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名词冰雹; 一阵

不及物动词下冰雹; 如冰雹般地降下

及物动词致敬; 打招呼; 打信号示意（计程车等）停下; 赞扬（或称颂）…为（尤用于报章等）

1. 赞扬，称颂（人、事件或成就）
If a person, event, or achievement is hailed as important or successful, they are praised publicly.

e.g. Faulkner has been hailed as the greatest American novelist of his generation...
福克纳被誉为他那一代人中最伟大的美国小说家。
e.g. US magazines hailed her as the greatest rock'n'roll singer in the world...
美国杂志把她奉为世界上最伟大的摇滚歌手。

2. 雹子;冰雹
Hail consists of small balls of ice that fall like rain from the sky.

e.g. ...a sharp short-lived storm with heavy hail.
一阵短暂的大雹暴

3. 下雹;下冰雹
When it hails, hail falls like rain from the sky.

e.g. It started to hail, huge great stones.
开始下雹，而且是很大的雹子。

4. 雹子般的一阵
A hail of things, usually small objects, is a large number of them that hit you at the same time and with great force.

e.g. The victim was hit by a hail of bullets...
受害者被一阵弹雨击中。
e.g. The riot police were met with a hail of stones and petrol bombs.
防暴警察遭到一阵密集的石块和汽油弹的袭击。

5. （人）生于，来自
Someone who hails from a particular place was born there or lives there.

e.g. I hail from Brighton...
我来自布赖顿。
e.g. The band hail from Glasgow.
乐团来自格拉斯哥。

6. （人或物）来自
If someone or something hails from a particular background, they come from it.

e.g. He hails from an affluent background...
他出身于一个富有的家庭。
e.g. This is a film which seems to hail from the hippie era.
这看起来是一部嬉皮士时代的影片。

7. 招呼;喊
If you hail someone, you call to them.

e.g. Jill saw him and hailed him...
吉尔看到了他，并和他打招呼。
e.g. Suddenly, a voice hailed us and there was Miss Quigley.
忽然传来一声招呼，原来是奎格利小姐。

8. 招呼，叫（出租车）
If you hail a taxi, you wave at it in order to stop it because you want the driver to take you somewhere.

e.g. I hurried away to hail a taxi.
我赶紧去叫出租车。

9. 致意;致敬
Hail is used as a word of greeting.

e.g. Hail to the new champion Bengali D'Albret.
向新科冠军本·贾利·达阿尔布雷致敬。

名词淋浴; 阵雨; 淋浴器; 一大批

不及物动词下阵雨; 似阵雨般降落; 洒落; 纷纷降落

及物动词大量地给予; 抛洒，使纷纷降落

1. 淋浴器;花洒;淋浴喷头
A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat cover with a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray.

e.g. She heard him turn on the shower.
她听见他打开了淋浴喷头。

2. 淋浴间;淋浴房
A shower is a small enclosed area containing a shower.

3. (运动中心等的)浴室
The showers or the shower in a place such as a sports centre is the area containing showers.

e.g. The showers are a mess...
浴室里一片狼藉。
e.g. We all stood in the women's shower.
我们都站在女浴室里。

4. 淋浴
If you have a shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower.

e.g. I think I'll have a shower before dinner...
我想晚餐前洗个淋浴。
e.g. She took two showers a day.
她每天洗两次淋浴。

5. (洗)淋浴
If you shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower.

e.g. There wasn't time to shower or change clothes.
没时间淋浴换衣服了。

6. 阵雨;(尤指)小阵雨
A shower is a short period of rain, especially light rain.

e.g. There'll be bright or sunny spells and scattered showers this afternoon.
今天下午天气晴好，间有零星阵雨。

7. (落下的东西)一大批，一阵，一连串
You can refer to a lot of things that are falling as a shower of them.

e.g. Showers of sparks flew in all directions.
一大串火星四处飞溅。
e.g. ...a shower of meteorites.
一阵流星雨

8. 向…抛撒;撒落
If you are showered with a lot of small objects or pieces, they are scattered over you.

e.g. They were showered with rice in the traditional manner...
人们按传统习俗朝他们抛撒大米。
e.g. Mr Reagan was showered with glass.
里根先生被溅了一身的碎玻璃。

9. 大量给予;慷慨给予
If you shower a person with presents or kisses, you give them a lot of presents or kisses in a very generous and extravagant way.

