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a. 粘的,破烂的 slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky; lacking style or good taste; distasteful or offensive


Spelling Word: tacky
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a. 驯服的,没精打采的 domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften


Spelling Word: tame
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n. 迟到,缓慢 lateness; delay; sluggishness; state or quality of being tardy


Spelling Word: tardiness
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a. 试探性的,尝试的,暂时的 hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive


Spelling Word: tentative
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n. 终点站,终点 last stop of a railroad; final point or end; boundary or border


Spelling Word: terminus
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a. 戏剧的,矫揉造作的 of or pertaining to the theater, or scenic representations; resembling manner of dramatic performers


Spelling Word: theatrical
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a. 热的,热学的 relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat


Spelling Word: thermal
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n. 木材,木料 wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood


Spelling Word: timber
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n. 长篇慷慨激昂的演说 extended scolding; long angry or violent speech


Spelling Word: tirade
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n. 牵引 friction between body and surface on which it moves


Spelling Word: traction