly in recent years. 近几年我国的第三产业增长很快。

Tertiary education follows secondary education. 高等教育紧跟中等教育。

Other tertiary institutions also offer degree courses in education. 其他高等教育院校亦有开办教育学位课程。

词汇搭配

tertiary education 高等教育 tertiary college 高等院校,专科学校

【近义词】

Tertiary period第三纪 third第三 3rd第三的

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toilet

英 ['tɔɪlət]     美 ['tɔɪlət]

详尽释义

n.(名词)

厕所,盥洗室, 洗手间,卫生间

打扮,梳妆,梳洗,化妆

服装,盛装,礼服

抽水马桶,坐便器,冲洗式马桶

浴室

化妆用具,妆饰

梳妆台

【医】洗涤

v.(动词)

打扮,梳妆

给...穿衣

照料(小孩)上厕所

上厕所,上盥洗室,使用厕所

Noun:

1. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

2. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

3. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money;

"his career was in the gutter"

"all that work went down the sewer"

"pensions are in the toilet"

4. the act of dressing and preparing yourself;

"he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast"

例句

用作名词 (n.)

Where is the ladies' toilet? 女厕所在那里?

I must buy some toilet requisites. 我必须买些卫生间必需品。

The sewer in the toilet was blocked. 卫生间的下水道堵住了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

This is a pay toilet. 这是一个收费厕所。

He wants to go to the toilet. 他想上厕所。

Please flush the toilet after use. 用后请冲马桶。

Spending a few minutes, you can make your toilet. 花上几分钟,你就能结束你的梳洗打扮。

Madam does not wish to be interrupted while she is at her toilet. 夫人不希望在梳妆打扮时受到打扰。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+~

flash a toilet 冲厕所go to the toilet 上厕所complete one's toilet 结束梳洗打扮make one's toilet 梳洗打扮make a grand toilet 盛装打扮make a hasty〔hurried〕 toilet 匆忙梳洗打扮perform one's toilet 梳洗打扮形容词+~

elaborate toilet 华服public toilet 公共厕所名词+~

pay toilet 收费厕所~+名词

toilet articles 梳妆用具toilet combs 梳妆梳子toilet hairbrushes 梳妆发刷toilet hand-mirrors 梳妆手镜toilet set 梳妆用具toilet table 镜台,梳妆台toilet tissue 卫生纸介词+~

at sb's toilet 在某人打扮时over sb's toilet 打扮好

词语用法

n.(名词)

toilet的意思是“厕所,洗手间”,也可指“抽水马桶,便池”,是可数名词。toilet还可作“洗漱,打扮”解,多用作不可数名词,指一次具体的洗漱时或其间有形容词修饰时,可加不定冠词修饰。toilet引申可作“女士服装”解。

【同义词】

lavatory

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toiletry 

英 ['tɔɪlɪtrɪ]     美 ['tɔɪlɪtrɪ]

n.化妆品;化妆用具

artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

Robinson specialises in injection-moulded plastic and rigid paperboard packaging for the food, drink, confectionary, cosmetics and toiletry sectors. 罗宾逊专注于注塑塑料和硬质纸板包装的食品,饮料,糖果,化妆品和化妆用具部门。

【近义词】

soap 肥皂 shampoo 洗发剂 shaving cream 剃须膏 deodorant 除臭剂 toilet articles 化妆用品

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tote  

英 [təʊt]  美 [toʊt] 

vt.携带;手提;搬运

n.手提;装载

n.【英】(赛马、赛狗的)赌金计算器

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

But already shoppers are beginning to tote their own. 但是顾客已经开始自带购物袋了。

I've been toting this bag round all day. 我一整天都带著这个提包。

These poles are heavy, I should find someone else to tote. 这些柱子好沉啊,我该找别的搬。

用作名词 (n.)

