雅思词汇解析之动物话女生与男生
题
一、动物上
1. purr /p/
v. When a cat purrs, it makes a low vibrating sound with its throat becau it is contented. 猫猫很舒服时候的呼噜声~
1. The cat purred as I stroked its fur.
注：stoke v. 轻抚；抚摩
2. If we stroke the cat one way, it purrs, and if we stroke it the other way it growls.
这里的 growl是什么意思呢？
刚好和purr相反，就是铲屎官强行撸猫后，猫猫的低吼声：a deep threatening sound.
2. pat /pt/
v. to lightly touch (someone or something) with your hand to show affection or approval or to provide comfort.
所以 pat cats 就是撸猫。
其他类似的表达如刚才提到的stroke pats 以及pet cats
pet v. 抚摸；爱抚地摩挲
3. companion /km'pnjn/
n. a person or animal you spend time with or enjoy being with
大多数人养宠物的原因即：they make good companions.
e.g. The dog has been her constant /longtime companion the past ten years. 形影不离的陪伴。
4. furry /'fr/
furry的词根是fur, 那么意思就一目了然了: 毛茸茸的。
e.g. The koala is a sluggish, tailless, furry arboreal mammal. 考拉是一种行动迟缓的、无尾的、有皮毛、生活于树上的哺乳动物。（考拉：感觉被冒犯。）
同义词：soft/ fluffy / downy
fluffy：松软的，蓬松的
fluffy clouds/ fluffy sweater / fluffy cake
downy：down 有羽毛；绒毛的意思，所以羽绒服叫 down jacket
形容词：downy hair/ pillows
5. cuddle /'kd()l/
n./ v. 拥抱;搂抱；
1. Customers are allowed to pay an hourly fee for the chance to cuddle some cats. 付费
撸猫。
短语：cuddle up (to) 依偎
2. We'd go home and cuddle up together to watch TV.
adj: cuddly (人或动物)令人想拥抱的，惹人怜爱的；
3. It looked so cuddly; you have to remind yourlf how dangerous it is.
4. It ems that some grown-ups continue to need their cuddly toy by their sides. 一些成年人仍然需要把可爱的玩具放在身边。
二、动物下
1. stray /stre/
adj. （动物）走失的，迷路的，流浪的
e.g. The war has caud the number of stray animals to double. 战争致使流浪动物的数量
翻了一番。
n. 流浪动物
e.g. We have given a home to a number of strays.
v. 走失，偏离（也用作比喻）
e.g. She strayed from the group and got lost. 她脱离队伍后迷路了。
e.g. She never strayed from the path her parents envisioned for her. 她从未偏离父母替她设想的道路。
搭配：stray from
2. captivity /kp'tvt/
n. 囚禁;关押;拘禁
e.g. A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to e. 动物园
是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
搭配: be kept / bred/ held in captivity
adj. captive
e.g. If it is successful, captive breeding could restore the population to 200 in ven years.
雅写作话题探讨过动物园存在的意义: a good place or cruel place?
从积极方面来说：Captive breeding protect against a species going extinct.
大家觉得呢？
3. invasive
adj. 侵袭的；扩散的
e.g. Invasive species arrive in new habitats, outcompeting the natives. 入侵物种在新的栖
息地中战胜原生物种。
本土的：native, indigenous
外来的：exotic, alien
n. invader
e.g. Invaders will upt the ecosystem.
注：upt: 打乱; 搅乱
Idiom: upt the/sb’s apple cart 破坏某人的计划；打摘抄好句子
乱某人的步骤:
e.g. Tim was about to study abroad but a sudden outbreak of pandemic upt his apple cart.
4. sanctuary /'s(k)tjr/
n. 禁猎区;保护区
近义词：rerve; conrvation area
e.g. The donkey sanctuary takes care of donkeys that have been badly treated.
雅思听力6-4-4介绍了：Gir Sanctuary
The sanctuary was established 中国经典寓言故事
specifically to protect the Asiatic lion. There are now around three hundred Asiatic lions in India and almost all of them are in this sanctuary.
