AA: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears ... just the left ones will do! This is Avi Arditti. Rosanne Skirble is away. This week on Wordmaster, you'll hear from a researcher who says humans just might have an ear for emotional words. Teow-C...
Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: September 4, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: As a new school year gets under way in the United States, English teacher Lida Baker joins us to talk about informality in the class...
Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: August 28, 2003 SOUND: Seagulls, ship horn AA: I'm Avi Arditti, with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the catch of the day, terms from the sea. Lots of nautical expressions have washed ashore into everyday...
well-known 有名的 west n.西方, 西部 adj.西的, 西方的 adv.向西方 wet adj.湿的, 潮湿的vt.弄湿 what pron.什么 adj.什么 adv.到什么程度, 在哪一方 面 whatever pron.凡是...,无论什么 adj.无论怎样的, 无 论哪一...
ugly a. 丑陋的; 难看的 U.K. (缩) =United Kingdom 英国,联合王国 um int. 嗯 umbrella n. 雨伞 U.N. (缩)=the United Nations n. 联合国 unable a. 不能的,不能胜任的 uncertain a. 不确定的 uncle n. 叔;伯;舅;姑夫;...
thirty num. 三十 this ? a. pron.? 这,这个 thorough a. 彻底的 those ? a. pron.? 那些 though conj. 虽然,可是 thought n. 思考,思想 ;念头 thousand num. 千 thread n. 线 three num. 三 throat n. 喉咙 through prep. 穿(通)过;...
someone pron. 某一个人 something pron. 某事;某物 sometimes ad. 有时 somewhere ad. 在某处 son n. 儿子 song n. 歌唱;歌曲 soon ad. 不久,很快,一会儿 sorrow n. 悲伤,悲痛 sorry a. 对不起,抱歉;难过的 sort v...
shoot n. 嫩枝; 苗; 芽 vt. (shot, shot) 射击,射 中,发射 shooting n. 射击 shop vi. 买东西 n. 商店,车间 shop assistant (英) 售货员 shopkeeper n. 店主,零售商人 shopping n. 买东西 shore n. 滨,岸 short a. 短的...
sail n. 航行 v. 航行,开航 sailing n. 航海 sailor n. 水手,海员 salad n. 色拉(西餐中的一种凉拌菜) salary n. 薪金,薪水 sale n. 卖,出售 salesgirl n. 女售货员 salesman n. 男售货员 saleswoman n. 女售货员 sal...
recite v. 背诵 recognise (美recognize) vt. 认出 recommend v. 推荐 record n. 记录; 唱片 record holder 记录保持者 record v. 录制,记录 recorder n. 录音机 recover vi. 痊愈; 恢复 recycle vt. 回收; 再循环 rectangle ? ...