Her husband needs a briefcase and a tote bag. 她丈夫需要一个公事包和一个背袋。

To avoid using plastic bags, I take my tote bag when I go shopping. 为了避免使用塑胶袋,我去购物的时候都会带购物袋。

词汇搭配

tote bag 大手提袋 tote pan 托盘 tote board 赌金揭示牌 tote box 工具箱 tote bin 大型手提袋

【近义词】

cart【C】(二轮或四轮)运货马车;手推车 carry 携带 transport 运输 bag 袋 lug 柄 haul 拖 heave 用力举起 drag 拖 bear 熊 hold 拿着 wield 行使 brandish 挥 tote bag 大手提袋 holdall 大旅行袋 tug 用力拉 carryall 轻便马车

英英释义

Noun:

a capacious bag or basket

Verb:

carry with difficulty;

"You'll have to lug this suitcase"

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touch base (with)

建立联系

Verb:

establish communication with someone;

1. I just wanted to call and touch base with you. 我只是想拨通电话和你聊一聊。

2. The trips were a perfect opportunity to touch base with a lot of dealers over a short time. 这些旅行提供了在短暂时间内与大批承销商进行成功的交往的良好机会。

3. Good. You should touch base with Mr. Smith to see what's happened while you were away. 不错。不过你应该去找史密斯先生,好赶上现在的工作进度,看看你不在时发生的事情。

4. I touch base with more informed kindred souls than any tonnage of paper could ever bring me. 我能够与更多志趣相投的达人相互联系,这比任何数量的报纸带给我的都多。”

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trade-in

基本释义

n.折价物;折价贴换交易

英英释义

Noun:

an item of property that is given in part payment for a new one

词汇搭配

trade in以旧换新 stock in trade库存 trade in allowance [经] 抵换折扣(折让), 折价物折扣 engage in trade货殖 reciprocity in trade[经] 互惠贸易 capital in trade本钱 in the trade学样(仿效) trade-in allowance贴旧换新折价 imbalance in trade入超

【近义词】

part exchange部分交货贸易 exchange交换 swap交换 deal协定 transaction交易

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trade-off 

基本释义

n.(对不能同时兼顾的因素)权衡;物物交换,交易;取舍

Noun:

an exchange that occurs as a compromise;

"I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine"

例句

用作名词 (n.)

There has to be a trade-off between quality and quantity if we want to keep prices low. 如果我们想要保持低价,就必须在质量和数量上权衡一番。

词汇搭配

trade off交换,卖掉 trade-off decision折中方案,权衡方案... trade-off analysis权衡分析 time space trade off时间空间折衷 trade-off studies比较研究

近反义词

【近义词】

concession让步 compromise妥协 balance平衡 adjustment调整 interchange交换 transaction交易 quid pro quo补偿物 tradeoff交易

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trailblazer 

英 ['treɪlbleɪzə(r)]     美 ['treɪlbleɪzər]    

n.开拓者;先驱

Noun:

someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees

someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art



He is a trailblazer in oil painting field in China. 他是我国油画的先驱人物之一。

Hope, put from inside trailblazer hand fly. 希望,从开拓者手中放飞。

The category in which Brandon Roy fits perfectly is ‘Trailblazer'. 布兰顿-罗伊完全符合“开拓者”这个类别。

The trailblazer dare take an unbeaten is immortal forever. 敢于走前人没有走过的路的拓荒者,永远是不朽的。

This removes much of the doubt and discomfort experienced by a trailblazer. 这就去除了一个开拓者所要经历的许多疑惑与不快。

Another participant, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, is by comparison a trailblazer. 另一名与会者,埃及的大穆夫提相比之下则是一位开拓者。

Trailblazer: Ignite 10 enemies that have recently used a teleporter. 开拓者:点燃10个刚用完传点的敌人。

The earliest trailblazer that has this one effort is British economist Hicks. 进行这一努力的最早的开拓者是英国经济学家希克斯。

【近义词】

leader领袖 pioneer先锋 innovator改革者 entrepreneur企业家 architect建筑师 creator创造者 originator创始人 initiator创始者 catalyst催化剂 groundbreaker革新者

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traverse

英 [trə'vɜːs]  美 [trə'vɜːrs]

双解释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. 走过,横贯,穿越 pass across, over or through

2. vt. 检查; 讨论 look over or examine carefully; treat of in discussion

英英释义

Noun:

1. a horizontal beam that extends across something

2. a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it

3. taking a zigzag path on skis

4. travel across

Verb:

1. travel across or pass over;

"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

2. to cover or extend over an area or time period;

"Rivers traverse the valley floor"

"The parking lot spans 3 acres"

"The novel spans three centuries"

3. deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

例句

用作名词 (n.)

