word

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Shampoo
n. 洗发香波
用法举例:
a liquid shampoo 洗发液
词义扩展:
1. 名词:洗发
  give sb. a shampoo 给某人洗发
2. 动词:洗发
  She shampooed her hair last night. 她昨晚洗了头发。
Drugstore
n. 杂货店;药店
记忆方法:
合成词
drug(名词:药品;药材)+store(名词:店铺,店)
类似的词还有
week + end = weekend (周末)
post + card = postcard (明信片)
note + book = notebook (笔记本)
home + work = homework (家庭作业)
news + paper= newspaper(报纸)
house + work = housework (家务劳动)
police + man = policeman (男警察)
pencil + box = pencil-box(铅笔盒)
class + room = classroom (教室)
class + mate = classmate (同班同学)
school + boy = schoolboy (男学生)
school + bag = schoolbag(书包)
foot + ball = football (足球)
after + noon = afternoon (下午)
break + fast = breakfast (早餐)

Department
n. 部;局;部门
用法举例:
the English department 英语系
He works in a government department. 他在一个政府部门里工作。
Escalator
n. 电动扶梯;
自动扶梯
词语辨析:
lift,elevator和escalator
lift是英国英语的说法,elevator是美国英语的说法。指的都是高层建筑那种直上直下的电梯。还有一个词是escalator,有时候也说成电梯,不过,更确切地说应该是“自动扶梯”或是“电动扶梯”。在一些大商场、机场、地铁站、火车站、饭店里,常能见到这样的电梯。这种电梯叫escalator。
Magic
n. 魔术;戏法
用法举例:
The fairy's magic changed the two brothers into birds.
仙子使魔法将两兄弟变成了小鸟。
He is going to perform magic at the party.
他将在晚会上表演魔术。
词性扩展:
形容词(有时写作magical)有魔力的;魔术的
a magic(al) mirror 魔镜
Fresh
adj. 新鲜的;生的;无经验的
用法举例:
They buy fresh meat. 他们买新鲜肉。
She is quite fresh to office work. 她对办公室工作毫无经验。
词义扩展:
(空气)清新的;凉爽的
He opened the window to let in some fresh air. 他打开窗户放进一些清新的空气。
Block
n.街区;街段
用法举例:
The store is three blocks away. 那家商店距此三条街。
词义扩展:
阻塞(物),障碍(物)
There is a block in the pipe and the water can't flow away.
管子里有阻塞物,水流不出去。
词性扩展:
动词 堵塞;阻挡
A row of police cars was blocking the road. 一排警车堵路上。
Safe
adj. 安全的;受保护的;保险的
用法举例:
The streets are not safe at night. 夜间街上不安全。
Wish you a safe journey! 祝您旅途平安!
词性扩展:
名词 保险箱
关联记忆:
safety 名词 安全;平安
safety-belt 安全带
Slide
v. 滑行;滑动
用法举例:
(1)不及物动词
The book slid off my knee. 书从我的膝上滑落了。
The children are sliding on the ice. 孩子们正在溜冰。
(2)及物动词
He slid the draw back into its place.他推上了抽屉。
词性扩展:
名词 滑动;滑道,滑坡;幻灯片
Staff
n. 职员;工作人员;全体职员
用法举例:
The teaching staff of this school is/are very good.
这所学校的教师都是出类拔萃的。
Market
n. 市场;集市广场
用法举例:
She has gone to the market to buy some vegetables. 她到市场上卖菜去了。
They put a new product on the market. 他们向市场推出一种新产品。
Lend
v. 借给
词语辨析:
(1)lend 指把东西借给别人
  While he was eating, I asked him to lend me £2.
  在他进餐的时候,我要求他借给我两英镑钱。
  Can you lend me that book for a few days?
  你能把那本书借给我几天吗?
(2)borrow指向别人借东西
  He has never borrowed money from me.
  他从未向我借过钱。
  Some people neither borrow nor lend.
  有的人不借也不贷。
Park
v. 停车
用法举例:
  Don't park the car on this street. 别把汽车停放在这条街上。
词义扩展:
1. 公园;游乐场
  This city has many beautiful parks. 这城市有许多美丽的公园。
2. 停车场
  There's a car park over there. 那儿有个停车场。
Wonder
v. 想知道;觉得奇怪;惊奇
用法举例:
(1)及物动词
  I wonder when he came in. 我想知道他什么时候进来的。
(2)不及物动词
  I wondered at his rudeness. 我对他的粗鲁感到惊讶。
词性扩展:
  名词 惊奇;惊异;惊叹
  There was a look of wonder in his eyes. 他眼中露出惊奇的神色。
关联记忆:
  wonderful 惊人的;奇妙的;特别好的
  What a wonderful memory she has! 她的记忆力多惊人啊!
  We had a wonderful time. 我们玩得痛快极了。
Trouble
v. (使)烦恼;麻烦;打扰
用法举例:
(1)及物动词 使焦急,使忧虑;麻烦
  be troubled by illness, bad news 因为疾病、坏消息而苦恼
  I am troubled with a cough. 我咳嗽得挺厉害。
  Can I trouble you to shut the door? 我能麻烦你关上门吗?
(2)不及物动词 费苦心
  They trouble over every detail. 他们为每个细节煞费苦心
词性扩展:
名词 烦恼;麻烦
  We are having trouble with our new car. 我们的新汽车很让人伤脑筋。
  My teeth are giving me trouble. 我牙疼得难受。
习惯用法:
(1)ask for trouble (口语)自找麻烦;自讨苦吃
  Driving after drinking alcohol is asking for trouble. 酒后开车是自讨苦吃。
(2)get into trouble 惹上麻烦(如因为犯错所致)
(3)in trouble 在危险、困难、忧虑等得处境中
相关谚语:
  Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
  永远不要找麻烦,直到麻烦找上你。
Offend
v. 冒犯;使……不愉快
用法举例:
(1)及物动词
  I hope I haven't offended you. 我希望我未冒犯您。
  Some pop music offends the ear. 有的流行音乐听起来很刺耳。
(2)不及物动词
  Bad manners may offend. 不礼貌可能触犯他人。