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Quiff |
a piece of hair, especially on a man, brushed upward and backward from the forehead. |
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Conjure up |
If you conjure up a memory, picture, or idea, you create it in your mind. When we think of adventurers, many of us conjure up images of larger-than-life characters trekking to the North Pole
If something such as a word or sound conjures up particular images or ideas, it makes you think of them. Their music conjures up a warm night in the tropic |
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nuzzle |
If you nuzzle someone or something, you gently rub your nose and mouth against them to show affection. |
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morbid |
morbid, you mean that they are very interested in unpleasant things, especially death, and you think this is strange. 病态的 |
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Daft |
silly 傻 |
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quaint |
1. attractively unusual, esp in an old-fashioned style 古雅的 a quaint village 2. odd, peculiar, or inappropriate a quaint sense of duty |
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reassuring |
If you find someone's words or actions reassuring, they make you feel less worried about something. |
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Fling / flung Flung away |
If you fling something somewhere, you throw it there using a lot of force. The woman flung the cup at him. |
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Languidly |
If you describe someone as languid, you mean that they show little energy or interest and are very slow and casual in their movements.
We sat about languidly after dinner |
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Knack |
noun. A knack is a particularly clever or skilful way of doing something successfully, especially something which most people find difficult.
He's got the knack of getting people to listen |
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Badge of honour |
A badge is a piece of metal or cloth which you wear to show that you belong to an organization or support a cause. |
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feline |
You can use feline to describe someone's appearance or movements if they are elegant or graceful in a way that makes you think of a cat.
She moves with feline grace |
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Gratified Gratifyingly |
If you are gratified by something, it gives you pleasure or satisfaction. [formal] Mr. Dambar was gratified by his response |
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Quiff |
a piece of hair, especially on a man, brushed upward and backward from the forehead. |
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Quiff |
a piece of hair, especially on a man, brushed upward and backward from the forehead. |
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Pert |
1. (of a girl or young woman) attractively lively or cheeky. "a pert Belgian actress" 2. (of a bodily feature or garment) attractive because neat and jaunty. |
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bunching up |
bunch up or bunch together PHRASAL VERB If people or things bunch up or if you bunch them up, they move close to each other so that they form a small tight group. Bunch together means the same as bunch up. |
Bunching up his pectorals and biceps |
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Clamber |
VERB 1. (usually foll by up, over, etc) to climb (something) awkwardly, esp by using both hands and feet |
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pad |
When someone pads somewhere, they walk there with steps that are fairly quick, light, and quiet. Freddy speaks very quietly and pads around in soft velvet slippers. |
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Retrieve |
to get or fetch back again; recover he retrieved his papers from various people's drawers |
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Desolate |
A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort. ...a desolate landscape of flat green fields. 2. ADJECTIVE If someone is desolate, they feel very sad, alone, and without hope. [literary] He was desolate without her. Synonyms: miserable, depressed, lonely, |
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jumble |
A jumble of things is a lot of different things that are all mixed together in a disorganized or confused way. |
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allegiance |
Your allegiance is your support for and loyalty to a particular group, person, or belief. My allegiance to Kendall and his company ran deep. |
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Compatible |
If things, for example systems, ideas, and beliefs, are compatible, they work well together or can exist together successfully. |
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Retrospective |
A retrospective is an exhibition or showing of work done by an artist over many years, rather than his or her most recent work. |
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Repercussion |
If an action or event has repercussions, it causes unpleasant things to happen some time after the original action or event
Consequence, result |
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Rattle |
When something rattles or when you rattle it, it makes short, sharp, knocking sounds because it is being shaken or it keeps hitting against something hard. She slams the kitchen door so hard I hear dishes rattle. |
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Rattle |
When something rattles or when you rattle it, it makes short, sharp, knocking sounds because it is being shaken or it keeps hitting against something hard. She slams the kitchen door so hard I hear dishes rattle. |
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Cistern |
A cistern is a container which stores the water supply for a building, or that holds the water for flushing a toilet. |
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barren |
barren If you describe something such as an activity or a period of your life as barren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results. |
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Stroppy |
stroppy Someone who is stroppy is bad-tempered and gets angry or upset with people. [British, informal] A mother I knew was going through a really unpleasant time with a stroppy teenage son. |
