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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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shaft  Speak Example sentences
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[易受影響的,易感動的,易患病的] easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
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[拒給,保留] refuse to give; refrain from giving, granting, or permitting; deduct from employee's salary
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[桿狀物,軸,垂直通道] axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
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[石板,候選人名單提名] any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
slippery  Speak Example sentences
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[滑車,复滑車,釣具,抓住,揪住,擒抱] apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
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[看得見的,可見的] being often in the public eye; obvious to the eye
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[(物體表面)滑的,光滑的] smooth; being such as to cause things to slip or slide
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[真空] empty area or space; an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction
splash  Speak Example sentences
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[傾向,趨勢] popular taste; the general direction in which something tends to move
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[隱藏,遮蔽,面紗] a length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face; cover; hide
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[濺,潑] cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
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[梭子,往返汽車] public transport that consists of a bus or train, or airplane that runs between two points; spacecraft
stride  Speak Example sentences
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[(由於冷或恐懼)打冷戰,發抖,打得粉碎] shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
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[大步,一跨步,跨過] step; pace; significant progress
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[特徵,特性] quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount
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[鎮壓,抑制,查禁] put down by force or authority; overwhelm; keep from being revealed
stuffing  Speak Example sentences
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[桿狀物,軸,垂直通道] axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
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[(使)變形,改觀] change in outward structure or looks; convert
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[填料,填塞物,餡] the material used for filling cushion, mattress, or others
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[真空] empty area or space; an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction
tendency  Speak Example sentences
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[填料,填塞物,餡] the material used for filling cushion, mattress, or others
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[真空] empty area or space; an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction
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[(使)變形,改觀] change in outward structure or looks; convert
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[趨勢,傾向] trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
thermometer  Speak Example sentences
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[球體] ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
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[比得上,並駕齊驅] compete; be equal to in quality or ability; match
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[溫度計,寒暑表] an instrument for measuring temperature
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[填料,填塞物,餡] the material used for filling cushion, mattress, or others
turf  Speak Example sentences
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[邊界] extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary
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[拒給,保留] refuse to give; refrain from giving, granting, or permitting; deduct from employee's salary
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[填料,填塞物,餡] the material used for filling cushion, mattress, or others
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[草皮,地盤] the surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass; territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
underlying  Speak Example sentences
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[根本的,在下面的,潛在的] lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
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[通用的] affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
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[扭曲,曲解,折磨,拉] twist or turn suddenly and forcibly; move, extract, or force-free by pulling violently
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[撤退] remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
universal  Speak Example sentences
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[(使)變形,改觀] change in outward structure or looks; convert
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[通用的] affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
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[易受影響的,易感動的,易患病的] easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
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[小困難,皺紋,褶皺] a minor difficulty; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface