• 1. mourner: n.
• person who attends a funeral as a relative or friend of the dead
• 送葬者；哀悼者
• mourn: v. grieve for 哀悼
• e.g.: The whole nation had mourned (for) the death of their great leader.
• 排球操举国上下哀悼他们的伟大领袖。
• Silent mourning
• Mourn for the decead
• 2. thread: v. pass through like a thread 穿过
• thread one’s way through:
• find, pick, one’s way through (a crowd, streets, etc) 挤过（人群）；穿过（街道）
• e.g.: I thread my way through the crowded streets.
• On holidays, if you go shopping, you have to thread your way through the crowd, which is very annoying sometimes.
• 如果节假日里去购物，不得不在人群中挤，这有时很烦人。
• 3. wail: v. cry in a loud, usually shrill voice 悲伤地哭泣或哀嚎
• e.g.:1) She was wailing for her lost child.她为失去的孩子哭泣。
• 2) wails (over) one’s misfortunes
• 为自己的不幸而哀泣
• 3)The wind wailed through the trees.
• 风穿过树林发出似嚎叫的声音。
• 4. chant: n. a song in which words are repeated in a monotonous tone of voice 单调的
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• e.g.: The mourners wailed a short chant over and over again.
• 送葬者的口里一遍一遍地哀号着一支短促的悲歌。
• 5. bier: n. a platform or portable framework on which a coffin or corp is placed 棺材架，尸体架
• e.g.: The corp was carried on the wooden bier on the shoulders of four friends.
• 尸体放在一副木制担架上，由死者的四位朋友抬去送葬。
• 6. hack: v. cut with strong, rough strokes using a sharp tool; break up land with a hoe, etc. 乱砍，乱劈；（用锄等）翻地，挖土
• e.g.: 1)hack a way through the jungle
• 山峦叠嶂 在丛林中劈出一条路
• 2)hack the soil 开垦翻地；
• 3)hack in wheat 翻土播下小麦
• 7. dump: v. throw or unload sth. quickly and carelessly 倾倒；抛扔
• e.g.: A million tons of untreated waste is dumped into the a.
• 百万吨未经处理过的废物被倒进海里。
• He got my haversack from the cab and dumped it at my feet.
宋史翻译• 他从出租车中拿出我的帆布背包，扔到我的面前。
• 8. fling: v. throw sth. with a lot of force 用力扔，抛，掷
• e.g.: fling a grenade at the enemy 向敌人掷手榴弹
• The storm flung the ship onto the rocks. 暴风雨把船抛在岩石上。
• The little girl flung herlf into her mother’s arms. 小女孩一头栽进母亲的怀里。
• 9. lumpy: adj. Something that is lumpy contains lumps or is covered with lumps. 多块的；凹凸不平的
• e.g.: When the rice isn’t cooked properly it goes lumpy. 米饭煮不好，就会结块。
破坏的反义词• Many women, especially as they get older, develop lumpy veins in their leg. 许多妇女，尤其是当她们上了年纪后，会出现静脉曲张。
• a lumpy surface 凹凸不平的表面
• 10. derelict: adj. abandoned; derted by the owner 被遗弃的，无主的
• e.g.: Her body was found in a derelict warehou less than a mile from her home. 她的尸体是在离她家不到一英里远的废旧仓库里找到的。
• Seeing the derelict hou which ud to be his home, he is very ntimental. 看着曾是家的房子被遗弃，他觉得很伤感。
• 11. literally: adv. word for word, strictly; without exaggeration 照字义，逐字地；确确实
实地，毫不夸张地
• e.g.: translate literally 直译；逐字翻译
• He literally flew into the room. 他简直是飞也似地跑进了房间。
• The children were literally starving. 孩子们确确实实在挨饿。
• 12. bumpy: adj. full of bumps, rough 崎岖不平的，颠簸的
• e.g.: a bumpy country road 颠簸不平的乡村小路
• 13. nibble: v. eat (food) with quick bites, taking only a small amount at a time 小口咬，轻咬
• e.g.: 1)The fish was nibbling at the bait.
• 鱼在咬食鱼饵。
• 2)The gazelle nibbled rapidly at the bread, then lowered its head and tried to butt me.
• 这只瞪羚迅速地轻咬了口面包，然后低下头，试图用脑袋顶我。
• 14. navvy: n. an unskilled laborer
• employed in making roads, canals where digging is necessary
• 小工，无特殊技术的劳工
• 15. sidle: v. walk sideways, esp. in a shy, nervous way
• e.g.:1) The little girl sidled up to me.
• 那小女孩羞怯地走向我
• 2) He was sidling into the bar, obviously trying to be inconspicuous.
• 他侧身走进酒吧，很明显不想引人注目。
• 3) He sidled through the narrow doorway .他侧身穿过狭窄的门道。
• 16. stow: v.
• put or hide away in a safe place
• e.g.: 1)The old couple tend to stow things away in the attic.
• 2)stow the winter clothes away into a trunk
• 3)She carefully folded up the paper and stowed it away in a book.
• 17. ghetto: n. (in former times) Jewish quarters, old, crowded and unsanitary (从前的)犹太人居住区（破旧、拥挤、不卫生）
• 18. infest刘天华作品: v. spread in large numbers and cau damage 成批出现
• 生姜祛斑方法e.g.:1) The prison is infested with rats.
• 监狱里到处都是老鼠。
• 2) There are the rat-infested slums where the plague flourished
• 老鼠横行的贫民窟疫情泛滥
• 19. prehistoric: adj.
• very old-fashioned
• pertaining to ancient times,
• 史前的；陈腐不堪的
• e.g.: His ideas on morals are really prehistoric.
• 他的道德观念真是太陈腐了。
• 20. lathe: n.
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• a machine for shaping wood, metal, etc. by holding and turning it rapidly against the edge of a cutting tool 车床
