高中英语常见熟词生义(十二)221.kick
熟义:vt. 踢
生义:n.极度兴奋,极大的乐趣
The swimmer has a strong kick.
游泳运动员兴致勃勃。
222. kid
熟义:v. 小孩
生义:v. 戏弄,开玩笑
Take it easy. I’m just kidding.
放轻松点。我只是开玩笑。
223.kill
熟义:vt. 杀死
生义:vt. 使痛苦,折磨
It kills him to admit he is wrong.
他承认他错了时,难受得很。
生义:vt. 使笑得前仰后合
His joke killed the audience.
他的笑话使听众笑得死前仰后合。
生义:v. 消磨(时间)
The guy fools around all day long, killing time. 224.knock
熟义:v. 敲,击
生义:vt.批评,说……不好
The critics knocked his latest play.
评论家抨击了他最近的戏剧。
225.know
熟义:vt. 知道,认识
生义:vt.能区分
I don’t know Miss Green from Miss Smith.
我区分不出格林小姐和史密斯小姐。
生义:vt.经历,体验
Tho who have not known hunger can never imagine how it feels.
没有挨过饿的人永远也想象不出挨饿是什么滋味。
生义:vt. 辨别,认出
He is always quick to know his friends and enemies. 226.labor
熟义:劳动
生义:vi.费力地行走,干苦活
They labored through the thick forest and up the steep hill.
他们艰难地穿行于茂密的森林,攀登于峻峭的山岭。
227.land
熟义:n. 陆地,地面
生义:vt. (尤指轻而易举或意外地)获得
He landed a contract for building a factory. 他签下了一份建造工厂的合同。
228.at large
熟义:大多数
生义:未被捕的
The suspect is still at large.
嫌疑犯仍逍遥法外。
生义:普遍的
Boys at large like games.
一般说来,男孩喜欢运动。
229.last
熟义:adj.最后的
生义:adj.最不可能的
生义:v. 坚持,支撑下去
He is the last person to tell a lie.
他极不可能说谎。
生义:v. 持续
Her holidays were to last six weeks.
她的假有六周。
生义:v. 维持,够用
The food will last(us)(for)three weeks.
这些粮食可够(我们)吃三周。
生义:adj. 最不可能的
He is the last man I want to e.
他是我最不想见的人。
230.late
熟义:adj.迟到的,晚的
生义:adj.前任的
She was an admirer of the late president.
她崇拜前总统。
生义:adj.已故的
She misd her late husband very much.
她非常想念她已故的丈夫。
231.lay
熟义:v.安放,放置
生义:v.提出,提交(建议、信息等);制定;生(蛋)
The prisoner laid an escape plan.
那囚犯制定了一个越狱计划。
生义:v.制定,拟订
It's laid down in the Act that women and men have the equal rights.
法案规定男女享受平等的权利。
232.learn
熟义:v. 学习
生义:v. 得知,获悉
I learned of that yesterday.
我昨天才得知此事。
233.lecture
熟义:n. 讲座,讲课
生义:n.&v. 训斥,告诫
My father gave me a lecture for smoking.
因为吸烟我爸爸训斥了我一通。
234.lead
熟义:v. 引领,带路
生义:vt. 导致,造成
What led you to think so?
是什么使你这样想呢?
生义:n. 铅
Lead is potentially damaging to children's health. 铅对儿童的健康具有潜在损害。
235.lesson
熟义:n. 课
生义:n.教训
Pear Harbor was a painful lesson for the US.