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jeer  Speak Example sentences
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(嘲笑) gear; tackle; combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship
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(商业的,贸易的) trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
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(浪费的,大方的) liberal; wasteful; excessive spending
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(发光的,闪耀的) shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
languid  Speak Example sentences
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(宽宏大量的) generous; high-minded; chivalrous
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(俗人,犯人,外行) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
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(薄雾,模糊不清 的东西) visible watery vapor suspended in atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog; haze before the eyes that blurs the vision
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(疲倦的,无精打采的) lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
lateral  Speak Example sentences
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(侧面的,侧向的) coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
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(模数,模块,(独立的)舱) standard or unit of measurement; self-contained component of a system; unit of education covering a single topic
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(优点,价值) virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
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(俗人,犯人,外行) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
latitude  Speak Example sentences
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(模数,模块,(独立的)舱) standard or unit of measurement; self-contained component of a system; unit of education covering a single topic
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(范围) freedom from normal restraints; angular distance north or south of the earth's equator
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((政府的)部,部的办公楼,部长) act of serving; government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister
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(自由,放肆) official or legal permission to do or own a specified thing
layman  Speak Example sentences
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(胡须) hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
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(手稿,手抄本) written with or by the hand; not printed; literary or musical composition written with the hand
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(一千年的) span of one thousand years; thousandth anniversary
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(俗人,犯人,外行) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
legislation  Speak Example sentences
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(立法) lawmaking; the act of making or enacting laws ; law enacted by a legislative body
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(饰带,花边) delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets
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(隐喻) implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
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(困难地做,太冗长地解释) effort expended on particular task; act of mother giving birth; time period during which mother gives birth
mantle  Speak Example sentences
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(地幔,斗蓬,覆盖物,壁炉架) loose sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; cloak as a symbol of authority; covering; envelop
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(新陈代谢) chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism to maintenance of life
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(位置,地方) place; district; surrounding or nearby region; particular neighborhood
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(动量,冲力) product of a body's mass and its velocity; impelling force or strength; impetus
melody  Speak Example sentences
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(悦耳的音调) tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
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(无数,非常多) of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand
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(巨大的,可怕的) marvelous; strange; extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness
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(困难地做,太冗长地解释) effort expended on particular task; act of mother giving birth; time period during which mother gives birth
mercantile  Speak Example sentences
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(商业的,贸易的) trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
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(手稿,手抄本) written with or by the hand; not printed; literary or musical composition written with the hand
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(繁多的,多种的) various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated
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(独白,个人长篇演说) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
metaphor  Speak Example sentences
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(发光的,闪耀的) shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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(疲倦的,无精打采的) lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
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(独白,个人长篇演说) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
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(隐喻) implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol