新闻英语词汇

the next leg 下一段
  China's Olympic Games organisers say they will scale down the route of the torch through the country and there will be a minute's silence
  when the next leg starts in the south-eastern city of Ruijin on Wednesday.

are inclusive of

stipulate:规定,保证

Side Effect 副作用

unary:一元的,

cuisine:厨房烹调法,烹饪

I am on medical leave today!
I (have) already done it.

Lexington:列克星敦
Bagdad:巴格达,
Mosque 回教堂

appalling:令人震惊的,骇人听闻…
--1.Causing consternation
    appalling conditions
--2.An experience that appalls
appall:使胆寒,使惊骇
--1.trike with disgust or revulsion
--2.Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

ecumenical:经济的,节俭的,
普世教会运动(Ecumenical Movement)

crayon:有色粉笔,蜡笔,粉笔

mystify:迷惑
--1.Be a mystery or bewildering to
--2.Make mysterious
    mystify the story"

 razor:剃刀,剃
 --1.Edge tool used in shaving

 利物浦,Liverpool

流产  miscarriage
sissy (形) 娘娘腔的
tom boy----假小子

scorcher:大热天
--1.An extremely hot day
--2.A very hard hit ball

blister:
--1.Get blistered
    Her feet got blisterd during the long hike.
--2.Subject to harsh criticism
    The Senator blisterd the adminstration in his speech on Friday

blistering:
--1.Harsh or corrosive in tone
    blistering criticism
--2.Hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters
    blistering sun
--3.Very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
    a blistering space

nippy:刺骨的,凛冽的
--1.A sharp biting taste
    a nippy cheese
--2.Pleasantly cold and invigorating
    a nippy fall day

gloomy:黑暗的,阴沉的
--1.Depressingly dark

overcast:覆盖,多云的天,阴天

frosty:霜冻的

foggy:
misty:雾蒙蒙的

mild:

humid:潮湿的

breezy:风和日丽的

blizzard:大风雪

we'll going to have a blizzard.