e.g. He showered her with emeralds and furs...
他送给她很多绿宝石和裘皮大衣。
e.g. Her parents showered her with kisses.
她父母不停地亲吻她。

10. 送礼聚会
A shower is a party or celebration at which the guests bring gifts.

e.g. ...a bridal shower.
为新娘举行的送礼聚会
e.g. ...a baby shower.
为新生儿举行的送礼聚会

11. 乌合之众
If you refer to a group of people as a particular kind of shower, you disapprove of them.

e.g. ...a shower of wasters.
一群饭桶

形容词透明的; 清澈的; 易识破的; 显而易见的

1. 透明的;清澈的
If an object or substance is transparent, you can see through it.

e.g. ...a sheet of transparent coloured plastic...
透明有色塑料板
e.g. I looked at his thin face with its almost transparent skin.
我看着他清瘦的脸，脸上肌肤几近透明。

2. 易懂的;明晰的;一目了然的
If a situation, system, or activity is transparent, it is easily understood or recognized.

e.g. We are now striving hard to establish a transparent parliamentary democracy…
我们现在正努力建立明晰的议会民主制。
e.g. The company has to make its accounts and operations as transparent as possible.
公司必须使其账目与运作尽可能地清晰透明。

形容词多云的; 阴天的; 朦胧的; 愁容满面的

1. 多云的;阴天的;阴云密布的
If it is cloudy, there are a lot of clouds in the sky.

e.g. ...a windy, cloudy day.
多云的大风天

2. (液体)浑浊的，不清澈的
A cloudy liquid is less clear than it should be.

3. (想法、观点或问题)模糊不清的，含糊的
Ideas, opinions, or issues that are cloudy are confused or uncertain.

e.g. ...an absurdly cloudy political debate...
极为含糊不清的政治辩论
e.g. The legal position is very cloudy.
法律对此的态度十分模糊。

名词上衣，外套

及物动词给…穿上上衣[外套]; 盖上

1. 上衣;外衣;外套
A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.

e.g. He turned off the television, put on his coat and walked out.
他关掉电视，穿上外套，出门了。

2. (动物的)皮毛
An animal's coat is the fur or hair on its body.

e.g. Vitamin B6 is great for improving the condition of dogs' and horses' coats.
维生素B6对于改善狗和马的皮毛有显著的作用。

3. 给…涂上(或盖上、裹上)
If you coat something with a substance or in a substance, you cover it with a thin layer of the substance.

e.g. Coat the fish with seasoned flour.
用拌有佐料的面粉将鱼裹上。

形容词舒适的; 安逸的，处于轻松的; 充裕的

1. (家具、衣服等)让人舒服的，舒适的
If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.

e.g. ...a comfortable fireside chair...
舒适的炉边座椅
e.g. Trainers are so comfortable to wear.
便鞋穿着特别舒服。

2. (建筑物或房间)令人放松的，安逸的，舒适的
If a building or room is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you spend time in it, for example because it is warm and has nice furniture.

e.g. A home should be comfortable and friendly.
家应该让人觉得舒服、亲切。
e.g. ...somewhere warm and comfortable.
某个温暖舒服的地方

名词旱灾; 干旱（时期），旱季; （长期的）缺乏; 枯竭

1. 久旱;旱灾
A drought is a long period of time during which no rain falls.

e.g. Drought and famines have killed up to two million people here.
旱灾和饥荒夺去了这里200万人的生命。
e.g. He told a press conference that Spain was suffering one of the worst droughts of the century.
他在记者招待会上说西班牙正遭受着本世纪最严重的旱灾之一。

及物/不及物动词使结冰霜; 冻坏; （在蛋糕上）撒糖霜

不及物动词结霜; 受冻

名词霜冻，结霜; 严寒，寒冷; 冷淡

1. 霜;霜冻;严寒天气
When there is frost or a frost, the temperature outside falls below freezing point and the ground becomes covered in ice crystals.

e.g. There is frost on the ground and snow is forecast...
地上结霜了，而且预报说会有雪。
e.g. The wind had veered to north, bringing clear skies and a keen frost.
风向已经转北，带来了晴朗的天空和严重的霜冻。

2. 冰点以下…度;零下…度
When someone says that there are a particular number of degrees of frost they mean that the temperature is that number of degrees below freezing point.

