Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
1 a : the quality or fact of being generous (璐ㄩ噺鎴栬?
b : a generous act (澶ф柟鐨勮涓?
2 : ABUNDANCE (涓板瘜)
Example: Thank you for your generosity.
desperately
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin desperatus, past participle of desperare
1 a : having lost hope (澶卞幓甯屾湜鍦?
<a desperate spirit crying for relief>
b : giving no ground for hope
<the outlook was desperate>
2 a : moved by despair
<victims made desperate by abuse>
b : involving or employing extreme measures in an attempt to escape defeat or frustration
<made a desperate leap for the rope>
3 : suffering extreme need or anxiety (娓存湜寰楀埌鐥涜嫤鐨勫敖澶?
<desperate for money>
4 : involving extreme danger or possible disaster (鍙婂叾鐨勫嵄闄╂垨鍙兘鏈夌伨闅劇殑)
<a desperate situation>
5 : of extreme intensity (鍙婂叾鐨勫己鐑?
6 : SHOCKING, OUTRAGEOUS
Example: I am desperately hard up.
lump
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English
1 : a piece or mass of indefinite size and shape (涓鍧椾笉瀹氬ぇ灝忎笉瀹氬艦鐘剁殑涓滆タ)
2 a : AGGREGATE, TOTALITY (鎬繪暟)
<taken in the lump>
b : MAJORITY
3 : PROTUBERANCE; especially : an abnormal swelling (鐦わ紝寮傚父鐨勮偪鍧?
4 : a person who is heavy and awkward; also : one who is stupid or dull (絎ㄩ噸鐨勪漢)
5 plural a : BEATINGS, BRUISES (鎵擄紝鐦浼?
<had taken a lot of lumps growing up in the city>
b : DEFEAT, LOSS (鍑昏觸)
<can cheerfully take his lumps on losers, because the payout is big on the winners -- Martin Mayer>
Example: The words lumped in her throat.
throat
1 a (1) : the part of the neck in front of the spinal column (鑴婃楠ㄥ墠闈㈣剸瀛愮殑閮ㄥ垎)
(2) : the passage through the neck to the stomach and lungs (浠庤剸瀛愬埌鑳冨拰鑲虹殑閫氶亾)
b (1) : VOICE
(2) : the seat of the voice
2 : something resembling the throat especially in being an entrance, a passageway, a constriction, or a narrowed part: as
a : the orifice of a tubular organ especially of a plant
b : the opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep
c : the part of a tennis racket that connects the head with the shaft
3 : the curved part of an anchor's arm where it joins the shank
Example: The words lumped in her throat.
cousin
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cosin, from Old French, from Latin consobrinus, from com- + sobrinus second cousin, from soror sister -- more at SISTER
1 a : a child of one's uncle or aunt (鍙斿彅鎴栬呴樋濮ㄧ殑瀛╁瓙)
b : a relative descended from one's grandparent or more remote ancestor by two or more steps and in a different line
c : KINSMAN, RELATIVE (鏈変翰鎴氬叧緋葷殑浜?
<a distant cousin>
2 : one associated with or related to another : COUNTERPART
3 -- used as a title by a sovereign in addressing a nobleman
4 : a person of a race or people ethnically or culturally related <our English cousins>
Example: I have many cousins.
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crest(楦熷啝) + fallen(涓嬪瀭)
Pronunciation: 'krest-"fo-l&n
Function: adjective
1 : having a drooping crest or hanging head (楦熷啝鑰鋒媺涓嬫潵錛屽瀭鐫澶?
2 : feeling shame or humiliation : DEJECTED (鎰熷埌緹炴劎鎴栬昏頸)
Function: adjective
1 : having a drooping crest or hanging head (楦熷啝鑰鋒媺涓嬫潵錛屽瀭鐫澶?
2 : feeling shame or humiliation : DEJECTED (鎰熷埌緹炴劎鎴栬昏頸)
Example: Their opponents came away totally crestfallen, their 40th match in the global event ending in the worst possible fashion.
gander
Pronunciation: 'gan-d&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gandra; akin to Old English gOs goose
1 : the adult male goose (鎴愬勾鐨勯泟楣?
2 : SIMPLETON (鍛嗙摐錛屽憜楣?
