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n.
(關稅,關稅表,價目表,價格表) tax on goods coming into a country


Spelling Word: tariff
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a. Syn. restrained
(節制的,自我控制的) restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality


Spelling Word: temperate
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n. Syn. occupant; leaseholder
(承租人,房客) occupant; one that pays rent to use land or building


Spelling Word: tenant
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n.
(連排住宅,梯田,台地,陽台) row of houses built in a similar style; level shelf of land with steep slopes


Spelling Word: terrace
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n. Syn. land; landform; topography
(地勢,地形) piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground


Spelling Word: terrain
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n.
(自動調溫器,恆溫器) device, as in a home heating system, a refrigerator, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes


Spelling Word: thermostat
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n.
(大腿) part of the leg between the hip and the knee


Spelling Word: thigh
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a.
(猛打) beating or pounding strongly


Spelling Word: throbbing
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v.
(清空,鳴鐘,(道路,港口的)通行費,過路稅) charge a fee for using; sound in slowly repeated single tones; announce or summon by ringing a bell


Spelling Word: toll
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n. Syn. track
(踪跡,小路,追踪) path or track roughly through wild or hilly country; overland route


Spelling Word: trail