胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇103

Lesson 103 The Fumigated² Fresco³ 烟熏壁画

Words:

 

freight n. 船贷，货运；vt. 装货，运送

 

freighter n. 贷船；运输飞机

 

frenetic adj. 狂乱的，发狂的

 

frenzy⁴ n. 狂暴，狂怒极为激动的状态

 

fret⁵ v. （使）磨损；烦恼，焦虑

 

fresco n. 壁画; vt 做壁画于

 

friction⁶ n. 摩擦；冲突，不和

 

fright n. 惊骇，吃惊

 

frigid⁷ adj. 严寒的，冷淡的

 

fringe n. 边缘，边界；adj. 边缘的

 

frisky⁸ adj. 活泼的，精力充沛的

 

frivolity⁹ n. 轻浮

 

frost n. 霜，霜冻；vi. 结晶

 

frown vi. 皱眉；不赞成，反对

 

frowzy¹⁰ adj. 不整洁的，污秽的

 

frugal¹¹ adj. 节约的，节俭的

 

frugality¹² n. 节俭，俭省

 

frustrate¹³ vt. 挫败，破坏；使沮丧

 

frustration¹⁴ n. 挫败，挫折

 

fulminate v. 猛烈抨击，严厉谴责；爆炸

 

fume¹⁵ n. （浓烈或难闻的）烟，气体

 

fumigate¹ vt. 烟熏，用香薰

 

Michael frowned as he looked at the unusual piece of artwork. A freighter had brought it in yesterday along with other works of art. There had been a mad frenzy over the other art pieces but nobody seemed to like this unusual piece. Michael wondered how they were able to cut the painting from the wall and keep the picture in one piece. He turned to Teddy and asked, “What do you think of this old fresco?”

 

“The people portrayed¹⁶ in the painting look interesting,” Teddy replied. “The woman looks frigid and the man looks like he has been frustrated¹⁷ one too many times. I think you can identify with the man’s frustration. I also think it will match your frowzy room. What’s all this frost on the sides?”

 

“Don’t fret over it,” said Michael. “It just looks like frost. It’s white powder. The fringe of the painting was accidentally damaged by friction. They powdered it to prevent further harm. Because of the damage, they won’t charge me anything for the freight. If I buy it today, will you accuse me of frivolity.”

 

“Not at all,” said Teddy. “You’ve always been frugal. I think frugality runs in your family. You should buy it before another frenetic art lover snatcher it up.”

 

Suddenly, there was a loud explosion. A compressed bottle of gas fulminated in front of the painting. The fumes¹⁸ covered it and filled the air. Michael asked. “Should I still buy it?”

 

“Absolutely,” said Teddy. “It was already cheap, and now it’s fumigated.”

 

迈克尔看着那副不同寻常的美术作品，皱起了眉。昨天，一架运输机把它和其他一些艺术品一起带来了。对其他艺术品，大家表现极为激动，但似乎没有人喜欢这幅与众不同的画。迈克尔想知道他们如何能把画从墙上切下来，并且保持画面完整无缺。他转向泰迪，问道：“你觉得这幅古老的壁画怎么样？”

 

“画上的人看起来很有意思，”泰迪回答，“女人看上去很冷淡，男人看来因频频受挫而沮丧不已。如果我把它挂在我的房间里，我觉得我活泼的小猫会受到惊吓而死。然而，我认为你能认同男人受到的挫折。我还觉得它和你乱七八糟的房间正好相配。那画面周边上的霜都是什么？”

 

“别担心，”迈克尔说。“它只是看起来像霜，是白色的粉。画的边缘由于摩擦意外地损坏了。他们给它抹上粉，防止进一步破坏。因为损坏了画，他们不会让我付运费。如果我今天买它，你会不会谴责我轻浮？”

 

“一点也不会，”泰迪说。“你想来是节俭的。我觉得节俭是你家的传统。你应该在别的狂热的艺术爱好者抢到手之前把它买下。”

 

突然，有一声巨大的爆炸声。一瓶压缩的气体在画面前爆炸了。浓烟罩住了画，弥漫在空气中。迈克尔问：“我还应该买它吗？”

 

“当然，”泰迪答道。“本来它就便宜，何况他又被烟熏过了。”

