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timidity

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	(截去尖端) cut the top off; make shorter as if by cutting off
	(出土,发掘) bring up out of earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
	(不服从的,倔强的) difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
	(胆怯) lack of self-confidence or courage

titter

2

	(有名无实的) nominal holding of title without obligations; existing in name only; nominal
	(无所不在的) being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
	(解放) liberate; free from chains; set free or keep free from restrictions or bonds
	(神经质的笑) laugh in a restrained, nervous way; giggle

tortuous

3

	(阻碍,挫败) hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
	(曲折的,蜿蜒的) marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
	(诽谤,中伤) cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame
	(迟钝,麻木,不活泼) state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy

tractable

4

	(深仇,世仇) feud in which members of opposing parties murder each other; blood bitter quarrel
	(论文) systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
	(驯良的,温顺的,易处理的) easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
	(神经质的笑) laugh in a restrained, nervous way; giggle

trough

5

	(槽,低谷) container for feeding farm animals; lowest point of a wave or business cycle
	(动人的,令人感伤的) concerning; relating to; with respect to
	(结局,最后结果) final result; outcome or effect; central idea or point; gist
	(约会,幽会) secret meeting; agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place

tryst

6

	(吝啬鬼) one who is stingy or overly cautious or defensive with money; miser
	(驯良的,温顺的,易处理的) easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
	(截去尖端) cut the top off; make shorter as if by cutting off
	(约会,幽会) secret meeting; agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place

turbulence

7

	(长途跋涉,洗衣) travel or wander through; cleanse clothes in water
	(滑稽化,滑稽模仿) comedy characterized by improbable situations; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous
	(约会,幽会) secret meeting; agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place
	(湍流,骚乱,动荡) state of violent agitation; eddying motion; unstable flow of a liquid or gas; state of violent disturbance and disorder

typhoon

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	(解放) liberate; free from chains; set free or keep free from restrictions or bonds
	(结局,最后结果) final result; outcome or effect; central idea or point; gist
	(吝啬鬼) one who is stingy or overly cautious or defensive with money; miser
	(台风) tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific; violent whirlwind

unearth

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	(诽谤,中伤) cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame
	(引起,触发,扳机) cause something happen; set off
	(翠绿的,生疏的,无经验的) green; full of juice in vegetation
	(出土,发掘) bring up out of earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover

unfetter

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	(顶点,最高点) highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of angle
	(陪臣,诸侯) grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior; feudatory; feudal tenant
	(责备) severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply
	(解放) liberate; free from chains; set free or keep free from restrictions or bonds

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