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gandra; akin to Old English gOs goose
1 : the adult male goose (鎴愬勾鐨勯泟楣?
2 : SIMPLETON (鍛嗙摐錛屽憜楣?
Function: noun
Etymology: from the outstretched neck of a person craning to look at something (鍍忛箙閭ｆ牱鍗囬暱鑴栧瓙鍘葷湅涓滆タ)
: LOOK, GLANCE (鐪嬶紝鏆?
<take a gander>
Example: He took another gander at the engine
sheepish
Pronunciation: 'shE-pish
Function: adjective
1 : resembling a sheep in meekness, stupidity, or timidity (鍍忕壞緹婁竴鏍鋒俯欏猴紝鎰氳牏鎴栬儐鎬?
2 : affected by or showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fault (鐢變簬榪囧け鑰屽鑷?鏄鵑湶鐨勫按灝?
Function: adjective
1 : resembling a sheep in meekness, stupidity, or timidity (鍍忕壞緹婁竴鏍鋒俯欏猴紝鎰氳牏鎴栬儐鎬?
2 : affected by or showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fault (鐢變簬榪囧け鑰屽鑷?鏄鵑湶鐨勫按灝?
<a sheepish grin> 鑻︾瑧
Example: sb. looked properly sheepish.
bovine
Pronunciation: 'bO-"vIn, -"vEn
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin bovinus, from Latin bov-, bos ox, cow -- more at COW
1 : of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow (鍍忕墰鐨勶紝灝ゅ叾鏄?
2 : having qualities (as placidity or dullness) (鏈夎川閲忕殑-騫抽潤鐨勬垨榪熼挐鐨?
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin bovinus, from Latin bov-, bos ox, cow -- more at COW
1 : of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow (鍍忕墰鐨勶紝灝ゅ叾鏄?
2 : having qualities (as placidity or dullness) (鏈夎川閲忕殑-騫抽潤鐨勬垨榪熼挐鐨?
Function: noun
: any of a subfamily (Bovinae) of bovids including oxen, bison, buffalo, and their close relatives (鐗涚鐨勪簹縐?
: any of a subfamily (Bovinae) of bovids including oxen, bison, buffalo, and their close relatives (鐗涚鐨勪簹縐?
Example: Her bovine face gave no response.
turkey
Pronunciation: 't&r-kE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural turkeys
Etymology: Turkey, country in western Asia and southeastern Europe; from confusion with the guinea fowl, supposed to be imported from Turkish territory
1 plural also turkey : a large No. American gallinaceous bird (Meleagris gallopavo) that is domesticated in most parts of the world (鐏浮)
2 : FAILURE, FLOP; especially : a theatrical production that has failed (澶辮觸)
3 : three successive strikes in bowling (淇濋緞鐞冧笁嬈″ぇ婊¤瘡)
4 : a stupid, foolish, or inept person (鎰氳牏鐨勬垨鏃犺兘鐨勪漢)
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural turkeys
Etymology: Turkey, country in western Asia and southeastern Europe; from confusion with the guinea fowl, supposed to be imported from Turkish territory
1 plural also turkey : a large No. American gallinaceous bird (Meleagris gallopavo) that is domesticated in most parts of the world (鐏浮)
2 : FAILURE, FLOP; especially : a theatrical production that has failed (澶辮觸)
3 : three successive strikes in bowling (淇濋緞鐞冧笁嬈″ぇ婊¤瘡)
4 : a stupid, foolish, or inept person (鎰氳牏鐨勬垨鏃犺兘鐨勪漢)
Turkey 鍦熻沖叾
Example: Gary wants to quit smoking. As of this moment he is going cold trunkey.
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Pronunciation: "&n-d&r-'tA-k&r, 2 is '&n-d&r-"
Function: noun
1 : one that undertakes : one that takes the risk and management of business : ENTREPRENEUR (浼佷笟瀹?
2 : one whose business is to prepare the dead for burial and to arrange and manage funerals (孌′華浜嬪姟鎵垮姙浜?
3 : an Englishman taking over forfeited lands in Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries (鍦?6-17涓栫邯鎺ョ鐖卞皵鍏板湡鍦扮殑鑻卞浗浜?
