Vocabulary Matters, Culture Matters - 學(xué)習(xí)托福詞匯,了解北美文化 - 1

跌宕起伏的2020,還有82天限次。

巨大歷史洪流中你我只是一粒塵埃谒主,由得自己的事情寥寥可數(shù)臭墨。學(xué)習(xí)是其中之一枉疼。

how many days to the end of this year

82天不間斷每天10個托福詞匯深度學(xué)習(xí)的文章,是我想留給2020和我自己的一份禮物魄咕。

有趣衩椒,不枯燥。用英語解讀英語哮兰,學(xué)單詞和它相關(guān)的文化毛萌。試試看吧。

(此系列文章適合英語六級以上讀者)

aftermath

The aftermath of a car crash might include a broken fender, a sprained rib, and a lecture from a police officer. The consequences of an unpleasant event make up its aftermath.

n. 后果喝滞,余波
上面這句英文解釋的釋義是說阁将,汽車事故的后果可能是撞壞的防護(hù)殼,扭傷的肋骨右遭,以及一紙警察的文書做盅。一件不快的事件帶來的一系列結(jié)果就是aftermath。

a broken fender

fender, bumper

圖中的黑色撞壞的部分是fender窘哈。白色撞壞的部分是bumper吹榴。

a sprained rib

rib

rib就是排骨啦~ a sprained rip就是扭傷的肋骨。

grievous

If something is called grievous, you better take it seriously. Grievous is used to describe horrible things like tragedies or crimes. If you have a grievous wound, a band-aid simply won't do.

Grievous is derived from the noun grief, which means "sadness." When something is grievous, therefore, it's not just bad, but so bad that it causes unusually intense shock or sadness. It's often used to describe crimes and other bad deeds that go beyond mere criminality and into the world of cruelty. For example, it's harmful to steal from someone; it's grievous to steal from them and then, having stolen their stuff, beat them up or kill them.

adj. 痛苦的滚婉,劇烈的图筹,嚴(yán)重的
如果什么東西是被稱作grievous,那么就要嚴(yán)肅對待它了让腹。Grevious一般用來形容悲劇或者犯罪這樣的事情远剩。如果你有個grievous傷口,那么不是簡單用個創(chuàng)可貼就可以處理的骇窍。
Grievous詞源是grief瓜晤,意思是悲傷。一件事情如果是grievous的腹纳,那么痢掠,這件事情不僅僅是不好哈恰,而是很不好,它經(jīng)常帶來的震驚和巨大的悲傷志群。Grievous經(jīng)常被用來描述超出一般犯罪行為的殘忍的犯罪。舉例而言蛔钙,偷竊是有害的锌云,而如果偷竊之后還把人給打傷或者殺掉就是grievous了。

dehydrate

To make a raisin, you dehydrate a grape. To dehydrate is to remove all of the water from, or to dry up.
When you exercise a lot, it's good to drink water so that your body doesn't dehydrate. Signs of dehydration in a person? Dry mouth, exhaustion, dark urine, the chills, and head rushes. If you experience these, get a drink quick! Signs of dehydration in a fruit? Wrinkled skin and extra sweetness. Yum!

vt. vi. 脫水
做葡萄干就是把葡萄脫水吁脱。脫水就是要么把水分脫掉桑涎,要么讓它變干。
大量運(yùn)動后兼贡,最好要補(bǔ)充水分保證身體不會脫水攻冷。身體脫水的征兆是,嘴干遍希,疲倦等曼,尿的顏色深,寒戰(zhàn)凿蒜,頭暈禁谦。如果有這些癥狀,一定要盡快飲水废封。水果脫水的表現(xiàn)是什么呢州泊?皺皺的皮和甜甜的果果,好吃漂洋!


dehydrated house-grown grapes

今年收成的唯二的兩串葡萄之一的這串兒就是很好的脫水了的葡萄的示例遥皂,剛跑去洗了3顆吃掉了,甜度值爆表刽漂!

syrup

Syrup is the thick, sweet liquid you pour on your blueberry pancakes. Maple syrup is just one of many deliciously sticky types of syrup.
Syrup is a sweetener that dissolves in a liquid more quickly and easily than sugar, so it's often used in beverages. Corn syrup sweetens many sodas, and you might pour a simple syrup (which is made by melting sugar in hot water and cooling it) into your iced tea.

