在家日常英语会话：从早晨起床到晚间休息

名词警报; 闹铃; 惊恐; 动员令

及物动词警告; 使惊恐; 给（门等）安装警报器

1. 惊恐；忧虑；担心
Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.

e.g. The news was greeted with alarm by MPs...
得知这个消息，议员们忧心忡忡。
e.g. She sat up in alarm...
她惊慌得坐了起来。

2. 使惊恐；使忧虑；使担心
If something alarms you, it makes you afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.

e.g. We could not see what had alarmed him.
我们搞不明白是什么使他忧虑不安。

3. 警报器
An alarm is an automatic device that warns you of danger, for example by ringing a bell.

e.g. He heard the alarm go off.
他听见警报响了。
e.g. ...an extremely sophisticated alarm system...
极其先进的警报系统

4. 同alarm clock
An alarm is the same as an alarm clock .

5. see also: alarming;alarmed;burglar alarm;car alarm;false alarm;fire alarm;smoke alarm

6. 危险信号;警报
If you say that something sets alarm bells ringing, you mean that it makes people feel worried or concerned about something.

e.g. This has set the alarm bells ringing in Moscow...
这已给莫斯科拉响了警报。
e.g. Alarm bells are beginning to sound at Westminster.
威斯敏斯特的警钟已开始敲响。

7. 发出警报；敲警钟
If you raise the alarm or sound the alarm, you warn people of danger.

e.g. His family raised the alarm when he had not come home by 9pm.
等到晚上9点他还未回家，他的家人便报警了。

名词保证金; 储蓄，存款; 沉淀物; 寄存，寄存品

及物动词不及物动词储蓄; 寄存; 放置，安置; 付保证金

不及物动词沉淀

1. 订金;保证金
A deposit is a sum of money which is part of the full price of something, and which you pay when you agree to buy it.

e.g. A ￡50 deposit is required when ordering, and the balance is due upon delivery.
订货时需要交50英镑的订金，货到后余款结清。

2. (租赁的)押金
A deposit is a sum of money which you pay when you start renting something. The money is returned to you if you do not damage what you have rented.

e.g. It is common to ask for the equivalent of a month's rent as a deposit.
要求交一个月的房租作押金是很常见的。

3. (尤指定期)存款
A deposit is a sum of money which is in a bank account or savings account, especially a sum which will be left there for some time.

4. 竞选保证金(参加议会或欧洲选举时提交，如获一定比例选票便可返还)
A deposit is a sum of money which you have to pay if you want to be a candidate in a parliamentary or European election. The money is returned to you if you receive more than a certain percentage of the votes.

e.g. The Tory candidate lost his deposit.
这名托利党候选人连竞选保证金都搭进去了。

5. 沉淀物;沉积物
A deposit is an amount of a substance that has been left somewhere as a result of a chemical or geological process.

e.g. After 10 minutes the surplus material is washed away and any remaining deposit examined with ultra violet light.
10分钟后剩余的物质被冲洗掉，任何残留的沉淀物则会用紫外线进行检测。
e.g. ...underground deposits of gold and diamonds.
地下金矿和金刚石矿

6. 放下;放置;丢下
To deposit someone or something somewhere means to put them or leave them there.

e.g. Someone was seen depositing a packet...
有人看见一个人放下了件小包裹。
e.g. Fritz deposited a glass and two bottles of beer in front of Wolfe...
弗里茨把一个玻璃杯和两瓶啤酒放在沃尔夫面前。

7. 存放;寄存
If you deposit something somewhere, you put it where it will be safe until it is needed again.

e.g. You are advised to deposit valuables in the hotel safe.
建议把贵重物品存放在宾馆的保险箱里。

8. 将（钱）存入银行（或储蓄）账户
If you deposit a sum of money, you pay it into a bank account or savings account.

e.g. The customer has to deposit a minimum of ￡100 monthly.
顾客必须每月至少存 100 英镑。

9. 使沉淀;使沉积
If a substance is deposited somewhere, it is left there as a result of a chemical or geological process.

e.g. The phosphate was deposited by the decay of marine microorganisms.
海洋微生物腐烂后沉积形成磷酸盐。

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

名词早餐，早饭; 早餐食物

不及物动词吃早餐

及物动词供给…早餐

1. 早餐；早饭
Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is usually eaten in the early part of the morning.

e.g. What's for breakfast?
早餐吃什么？
e.g. ...breakfast cereal.
谷类早餐食品

2. （咸肉、蛋类等）熟食早餐
A cooked breakfast or a hot breakfast is a breakfast that consists of cooked food, such as bacon and eggs.