e.g. We had 11 degrees of frost last night.
昨天夜里气温降到了零下 11 度。

形容词潮湿的; 湿润的; 湿气重的; 温湿

1. （空气、气候）潮湿的，湿热的
You use humid to describe an atmosphere or climate that is very damp, and usually very hot.

e.g. Visitors can expect hot and humid conditions...
游客会遇到炎热潮湿的天气状况。
e.g. The day is overcast and humid.
天气多云潮湿。

形容词闪电般的，快速的

名词闪电，雷电

不及物动词打闪

1. 闪电
Lightning is the very bright flashes of light in the sky that happen during thunderstorms.

e.g. One man died when he was struck by lightning...
一人遭雷击致死。
e.g. Another flash of lightning lit up the cave.
又一道闪电照亮了山洞。

2. 闪电似的；极快的
Lightning describes things that happen very quickly or last for only a short time.

e.g. Driving today demands lightning reflexes.
如今开车需要反应极其迅速。

形容词轻微的; 温柔的; 温暖的; （味道）不浓的

名词淡味麦芽啤酒

1. 温和的；不强烈的；不严重的
Mild is used to describe something such as a feeling, attitude, or illness that is not very strong or severe.

e.g. Teddy turned to Mona with a look of mild confusion...
泰迪表情略带困惑地向莫娜求助。
e.g. Anna put up a mild protest...
安娜提出了温和的抗议。

名词水分; 湿气; 潮湿; 降雨量

1. 潮气;湿气;水分
Moisture is tiny drops of water in the air, on a surface, or in the ground.

e.g. When the soil is dry, more moisture is lost from the plant...
土壤干燥时，植物会流失更多的水分。
e.g. Rainfall affects the moisture content of the atmosphere.
降雨会影响空气湿度。

形容词令人愉快的; 可爱的; 有趣的; 晴朗的

1. 令人愉快的；舒适的；合意的
Something that is pleasant is nice, enjoyable, or attractive.

e.g. I've got a pleasant little apartment...
我有一套舒适的小公寓。
e.g. It's always pleasant to do what you're good at doing.
做自己擅长的事总是令人愉快的。

名词彩虹

形容词五彩缤纷的; 彩虹状的

及物动词不及物动词使呈彩虹状

1. 虹；彩虹
A rainbow is an arch of different colours that you can sometimes see in the sky when it is raining.

e.g. Oh look, a rainbow!
看哪，彩虹！
e.g. ...silk brocade of every colour of the rainbow.
彩虹般五颜六色的绸缎

2. 五颜六色；色彩缤纷
A rainbow of colours is a wide range of bright colours.

e.g. ...a rainbow of coloured cushions.
五颜六色的彩垫

3. 可望而不可即
If you say that something is at the end of the rainbow, you mean that people want it but it is almost impossible to obtain or achieve.

e.g. The promise of a cure — the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow — often makes sensible people do irrational things.
找到一种治愈方法的希望——就如同永远够不到的一桶黄金——往往让理智的人们做出不理智的事情。

名词雪暴; [气]暴风雪，雪崩

1. 暴风雪
A snowstorm is a very heavy fall of snow, usually when there is also a strong wind blowing at the same time.

名词温度; 气温; 体温; 口发烧，高烧

1. 温度;气温
The temperature of something is a measure of how hot or cold it is.

e.g. The temperature soared to above 100 degrees in the shade...
阴凉处的温度骤升至100 多度。
e.g. The temperature of the water was about 40 degrees...
水温大约 40 度。

2. 体温
Your temperature is the temperature of your body. A normal temperature is about 37? centigrade.

e.g. His temperature continued to rise alarmingly.
他的体温还在上升，令人担忧。

3. (特定场合的)氛围，情绪
You can use temperature to talk about the feelings and emotions that people have in particular situations.

e.g. There's also been a noticeable rise in the political temperature.
政治气氛也明显升温了。

4. 室温;常温
If something is at room temperature, its temperature is neither hot nor cold.

e.g. Stir the parsley into the potatoes and serve at room temperature.
把欧芹拌入土豆里，放至常温后再端上桌。

5. 发烧
If you are running a temperature or if you have a temperature, your temperature is higher than it usually is.

e.g. He began to run an extremely high temperature...
他开始发高烧。
e.g. Little Constance had a temperature that day.
小康斯坦丝那天发烧了。

6. 量…的体温
If you take someone's temperature you use an instrument called a thermometer to measure the temperature of their body in order to see if they are ill.