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Scrubbed |
Scrubbed adjective Scrub is slang for someone who is just plain bad at something—a no-talent hack. This could be in sports, video games, or thanks to TLC's hit song, relationships. |
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Bouncy |
bouncy Someone or something that is bouncy is very lively. She was bouncy and full of energy. |
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yank |
yank If you yank someone or something somewhere, you pull them there suddenly and with a lot of force. She yanked open the drawer. [VERB noun with adjective] She yanked the child back into the house |
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Jaunty |
jaunty If you describe someone or something as jaunty, you mean that they are full of confidence and energy. |
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Unilateral |
unilateral A unilateral decision or action is taken by only one of the groups, organizations, or countries that are involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of the others. ...unilateral nuclear disarmament. 单方面的 unilaterally ADVERB [ADVERB with verb] The British Government was careful not to act unilaterally. |
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Disarmament |
disarmament Disarmament is the act of reducing the number of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, that a country has. Synonyms: arms reduction, demobilization, arms limitation, demilitarization |
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Disarmament |
disarmament Disarmament is the act of reducing the number of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, that a country has. Synonyms: arms reduction, demobilization, arms limitation, demilitarization |
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conducive |
conducive If one thing is conducive to another thing, it makes the other thing likely to happen. Make your bedroom as conducive to sleep as possible. |
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scroll |
scroll n. A scroll is a long roll of paper or a similar material with writing on it. |
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resigned |
resigned If you are resigned to an unpleasant situation or fact, you accept it without complaining because you realize that you cannot change it. He is resigned to the noise and mess. [+ to] |
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flinch |
flinch If you flinch, you make a small sudden movement, especially when something surprises you or hurts you. |
He didn't even flinch when the nurse cleaned the wound. |
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toff |
toff If you refer to someone as a toff, you are saying in an unkind way that they come from the upper classes or are very rich. [British, informal, disapproval] |
a rich, well-dressed, or upper-class person, esp a man |
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Nudge |
nudge If you nudge someone, you push them gently, usually with your elbow, in order to draw their attention to something. I nudged Stan and pointed again. |
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nudge up |
nudge up phrasal verb. nudge up. (British English, informal) to move, so that there is room for other people synonym move over. |
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speculatively |
Someone who has a speculative expression seems to be trying to guess something about a person or thing. His mother regarded him with a speculative eye. speculatively GRADED ADVERB [ADVERB with verb] I caught her eyes on me speculatively. I imagined she was wondering about my relationship with Max. |
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gallant |
If a man is gallant, he is kind, polite, and considerate towards women. [old-fashioned] Douglas was a complex man, thoughtful, gallant, and generous. He gallantly kissed Marie's hand as we prepared to leave. |
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Rigid |
rigid in British English ADJECTIVE 1. not bending; physically inflexible or stiff a rigid piece of plastic 2. unbending; rigorously strict; severe rigid rules |
Several colleges in our study have rigid rules about student conduct
She was a fairly rigid person who had strong religious views. |
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Lapse |
lapse If you lapse into a quiet or inactive state, you stop talking or being active. She muttered something unintelligible and lapsed into silence. [VERB + into] Doris Brown closed her eyes and lapsed into sleep. |
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Stale |
stale Stale food is no longer fresh or good to eat. Their daily diet consisted of a lump of stale bread, a bowl of rice and stale water. Stale air or a stale smell is unpleasant because it is no longer fresh. A layer of smoke hung low in the stale air. If you feel stale, you are bored because you have no new ideas or enthusiasm for what you are doing. I believe in progression, in taking risks, in never getting stale. |
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Ripple |
ripple Ripples are little waves on the surface of water caused by the wind or by something moving in or on the water. feeling a ripple of anxiety pass cross her shoulders. |
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Buddle |
bundle up If you bundle up a mass of things, you make them into a bundle by gathering or tying them together. Francis bundled up her clothes again into their small sack. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Her mother had bundled all her clothes up and burnt them. |
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seep |
seep If something such as liquid or gas seeps somewhere, it flows slowly and in small amounts into a place where it should not go. Radioactive water had seeped into underground reservoirs. [VERB preposition/adverb] The gas is seeping out of the rocks. |
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Artex |
trademark a brand of coating for walls and ceilings that gives a textured finish |
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wilful |
wilful If you describe someone as wilful, you mean that they are determined to do what they want to do, even if it is not sensible. Francesca was a lively child, quite wilful and demanding. |
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pallid |
pallid Someone or something that is pallid is pale in an unattractive or unnatural way. very pale, in a way that looks unhealthy and not attractive: Next to his tanned face, hers seemed pallid and unhealthy. |
