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bachelor  Speak Example sentences
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(宴会,出席宴会,参加宴会) feast; entertainment of eating and drinking
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(荒芜的,贫瘠的) desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
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(学士(学位),单身汉) unmarried men; the first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges
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(酿造,酝酿,孕育) boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering
backward  Speak Example sentences
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(埋葬,葬礼) grave or tomb; ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; concealing something under the ground
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(物品交换,易货贸易) trade goods or services without the exchange of money
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(酿造,酝酿,孕育) boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering
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(向后的,返回的,落后的,没有自信的,羞怯的) directed to the back or rear; unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; undeveloped
balloonist  Speak Example sentences
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(荒凉) property of not supporting life, no children or unable to have children; defect of emotion, sensibility, or fervency
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(燃烧,照耀) brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
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(传记作家) one who writes a book about somebody's life
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(气球驾驶者) someone who flies a balloon
banquet  Speak Example sentences
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(眨眼) shut eyes briefly; wink
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(芽,蓓蕾) one that is not yet fully developed; sprout
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(宴会,出席宴会,参加宴会) feast; entertainment of eating and drinking
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(祝福,恩赐) praying for divine protection; formal act of giving approval
barrenness  Speak Example sentences
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(围攻) surround with armed forces; harass with requests
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(荒凉) property of not supporting life, no children or unable to have children; defect of emotion, sensibility, or fervency
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(钝的,直率的,不客气的,使变钝) having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
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(令人厌烦的) uninteresting and tiresome; dull
barrier  Speak Example sentences
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(屏障,障碍,栅栏) obstacle; structure built to bar passage; boundary or limit
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(令人厌烦的) uninteresting and tiresome; dull
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(盐水的,咸的) salty; any very large body of salt water
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(向后的,返回的,落后的,没有自信的,羞怯的) directed to the back or rear; unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; undeveloped
batch  Speak Example sentences
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(脑,大脑,头脑,智力) organ or seat of intellect; understanding or imagination
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(钝的,直率的,不客气的,使变钝) having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
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(骨干,支柱) support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column
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(一批,大量) quantity of bread baked at one time; a collection of things or persons to be handled together
below  Speak Example sentences
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(预先,过早,匆忙) in state of anticipation; in advance; by way of preparation
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(在…下面) under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; inferior to in rank; unworthy of
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(煞车 减速,阻止) a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction
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(洞穴,供居住或躲藏的洞或地道) tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; dig; move through by or as by digging
besiege  Speak Example sentences
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(围攻) surround with armed forces; harass with requests
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(令人厌烦的) uninteresting and tiresome; dull
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(光束,铁梁,木梁,一束电波) ray of light; long piece of metal or wood; long piece fixed or movable in structure, machine, or tool
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(联结,联系,粘连,化学键 v 结合) link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty
bilateral  Speak Example sentences
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(传记作家) one who writes a book about somebody's life
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(打击,敲击,打败) whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly
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(两边的,双边的) two-sided; mutual
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(芽,蓓蕾) one that is not yet fully developed; sprout