e.g. He will probably take your child's temperature too.
他很可能也会量量你家孩子的体温。

名词雷声; 隆隆的响声

不及物动词打雷

及物/不及物动词发出隆隆声; 轰隆隆地快速移动; 使快速移动; 怒喝

1. 雷;雷声
Thunder is the loud noise that you hear from the sky after a flash of lightning, especially during a storm.

e.g. There was frequent thunder and lightning, and torrential rain.
雷电交加，大雨倾盆。
e.g. ...a distant clap of thunder.
远处一声炸雷

2. 打雷
When it thunders, a loud noise comes from the sky after a flash of lightning.

e.g. The day was heavy and still. It would probably thunder later.
天色阴沉，一丝风也没有。或许马上就要打雷。

3. 雷鸣般的响声;轰隆声
The thunder of something that is moving or making a sound is the loud deep noise it makes.

e.g. The thunder of the sea on the rocks seemed to blank out other thoughts...
海水拍打礁石的咆哮声似乎要淹没一切思绪。
e.g. Khalil heard the thunder of an avalanche.
哈利勒听到了雪崩传来的轰隆声。

4. 轰隆隆地快速移动
If something or someone thunders somewhere, they move there quickly and with a lot of noise.

e.g. The horses thundered across the valley floor...
马群轰隆隆地从谷底奔跑而过。
e.g. Niccolini was thundering up the stairs, taking them two at a time...
尼科利尼一步两个台阶地噔噔跑上楼。

5. 发出轰隆声;轰鸣
If something thunders, it makes a very loud noise, usually continuously.

e.g. She heard the sound of the guns thundering in the fog.
她听到雾中传来隆隆的枪炮声。
e.g. ...thundering applause.
雷鸣般的掌声

6. 愤怒地大叫;怒吼
If you thunder something, you say it loudly and forcefully, especially because you are angry.

e.g. 'It's your money. Ask for it!' she thundered...
“那是你的钱。快去要！”她生气地大喊。
e.g. The Prosecutor looked toward Napoleon, waiting for him to thunder an objection.
检察官朝拿破仑望去，等他大声抗议。

7. 抢…的风头;抢…的功劳
If you steal someone's thunder, you get the attention or praise that they thought they would get, usually by saying or doing what they had intended to say or do.

e.g. He had no intention of letting the Foreign Secretary steal any of his thunder.
他无意让外交大臣抢他的风头。

名词雨伞; 〈比喻〉保护物; [军]空中掩护幕; 总括

1. 伞；雨伞；阳伞
An umbrella is an object which you use to protect yourself from the rain or hot sun. It consists of a long stick with a folding frame covered in cloth.

e.g. Harry held an umbrella over Dawn.
哈里为唐打着伞。

2. 综合团体；总称；统称
Umbrella is used to refer to a single group or description that includes a lot of different organizations or ideas.

e.g. Does coincidence come under the umbrella of the paranormal?...
巧合属于超自然现象吗？
e.g. Within the umbrella term 'dementia' there are many different kinds of disease.
“痴呆”这一统称里包括多种不同的疾病。

3. 保护伞（指保护某个国家或群体的体制或协议）
Umbrella is used to refer to a system or agreement which protects a country or group of people.

e.g. The major powers have chosen to act under the moral umbrella of the United Nations...
世界主要大国都选择在联合国的道义框架下行事。
e.g. Britain cannot avoid being under the US nuclear umbrella, whether it wants to or not.
不管愿不愿意，英国都免不了要处于美国的核保护伞之下。

形容词寒冷的; 怕冷的; 冷淡的，疏远的; 使心恐惧的

1. 阴冷的;寒冷的
Something that is chilly is unpleasantly cold.

e.g. It was a chilly afternoon...
那是个阴冷的下午。
e.g. The rooms had grown chilly.
房间慢慢变得阴冷起来。

2. 冷的;有寒意的
If you feel chilly, you feel rather cold.

e.g. I'm a bit chilly.
我有点冷。

3. (人际关系、反应)冷淡的，冷冰冰的，不热情的
You say that relations between people are chilly or that a person's response is chilly when they are not friendly, welcoming, or enthusiastic.

e.g. I was slightly afraid of their chilly distant politeness.
他们那种冷冰冰的、敬而远之的客套让我有点憷头。

不及物动词下蒙蒙细雨，下毛毛雨

名词蒙蒙细雨，毛毛雨

1. 毛毛雨;蒙蒙细雨
Drizzle is light rain falling in fine drops.

e.g. The drizzle had now stopped and the sun was breaking through.
毛毛雨现在已经停了,太阳正破云而出。

2. 下毛毛雨;下蒙蒙细雨
If it is drizzling, it is raining very lightly.

e.g. Clouds had come down and it was starting to drizzle...
云层压低,开始飘起了毛毛雨。
e.g. I walked home in the drizzling rain.
我冒着毛毛雨走回了家。

3. (在食物上)滴，淋，洒
If you drizzle a liquid over food or drizzle food with a liquid, you pour a small quantity of the liquid all over the food.

e.g. Drizzle the remaining dressing over the duck and salad...
将剩下的调料淋在鸭肉和色拉上。
e.g. Drizzle them with warmed extra virgin olive oil.
将加热过的特级初榨橄榄油淋在上面。

名词大风，暴风; （突发的）一阵; 诗微风; [植]香杨梅

1. 大风；强风
A gale is a very strong wind.

e.g. ...forecasts of fierce gales over the next few days.
预报未来几天有超强大风

2. 一阵（大笑声）
You can refer to the loud noise made by a lot of people all laughing at the same time as a gale of laughter or gales of laughter.

e.g. This was greeted with gales of laughter from the audience.
观众对此报以阵阵笑声。

形容词天阴的，多云的

及物动词使沮丧; 包缝; 遮蔽

名词[气象学]阴，阴天; 遮盖物(尤指云、雾等; 郁闷，忧愁，沮丧; [采矿]风桥

1. 多云的；阴沉的；阴天的
If it is overcast, or if the sky or the day is overcast, the sky is completely covered with cloud and there is not much light.

e.g. For three days it was overcast...
连续3天都是阴天。
e.g. The weather forecast is for showers and overcast skies...
天气预报上说多云并伴有阵雨。

形容词有微风的，微风吹过的; 通风好的; 活泼的，轻松愉快的

1. 随意的；乐天的；自信的
If you describe someone as breezy, you mean that they behave in a casual, cheerful, and confident manner.

e.g. ...his bright and breezy personality...
他开朗活泼的个性
e.g. Mona tried to sound breezy.
莫娜竭力使自己的声音听上去轻松随意。

形容词（天气）闷热而潮湿的

副词（天气）闷热而潮湿地

名词（天气）闷热而潮湿

1. (天气)闷热而潮湿的;湿热的
Muggy weather is unpleasantly warm and damp.

e.g. It was muggy and overcast.
天气闷热潮湿，而且天色阴沉。

名词雨夹雪或雹

不及物动词下雨夹雪，下冻雨

1. 雨夹雪;雨夹雹;冻雨
Sleet is rain that is partly frozen.

e.g. ...blinding snow, driving sleet and wind.
漫天大雪、猛烈的冻雨和大风

副词仔细地; 小心谨慎地; 警惕地; 周密地

形容词有雾的; 雾气朦胧的; 模糊的; 混乱的

1. 有雾的
When it is foggy, there is fog.

e.g. It's quite foggy now...
现在雾很大。
e.g. Conditions were damp and foggy after morning sleet.
早上的雨夹雪过后天气潮湿多雾。

2. 一点儿也不知道;根本没什么概念
If you say that you haven't the foggiest or you haven't the foggiest idea, you are emphasizing that you do not know something.

e.g. I did not have the foggiest idea what he meant...
我根本不知道他是什么意思。
e.g. 'How often does it need to be changed?' — 'Haven't the foggiest.'
“大概要多久换一次呢?”——“我一点儿概念也没有。”

及物动词跳舞; 雀跃; 闪亮，闪动; dance的现在分词

不及物动词参加或表演（舞蹈）; 使跳舞; 因跳舞而…

名词舞蹈，舞步; 舞蹈艺术; 舞会; 舞曲

1. 跳舞;舞蹈
When people dance for enjoyment or to entertain others, you can refer to this activity as dancing .

e.g. All the schools have music and dancing as part of the curriculum...
所有学校都设有音乐和舞蹈课。
e.g. Let's go dancing tonight.
我们今晚去跳舞吧。

名词吹风，排泄，鼓风

动词吹气( blow的现在分词 ); 刮风; 吹响; 炸开