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prim |
prim If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude. We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper. |
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owlish |
owlish 1. like an owl 2. solemn and wise in appearance |
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Spatter |
spatter VERB 1. to scatter or splash (a substance, esp a liquid) or (of a substance) to splash (something) in scattered drops to spatter mud on the car mud spattered in her face 2. (transitive) to sprinkle, cover, or spot (with a liquid) |
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Crease |
crease If your face creases or if an expression creases it, lines appear on it because you are frowning or smiling. (also wrinkle) If cloth, paper, etc. creases, or if you crease it, it gets a line in it where it has been folded or crushed: The seat belt has creased my blouse. It's a nice dress, but it creases very easily. parentheses 插入语， 圆括号； |
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Mottled |
mottled Something that is mottled is covered with patches of different colours which do not form a regular pattern. ...mottled green and yellow leaves. |
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remark |
remark If you remark that something is the case, you say that it is the case. I remarked that I would go shopping that afternoon. [VERB that] 'Some people have more money than sense,' Winston had remarked. [VERB with quote] |
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shrewd |
shrewd A shrewd person is able to understand and judge a situation quickly and to use this understanding to their own advantage. She's a shrewd businesswoman. His grey eyes were shrewd but kindly. |
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La di da |
la di da If you describe someone as la-di-da, you mean that they have an upper-class way of behaving, which you think seems unnatural and is only done to impress people. affecting exaggeratedly genteel manners or speech |
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paraphrase |
paraphrase VERB If you paraphrase someone or paraphrase something that they have said or written, you express what they have said or written in a different way. Parents, to paraphrase Philip Larkin, can seriously damage your health. [VERB noun] Baxter paraphrased the contents of the press release. [VERB noun] I'm paraphrasing but this is honestly what he said. [VERB] |
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devise |
devise If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it. We devised a scheme to help him. |
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strike out/ struck out |
If you strike out, you begin to do something different, often because you want to become more independent. She wanted me to strike out on my own, buy a business. [VERB PARTICLE] ...a desire to make changes and to strike out in new directions. |
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Peer |
peer If you peer at something, you look at it very hard, usually because it is difficult to see clearly. I had been peering at a computer print-out that made no sense at all. |
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Implore |
implore If you implore someone to do something, you ask them to do it in a forceful, emotional way. Opposition leaders this week implored the president to break the deadlock.
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VERB (transitive) 1. to beg or ask (someone) earnestly (to do something); plead with; beseech 2. to ask earnestly or piteously for; supplicate; beg to implore someone's mercy |
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Goad |
goad If you goad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something. A goad is something that makes someone do a particular thing. |
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Rile |
Rile If something riles you, it makes you angry. Cancellations and late departures rarely rile him. |
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Incantation |
An incantation is a series of words that a person says or sings as a magic spell. |
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Forlorn |
forlorn If someone is forlorn, they feel alone and unhappy. Synonyms: miserable, helpless, pathetic, pitiful |
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Jammed |
jammed 1. stuck or locked The motor kept cutting out because the machinery was jammed. a jammed machine-gun The window's jammed. 2. blocked or congested The roads are always jammed before the match. The streets were jammed with people. |
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Loll |
loll If you loll somewhere, you sit or lie in a very relaxed position. He was lolling on the sofa in the shadows near the fire. [VERB preposition/adverb] He lolled back in his comfortable chair. [VERB Synonyms: lounge, relax, lean, slump |
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Soprano |
soprano A soprano is a woman, girl, or boy with a high singing voice. |
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Plump |
plump You can describe someone or something as plump to indicate that they are rather fat or rounded. Maria was small and plump with a mass of curly hair. He pushed a plump little hand towards me. ...red pears, ripe peaches and plump nectarines. fat Synonyms: chubby, fat, stout, full |
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Ebb |
ebb When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls. When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans. If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. [formal] ...as a man's physical strength ebbs. [VERB] |
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Transpire |
transpire When it transpires that something is the case, people discover that it is the case. [formal] It transpired that Paolo had left his driving licence at home. [VERB that] |
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Transpire |
transpire When it transpires that something is the case, people discover that it is the case. [formal] It transpired that Paolo had left his driving licence at home. [VERB that] |
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Fraught |
fraught If you say that a situation or action is fraught, you mean that it is worrying or difficult.
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