n. 糖漿
你澆在藍(lán)莓松餅上的粘稠度甜甜的液體就是syrup演训。楓糖漿是很多美味的syrup中的一種。
Syrup是比糖更容易溶解在液體中的甜味劑爽冕,所以經(jīng)常被用在飲料中仇祭。很多碳酸飲料中都使用了玉米甜味劑,你也可能會往冰茶中添加簡單的糖漿——用熱水兌糖再冷卻之后的颈畸。

好奇的我去研究了下maple syrup乌奇。
maple syrup(楓糖漿)是用sugar maple,通常是red maple或者balck maple等品種的楓樹的xylem sap(木質(zhì)部樹液)熬出來的眯娱。
請看分解動作:)

how to make maple syrup

how to make maple syrup

how to make maple syrup

how to make maple syrup

how to make maple syrup

如果想順道記下來xylem sap的可以仔細(xì)看看圖礁苗。


xylem sap

xylem sap

Sugar maple真的是美極了!很想種一棵徙缴!然后發(fā)現(xiàn)加州并不適合種它试伙,因?yàn)樗仨氁诙镜靡孕菝撸ㄉ镄菝叩膯卧~叫dormancy)嘁信,加州太溫暖了。


sugar maple

red maple

black maple

geometry

Geometry is the part of mathematics that deals with calculating the distance around a circle, the angels that make up a triangle, or the amount of room inside a cube. If it involves measuring space, it's probably geometry.
The Greek roots of geometry literally mean "to measure earth," and over 5000 years ago farmers started using geometry to figure out how much land they owned. You study geometry in school, and you use it all the time, like calculating the best angle to cut a piece of wood for a birdhouse, or when playing a game of pool. Astronomers use geometry to measure planets millions of miles away -- much easier than finding a ruler that big.

n.幾何學(xué)
幾何學(xué)是數(shù)學(xué)的一部分疏叨,用來計算圓圈長度潘靖,三角形角度,或者圓柱體體積蚤蔓。與測量空間相關(guān)的學(xué)科卦溢,那就是幾何學(xué)了。
它的希臘詞根的字面意思就是“測量土地”秀又,五千多年前農(nóng)夫們就用幾何學(xué)來測量他們有多少土地单寂。我們在學(xué)校里學(xué)習(xí)幾何學(xué),并且總是會用到它吐辙,比如為建造一個鳥巢尋找最佳的木頭切割角度宣决,或者在玩臺球的時候。天文學(xué)家使用幾何學(xué)來測量幾百萬英里之外的星球——這個比找到這樣長的一條尺子要容易得多昏苏。

geometry

exalt

You might like your manager, but if you exalt her, it means you really put her on a pedestal and treat her like royalty.
To exalt is to hold or raise someone up to a high position or status. It doesn't have to mean literally putting that person into a high position, but instead treating them almost like nobility. Overly doting parents exalt their infant to the point where they praise him every time he wets his diaper and call the neighbors over every time he coos.

The man can exult the Way, it is not the Way that exalts the man.

子曰:“人能弘道尊沸,非道弘人”。

vt. vi. 提升贤惯,提拔椒丧,贊揚(yáng),使得意
你可能喜歡你的經(jīng)理救巷,但如果你exalt她壶熏,這意味著你把她放到了一個很尊貴的位置上。
To exalt是把某人放到很高的位置浦译,這個并不是說你真的把某人放到一個很高的職位棒假,而是說很尊貴地對待他。溺愛孩子的父母會在小嬰兒每次尿到尿不濕上的時候都表揚(yáng)他精盅,并且每次他咿咿呀呀的時候都要把鄰居喊過來帽哑。。叹俏。

fungus

Is there a fungus among us? A fungus is a simple organism that's not an animal or a plant. A delicious mushroom is one kind of fungus, while another type of fungus causes nasty infections.
The plural of fungus in fungi, so when you order a pizza you can request it "with extra fungi" if you like. Mold, yeast, and mildew are all types of fungi, and there are plenty of edible fungi as well, including truffles and portobello mushrooms. While a fungus may look like a plant, it doesn't go through photosynthesis like plants do and it reproduces through spores.

n. 真菌妻枕,霉菌,菌類
Fungus在我們生活中出現(xiàn)嗎粘驰?Fungus是一種單細(xì)胞生物屡谐,區(qū)別于動物和植物。鮮美的蘑菇就是fungus的一種蝌数,同時也有其他類型的fungus可以引發(fā)嚴(yán)重的感染愕掏。
Fungus的復(fù)數(shù)形式是fungi,所以我們點(diǎn)披薩的時候可以要求說顶伞,多給我點(diǎn)蘑菇饵撑。

mold

mold

綠色的

yeast剑梳,是酵母

mildew

mildew? mold? What's the difference?

