第75期: knife, lapse, nation, zest, oar

说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。
听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。

单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 knife [naif] The north wind cuts like a knife. n. 刀，匕首 北风如刀刺骨。 lapse[lAps] Then the conversation lapsed1 and all was still and quiet. v. 终止，结束 接着谈话声就听不到了，四周万籁俱寂。 nation[5neiFEn] In 1790 the new nation had fewer than four million people. n. 国家 1790年时这个新成立的国家的人口不到四百万。 zest2[zest] She joined in the games with zest. n. 热情，兴趣 她很有兴趣地参加了比赛。 oar[C:] This boat pulls six oars3. n. 桨 这条船用六只桨划。

1 lapsed   

adj.流失的，堕落的v.退步( lapse的过去式和过去分词 )；陷入；倒退；丧失

参考例句：

• He had lapsed into unconsciousness. 他陷入了昏迷状态。
• He soon lapsed into his previous bad habits. 他很快陷入以前的恶习中去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 zest   

n.乐趣；滋味，风味；兴趣

参考例句：

• He dived into his new job with great zest.他充满热情地投入了新的工作。
• He wrote his novel about his trip to Asia with zest.他兴趣浓厚的写了一本关于他亚洲之行的小说。

3 oars   

n.桨，橹( oar的名词复数 )；划手v.划（行）( oar的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He pulled as hard as he could on the oars. 他拼命地划桨。
• The sailors are bending to the oars. 水手们在拼命地划桨。 来自《简明英汉词典》