Function: noun
1 : one that undertakes : one that takes the risk and management of business : ENTREPRENEUR (浼佷笟瀹?
2 : one whose business is to prepare the dead for burial and to arrange and manage funerals (孌′華浜嬪姟鎵垮姙浜?
3 : an Englishman taking over forfeited lands in Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries (鍦?6-17涓栫邯鎺ョ鐖卞皵鍏板湡鍦扮殑鑻卞浗浜?
Example: Leno is the undertaker of Augmentum.
merely
- mere路ly adverb
Main Entry: mere
Pronunciation: 'mir
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): superlative mer路est
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin merus; akin to Old English Amerian to purify and perhaps to Greek marmairein to sparkle -- more at MORN
1 : having no admixture : PURE (綰噣鐨?
2 obsolete : being nothing less than : ABSOLUTE (涓嶅皯浜庣殑)
3 : being nothing more than (涓嶅浜庣殑)
Pronunciation: 'mir
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): superlative mer路est
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin merus; akin to Old English Amerian to purify and perhaps to Greek marmairein to sparkle -- more at MORN
1 : having no admixture : PURE (綰噣鐨?
2 obsolete : being nothing less than : ABSOLUTE (涓嶅皯浜庣殑)
3 : being nothing more than (涓嶅浜庣殑)
<a mere mortal>
Example: That was merely a guess of mine.
bereaved
Pronunciation: bi-'rEvd
Function: adjective
: suffering the death of a loved one (涓уけ鎵鐖變漢鐨?
Function: adjective
: suffering the death of a loved one (涓уけ鎵鐖變漢鐨?
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural bereaved
: one who is bereaved (涓уけ浜插弸鐨勪漢)
Inflected Form(s): plural bereaved
: one who is bereaved (涓уけ浜插弸鐨勪漢)
Example: If somebody is bereaved(adj), he is bereaved(noun).
plenty
Pronunciation: 'plen-tE
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English plente, from Old French plent茅, from Late Latin plenitat-, plenitas, from Latin, fullness, from plenus full -- more at FULL
1 a : a full or more than adequate amount or supply (瓚沖鐨勬暟閲忔垨渚涚粰)
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English plente, from Old French plent茅, from Late Latin plenitat-, plenitas, from Latin, fullness, from plenus full -- more at FULL
1 a : a full or more than adequate amount or supply (瓚沖鐨勬暟閲忔垨渚涚粰)
<had plenty of time to finish the job>
b : a large number or amount (寰堝ぇ鐨勬暟閲?
<in plenty of trouble>
2 : the quality or state of being copious : PLENTIFULNESS (寰堝ソ鐨勮川閲忔垨鑰呭艦寮?
2 : the quality or state of being copious : PLENTIFULNESS (寰堝ソ鐨勮川閲忔垨鑰呭艦寮?
Example: We spent plenty of time on performance tuning.
ought
Pronunciation: 'ot
Function: verbal auxiliary
Etymology: Middle English oughte (1st & 3d sing. present indic.), from oughte, 1st & 3d singular past indicative & subjunctive of owen to own, owe -- more at OWE
-- used to express obligation <ought to pay our debts>, advisability <ought to take care of yourself>, natural expectation <ought to be here by now>, or logical consequence <the result ought to be infinity> (搴旇鐨?
Function: verbal auxiliary
Etymology: Middle English oughte (1st & 3d sing. present indic.), from oughte, 1st & 3d singular past indicative & subjunctive of owen to own, owe -- more at OWE
-- used to express obligation <ought to pay our debts>, advisability <ought to take care of yourself>, natural expectation <ought to be here by now>, or logical consequence <the result ought to be infinity> (搴旇鐨?
Example: We ought to release our project next weekend.
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Pronunciation: O-'bEs
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin obesus, from ob- against + esus, past participle of edere to eat -- more at OB-, EAT
: excessively fat (榪囧垎鑲ヨ儢)
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin obesus, from ob- against + esus, past participle of edere to eat -- more at OB-, EAT
: excessively fat (榪囧垎鑲ヨ儢)
Example: Now over 58 million Americans are obese.
epidemic
Pronunciation: "e-p&-'de-mik
Function: adjective
Etymology: French 茅pid茅mique, from Middle French, from epidemie, n., epidemic, from Late Latin epidemia, from Greek epidEmia visit, epidemic, from epidEmos visiting, epidemic, from epi- + dEmos people -- more at DEMAGOGUE
Function: adjective
Etymology: French 茅pid茅mique, from Middle French, from epidemie, n., epidemic, from Late Latin epidemia, from Greek epidEmia visit, epidemic, from epidEmos visiting, epidemic, from epi- + dEmos people -- more at DEMAGOGUE
1 : affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time (嫻佽鐨?
<typhoid was epidemic>
2 a : excessively prevalent (榪囧垎嫻佽鐨?
b : exciting similar emotions or conduct in others (璁╁埆浜烘劅鍒板叴濂嬬殑琛ㄦ儏鎴栬涓?
<epidemic laughter>
3 : of, relating to, or constituting an epidemic
<the practice had reached epidemic proportions>
Example: Buying goods on the installment plan has become epidemic in recent years.
muscular
Pronunciation: 'm&s-ky&-l&r
Function: adjective
1 a : of, relating to, or constituting muscle (鐢辮倢鑲夌粍鎴愮殑)
Pronunciation: 'm&s-ky&-l&r
Function: adjective
1 a : of, relating to, or constituting muscle (鐢辮倢鑲夌粍鎴愮殑)
b : of, relating to, or performed by the muscles (鐢辮倢鑲夊畬鎴愮殑)
2 : having well-developed musculature (鑲岃倝鍙戣揪鐨?
3 a : of or relating to physical strength : BRAWNY (浣撳姏鍏呮矝鐨?
2 : having well-developed musculature (鑲岃倝鍙戣揪鐨?
3 a : of or relating to physical strength : BRAWNY (浣撳姏鍏呮矝鐨?
b : having strength of expression or character : VIGOROUS (琛ㄨ揪娓呮櫚鎴栨湁涓х殑)
<muscular prose>
Example: Leslie is a muscular man.
disease
Pronunciation: di-'zEz
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English disese, from Middle French desaise, from des- dis- + aise ease
1 obsolete : TROUBLE (楹葷儲)
2 : a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning : SICKNESS, MALADY (浣挎鐗╂垨鑰呭姩鐗╂満鑳借“閫鐨勬潯浠?鐤劇梾)
3 : a harmful development (as in a social institution) (紺句細鍒跺害鏈夊鐨勫彂灞?
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English disese, from Middle French desaise, from des- dis- + aise ease
1 obsolete : TROUBLE (楹葷儲)
2 : a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning : SICKNESS, MALADY (浣挎鐗╂垨鑰呭姩鐗╂満鑳借“閫鐨勬潯浠?鐤劇梾)
3 : a harmful development (as in a social institution) (紺句細鍒跺害鏈夊鐨勫彂灞?
Example: Most diseases could be wiped out.
propagate
Pronunciation: 'pr盲-p&-"gAt
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -gat路ed; -gat路ing
Etymology: Latin propagatus, past participle of propagare to set slips, propagate, from propages slip, offspring, from pro- before + pangere to fasten -- more at PRO-, PACT
Inflected Form(s): -gat路ed; -gat路ing
Etymology: Latin propagatus, past participle of propagare to set slips, propagate, from propages slip, offspring, from pro- before + pangere to fasten -- more at PRO-, PACT
transitive senses
1 : to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction (鏈夋?鏃犳х箒孌?
2 : to pass along to offspring (綣佽鍚庝唬)
3 a : to cause to spread out and affect a greater number or greater area : EXTEND (鎵╁睍錛屽歡浼?
1 : to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction (鏈夋?鏃犳х箒孌?
2 : to pass along to offspring (綣佽鍚庝唬)
3 a : to cause to spread out and affect a greater number or greater area : EXTEND (鎵╁睍錛屽歡浼?
b : to foster growing knowledge of, familiarity with, or acceptance of (as an idea or belief) : PUBLICIZE (瀹ｄ紶)
c : to transmit (as sound or light) through a medium (閫氳繃濯掍綋浼犳挱)
intransitive senses
1 : to multiply sexually or asexually (鏈夋?鏃犳х箒孌?
