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v.
(突进,飞跑,冲撞,急匆匆地写) throw with violence or haste; break, as by throwing or by collision; form or sketch rapidly


Spelling Word: dash
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n.
(数据库) collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval


Spelling Word: database
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v. Syn. pollute
(污染,亵渎) pollute; make dirty or spotty


Spelling Word: defile
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a. Syn. neat; skillful
(灵巧的,敏锐地) quick and skillful; neat in action or performance


Spelling Word: deft
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v.
(剥夺,夺去,免去) deny; take away


Spelling Word: deprive
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n. Syn. ancestry; origin
(血统,世袭) ancestry; origin; the descendants of one individual; drop; fall; a movement downward


Spelling Word: descent
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v. Syn. abhor; loathe
(深恶,憎恶) dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards


Spelling Word: detest
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v. Syn. ruin; destroy
(毁坏) ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate


Spelling Word: devastate
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v. Syn. invent; plan
(设计,发明) form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will


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n. Syn. graph; chart
(图表) graph; chart; figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement; plan


Spelling Word: diagram