看到這張圖時笑死我了。
Mold and mildew are types of fungi. Typically, mold is black or green, and mildew is gray or white. Mold tends to grow on food, whereas mildew is an issue on damp surfaces, like bathroom walls, basement walls, or fabrics.

就是說滑潘,mold和mildew都是菌類垢乙。典型的mold一般是黑色或者綠色的,mildew一般是灰色或者白色的语卤。Mold一般長在食物上侨赡,mildew一般長在潮濕的物體表面上,像洗手間墻上粱侣,地下室墻上,或者織物上蓖宦。

植物的葉子上的那種白色病變齐婴,叫powdery mildew。

powdery mildew

pertinent

Something pertinent is relevant and on-point. If you give your best friend pertinent advice, that means the advice is appropriate for the situation.
Something pertinent is related to the current topic or situation -- and probably helpful too. If you're in math class and you make a comment about World War I, that's likely not pertinent. If you're in music class and you talk about a cello, that probably is pertinent. Pertinent things are appropriate and logical. In most situations, people like to get comments and questions that are pertinent -- anything else can just seem like a distraction.

adj. 相關(guān)的稠茂,切題的
說什么東西是pertinent柠偶,就是說這個東西是相關(guān)的或者切題的。如果你給你的好朋友pertinent建議睬关,那就是說你的建議對他目前的狀況是合適的诱担。
說什么東西pertinent,就是說它與當(dāng)前的話題或者狀況相關(guān)——并且有幫助电爹。如果你在數(shù)學(xué)課上評論一戰(zhàn)蔫仙,那很可能就不是pertinent。如果你在音樂課上談?wù)摯筇崆儇ぢ幔呛芸赡芫褪莗ertinent摇邦。Pertinent是相關(guān)的和有邏輯的東西。大多數(shù)情況下屎勘,人們喜歡得到pertinent的建議或者提問——反而言之施籍,就很可能是分散注意力了。

cello是大提琴

husk

A husk is the fibrous covering of a seed or a fruit that's usually removed before you eat it. To make white rice, the husk is removed from the plant, leaving behind a smooth grain.
When you hear the word husk, you may think of the thick leaves that cover ear of corn. Any vegetable, legume, seed, or fruit with a protective covering has a husk, which is also called a hull or chaff. You can use this word as a verb, too:"Are you going to husk all that corn by yourself? It's almost time for dinner!" Some etymologists trace this word back to the Dutch huuskyn, "little house."

n. vt. vi. 皮概漱,外殼丑慎,削皮,嗓音變得嘶啞
Husk是種子或者過時外面的那層皮瓤摧。白色的大米是把husk去掉之后才得來的竿裂。
你聽到husk這個詞的時候,可能想到的是玉米穗外面的厚厚的皮照弥。所有的有保護(hù)殼的蔬菜铛绰,豆莢類,種子产喉,水果都有一個husk捂掰,也叫做hull或者chaff敢会。你也可以把husk用作動詞,比如这嚣,你是打算自己去掉所有玉米的外殼嗎鸥昏?都快到晚飯的時間了!
有些詞源學(xué)家認(rèn)為這個詞可以追溯到荷蘭語的huuskyn姐帚,小房子吏垮。

husk of grain

husk of a chestnut

husk cherry

我特別愛吃的菇?jīng)觯瓉斫衕usk cherry罐旗。

ear of corn

是玉米穗的意思

legume

Legume也是各種莢類植物的統(tǒng)稱膳汪。
Legume和beans的區(qū)別是,legume可以分解為beans九秀,lentils遗嗽,peas和peanuts。
Peas是圓的鼓蜒,lentils是扁圓的痹换,beans是橢圓的。


peas, lentils, beans

algebra

If the math equation you're doing has letters or other symbols that stand for numbers, you're likely doing algebra.

n. 代數(shù)學(xué)
如果你正在算的等式中包含一些代表數(shù)字的字母或者符號都弹,那么你很可能就是在使用代數(shù)娇豫。


algebra

寫完過了半夜了,但是這篇要算10月10日的畅厢。祝我自己睡個好覺冯痢。

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