2 : INCREASE, EXTEND (澧炲姞錛屾墿灞?
3 : to travel through space or a material -- used of wave energy (as light, sound, or radio waves) (娉㈢殑浼犳挱)
1 : to multiply sexually or asexually (鏈夋?鏃犳х箒孌?
2 : INCREASE, EXTEND (澧炲姞錛屾墿灞?
3 : to travel through space or a material -- used of wave energy (as light, sound, or radio waves) (娉㈢殑浼犳挱)
Example: We should propagate the company culture.
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Pronunciation: 'mag-n&t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English magnete, from Middle French, from Latin magnet-, magnes, from Greek magnEs (lithos), literally, stone of Magnesia, ancient city in Asia Minor
1 a : LODESTONE b : a body having the property of attracting iron and producing a magnetic field external to itself; specifically : a mass of iron, steel, or alloy that has this property artificially imparted (紓侀搧)
2 : something that attracts (鏈夊惛寮曞姏鐨勪笢瑗?
<A box-office magnet>
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English magnete, from Middle French, from Latin magnet-, magnes, from Greek magnEs (lithos), literally, stone of Magnesia, ancient city in Asia Minor
1 a : LODESTONE b : a body having the property of attracting iron and producing a magnetic field external to itself; specifically : a mass of iron, steel, or alloy that has this property artificially imparted (紓侀搧)
2 : something that attracts (鏈夊惛寮曞姏鐨勪笢瑗?
<A box-office magnet>
Example: Augmentum is a magnet for developers.
2. unpredictable
Function: adjective
Text: likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly (鎰忔兂涓嶅埌鐨?
Text: likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly (鎰忔兂涓嶅埌鐨?
<unpredictable spring weather that makes it really hard to know what to wear>
Example: We always met unpredictable bugs when real user begin to use our system.
3. cynical
Pronunciation: 'si-ni-k&l
Function: adjective
1 : CAPTIOUS, PEEVISH
2 : having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic : as
Function: adjective
1 : CAPTIOUS, PEEVISH
2 : having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic : as
a : contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives (鎰や笘瀚変織鐨?
<Those cynical men who say that democracy cannot be honest and efficient -- F. D. Roosevelt>
b : based on or reflecting a belief that human conduct is motivated primarily by self-interest (鐘剴涓諱箟)
<A cynical ploy cheat customers to>
Example: Do not make cynical remarks when I'm in trouble.
4. cereal
Pronunciation: 'sir-E-&l
Function: noun
1 : a plant (as a grass) yielding starchy grain suitable for food; also : its grain (璋風墿)
2 : a prepared foodstuff of grain (as oatmeal or cornflakes) (鐢辮胺鐗╁埗鎴愮殑椋熷搧)
1 : a plant (as a grass) yielding starchy grain suitable for food; also : its grain (璋風墿)
2 : a prepared foodstuff of grain (as oatmeal or cornflakes) (鐢辮胺鐗╁埗鎴愮殑椋熷搧)
Function: adjective
Etymology: French or Latin; French c茅r茅ale, from Latin cerealis of Ceres, of grain, from Ceres
: relating to grain or to the plants that produce it; also : made of grain (鐢辮胺鐗╁埗鎴愮殑)
Etymology: French or Latin; French c茅r茅ale, from Latin cerealis of Ceres, of grain, from Ceres
: relating to grain or to the plants that produce it; also : made of grain (鐢辮胺鐗╁埗鎴愮殑)
Example: Some people take cereal as their breakfast.
5. ponder
Pronunciation: 'p盲n-d&r
Function: verb
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French ponderer, from Latin ponderare to weigh, ponder, from ponder-, pondus weight -- more at PENDANT
transitive senses
1 : to weigh in the mind : APPRAISE (琛￠噺)
transitive senses
1 : to weigh in the mind : APPRAISE (琛￠噺)
<pondered their chances of success>
2 : to think about : reflect on (鍙嶆?
2 : to think about : reflect on (鍙嶆?
<pondered the events of the day>
intransitive senses
: to think or consider especially quietly, soberly, and deeply (娣辨濈啛铏?
Example: I'm pondering whether or not I should join another club.
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