3. 吃早饭
When you breakfast, you have breakfast.

e.g. All the ladies breakfasted in their rooms.
所有女士都在她们的房间里吃早餐。

名词晚餐; 宴会; 正餐，主餐

1. 正餐;主餐;晚餐
Dinner is the main meal of the day, usually served in the early part of the evening.

e.g. She invited us to her house for dinner...
她请我们去她家吃晚餐。
e.g. Would you like to stay and have dinner?...
你留下来一起吃饭好吗？

2. 午餐;午饭
Any meal you eat in the middle of the day can be referred to as dinner .

3. 晚宴;宴会
A dinner is a formal social event at which a meal is served. It is held in the evening.

e.g. ...a series of official lunches and dinners...
一系列的正式午餐和晚宴
e.g. The Professional Cricketers' Association held its annual dinner in London.
职业板球运动员协会在伦敦举办了自己的年度宴会。

名词功课; 家庭作业

1. （学生的）家庭作业
Homework is school work that teachers give to pupils to do at home in the evening or at the weekend.

e.g. Have you done your homework, Gemma?
杰玛，你做完家庭作业了吗？

2. 必要的准备工作
If you do your homework, you find out what you need to know in preparation for something.

e.g. Before you go near a stockbroker, do your homework.
找股票经纪人之前，先要做好必要的准备工作。

名词午餐

及物/不及物动词吃午餐; 供给午餐

1. 午餐；午饭
Lunch is the meal that you have in the middle of the day.

e.g. Shall we meet somewhere for lunch?...
我们找地方见面一起吃个午饭好不好？
e.g. He did not enjoy business lunches...
他不喜欢吃工作午餐。

2. （尤指在餐馆）用午餐，吃午饭
When you lunch, you have lunch, especially at a restaurant.

e.g. Only the extremely rich could afford to lunch at the Mirabelle...
只有非常有钱的人才能在米拉贝勒餐厅吃得起午餐。
e.g. Having not yet lunched, we went to the refreshment bar for ham sandwiches.
我们都没吃午饭，于是便去小吃店买了火腿三明治。

3. 天下没有免费的午餐
If you say there's no such thing as a free lunch, you are saying that most things that are worth having need to be paid for or worked for, and that you cannot expect to get things for nothing.

e.g. The book includes 25 Lessons for Life: Lesson 1: There is no free lunch. Don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for...
本书共包括25堂“人生课”：第一课，没有免费的午餐。别以为可以不劳而获。
e.g. But, even in Hollywood, there is no such thing as a free lunch.
但即使是在好莱坞也没有免费的午餐。

名词真空; 空白; 空虚; 清洁

动词用真空吸尘器清扫

1. 空位;空缺;空白
If someone or something creates a vacuum, they leave a place or position which then needs to be filled by another person or thing.

e.g. The collapse of the army left a vacuum in the area...
这支军队的溃败使这个地区出现了军事真空。
e.g. His presence should fill the power vacuum which has been developing over the past few days.
他的出现将填补过去这几天形成的权力真空。

2. 在封闭状态中;与外界隔绝
If something is done in a vacuum, it is not affected by any outside influences or information.

e.g. Moral values cannot be taught in a vacuum...
道德价值观的教育不能脱离实际。
e.g. We lived in a vacuum — no life, no news, no books.
我们生活在与世隔绝的环境里——没有其他生物，收不到外界消息，也没有书看。

3. 用真空吸尘器打扫
If you vacuum something, you clean it using a vacuum cleaner.

e.g. I vacuumed the carpets today...
今天我用吸尘器清洁了地毯。
e.g. It's important to vacuum regularly.
定期用吸尘器吸尘很重要。

4. 真空
A vacuum is a space that contains no air or other gas.

e.g. Wind is a current of air caused by a vacuum caused by hot air rising...
风是由于热空气上升产生真空导致的一种气流运动。
e.g. The spinning turbine creates a vacuum.
旋转的涡轮形成了一块真空区域。