1 fumigate   

v.烟熏；用香薰

参考例句：

• As preventive,spray plants with systemic insecticide or fumigate them regularly.作为预防措施，要用内吸杀虫剂对植物定期喷洒，或熏蒸。
• The hospital ward was fumigated after the outbreak of typhus.发现斑疹伤寒以后，医院的病房进行了烟熏消毒。

2 fumigated   

v.用化学品熏（某物）消毒( fumigate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The hospital ward was fumigated after the outbreak of typhus. 发现斑疹伤寒以后，医院的病房进行了烟熏消毒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Grain should be fumigated within two weeks after harvest. 谷物收获后两周内就应进行熏蒸消毒。 来自辞典例句

3 fresco   

n.壁画；vt.作壁画于

参考例句：

• This huge fresco is extremely clear and just like nature itself.It is very harmonious.这一巨幅壁画，清晰有致且又浑然天成，十分和谐。
• So it is quite necessary to study the influence of visual thinking over fresco.因此，研究视觉思维对壁画的影响和作用是十分必要的。

4 frenzy   

n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动

参考例句：

• He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
• They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

5 fret   

v.(使)烦恼；(使)焦急；(使)腐蚀，(使)磨损

参考例句：

• Don't fret.We'll get there on time.别着急，我们能准时到那里。
• She'll fret herself to death one of these days.她总有一天会愁死的.

6 friction   

n.摩擦，摩擦力

参考例句：

• When Joan returned to work,the friction between them increased.琼回来工作后，他们之间的摩擦加剧了。
• Friction acts on moving bodies and brings them to a stop.摩擦力作用于运动着的物体，并使其停止。

7 frigid   

adj.寒冷的，凛冽的；冷淡的；拘禁的

参考例句：

• The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long.水冰冷彻骨，他在下面呆不了太长时间。
• She returned his smile with a frigid glance.对他的微笑她报以冷冷的一瞥。

8 frisky   

adj.活泼的，欢闹的；n.活泼，闹着玩；adv.活泼地，闹着玩地

参考例句：

• I felt frisky,as if I might break into a dance.我感到很欢快，似乎要跳起舞来。
• His horse was feeling frisky,and he had to hold the reins tightly.马儿欢蹦乱跳，他不得不紧勒缰绳。

9 frivolity   

n.轻松的乐事，兴高采烈；轻浮的举止

参考例句：

• It was just a piece of harmless frivolity. 这仅是无恶意的愚蠢行为。
• Hedonism and frivolity will diffuse hell tnrough all our days. 享乐主义和轻薄浮佻会将地狱扩展到我们的整个日子之中。 来自辞典例句

10 frowzy   

adj.不整洁的；污秽的

参考例句：

• The drowsy browser knits its brows to browbeat the frowzy crow.昏昏欲睡的吃草动物皱眉头恐吓邋遢的乌鸦。
• The frowzy street was disgusting.那条肮脏的街道令人作呕。

11 frugal   

adj.节俭的，节约的，少量的，微量的

参考例句：

• He was a VIP,but he had a frugal life.他是位要人，但生活俭朴。
• The old woman is frugal to the extreme.那老妇人节约到了极点。

12 frugality   

n.节约，节俭

参考例句：

• We must build up our country with industry and frugality.我们必须勤俭建国。
• By frugality she managed to get along on her small salary.凭着节俭，她设法以自己微薄的薪水生活。

13 frustrate   

v.使失望；使沮丧；使厌烦

参考例句：

• But this didn't frustrate Einstein.He was content to go as far as he could.但这并没有使爱因斯坦灰心，他对能够更深入地研究而感到满意。
• They made their preparations to frustrate the conspiracy.他们作好准备挫败这个阴谋。

14 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

15 fume   

n.(usu pl.)(浓烈或难闻的)烟，气，汽

参考例句：

• The pressure of fume in chimney increases slowly from top to bottom.烟道内压力自上而下逐渐增加，底层住户的排烟最为不利。
• Your harsh words put her in a fume.你那些难听的话使她生气了。

16 portrayed   

v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
• The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

17 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 fumes   

n.(强烈而刺激的)气味，气体

参考例句：

• The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. 我们孩子们的健康正受到排放出的废气的损害。
• Exhaust fumes are bad for your health. 废气对健康有害。