The railway traverses hundreds of miles of desert. 这条铁路贯穿数百英里的沙漠。

The traverse across the country will be long and arduous. 穿越这个国家将是漫长而又艰苦的旅程。

The traverse in the room was easily seen from the doorway. 从门口看过去,很容易看见房间门窗的横档。

用作动词 (v.)

The railway traverses hundreds of miles of desert. 这条铁路贯穿数百英里的沙漠。

They traversed the valley on foot. 他们徒步走过这座山谷。

The firewall shall be configured to allow telnet and http to traverse the firewall. 防火墙应该设置成允许远程登录和http以穿越防火墙。

I have no intention to traverse that ground in my present lecture. 在这次演讲中我不打算详细讨论这一点。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+~+ n./pron.

He traversed alone the whole continent of Africa from east to west. 他独自一人从东到西横穿整个非洲大陆。

They traversed the valley on foot. 他们徒步走过这个山区。

We traversed the desert by truck. 我们乘卡车穿过沙漠。

Ships traverse the oceans. 船只横渡大洋。

The road traverses a wild and mountainous region. 这条公路穿过荒芜的山区。

Searchlights traversed the sky. 探照灯在天空扫射。

I need not traverse that ground in my present lecture. 在本次演讲中,我不需详细讨论这一点。

用于be ~ed结构

The district is traversed by several railroads. 有几条铁路线横贯这个地区。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

~+名词

traverse the country 横穿全国traverse that ground 详细讨论这一点traverse the oceans 横渡大洋traverse the sky 扫过天空traverse a wild and mountainous region 穿过荒芜的山区

词语用法

v.(动词)

traverse的基本意思是“走过”“横贯”“穿越”,引申为“检查”“讨论”。

traverse是及物动词,接名词、代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。

词义辨析

v.(动词)

traverse, contravene, deny, gainsay, impugn, negative

这组词都表示“否认”“否定”。其区别是:

deny指坚决地、直率地拒绝接受、给予或承认; gainsay强调“反对”,多指与对方就对方的话的真实性进行辩论,为正式或文学用语; negative指拒绝同意某事,语气比较温和。traverse主要指法律上的正式的否定。impugn侧重辩论、反问、诘难,这种辩论的时间往往持续很长,多用于陈述、建议等,少用于人。contravene强调彼此的冲突,但不侧重有意地反对。

【近义词】

cross穿过 pass through穿过 negotiate谈判 navigate航行 go across渡过 go over检查 crisscross交叉 wade跋涉 travel旅行 across横过 controvert议论 bridge桥梁 traversal横越 trave【建筑学】横木梁 track轨道 sweep打扫 crosspiece横木 deny否认 pass over忽视 cut across抄近中穿过 transom横粱 cover封面 crossbeam大梁 get across通过(渡过 span时期 get over克服 cut through抄近路

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triage

英 ['triːɑːʒ]     美 [triː'ɑːʒ]    

n.(名词)

分类

已分类的事物

【医】治疗类选法(根据紧迫性和救活的可能性等在战场上决定哪些人优先治疗的方法)

筛余料

咖啡豆碎粒

v.(动词)

对(伤病员)筛选鉴别分类

Noun:

sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food

例句

用作名词 (n.)

Once the scene was assessed the ALE personnel then established the Triage area with assistance of the command post. 一旦现场被勘察后,执法人员紧接著在指挥所的协助下搭建伤检分类区。

【近义词】

classification 分类 category 种类;类别;范畴

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truncate

英 [trʌŋ'keɪt]  美 ['trʌŋkeɪt]

基本释义

vt.切去一端;缩短;截棱成平面

adj.切去了头;缩短了的;截形的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off;

"a truncate leaf"

"truncated volcanic mountains"

"a truncated pyramid"

Verb:

1. replace a corner by a plane

2. approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one;

"truncate a series"

3. make shorter as if by cutting off;

"truncate a word"

"Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. truncate a news item to fit an available space 删减一条新闻以适应报纸的篇幅

2. Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains. 侵蚀削去了山脊。

词汇搭配

truncate wing平截翅

execute truncate执行中断

truncate leaf截形叶



【近义词】

shorten弄短

abbreviate缩写

trim修剪

cut切

prune修剪

pare削减

lessen减少

telescope望远镜

truncated被截的

cut short中断



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