刘毅英语单词记忆突破英语基础词汇3000 Lesson 23第五部分
Shriek n.尖叫声 v.尖叫
A shriek of pain came from the wounded man.
受伤的人发出一声痛苦的尖叫。
The girls were all shrieking with laughter.
女孩们都边叫边笑着。
Snatch v.抢夺 n.抓住
The thief snatched her handbag and ran away.
小偷抢了她的手提袋跑了。
He made a snatch at the rope but missed.
他试着抓住绳子，可没抓到。
Spine n.脊椎
His spine was broken in the accident .
Stem n.干;茎
The stem of a tree supports its branches and leaves•
树干支撑着树枝和叶子。
Stumble v.跌倒
He stumbled over a stone on the rough path.
他被石头绊倒，跌倒在崎岖的路上。
Sweep [swi:p] v.消除
同：clean
While her mother was cooking, Mary swept the floor.
玛丽的母亲煮饭时，她扫地。
Territory n.地方
Some people like to travel through unknown territory•
有些人喜欢到无人知道的地方去旅行。
Torture v.拷问 n.痛苦
Most of the civilized nations do not torture prisoners.
大多数文明的国家不会拷问犯人。
The sight of his sick brother was an unbearable torture to him.
他弟弟生病时的样子，对他来说是一种无法忍受的痛苦。
Twin n.双胞胎中的一个
I can't tell one twin from the other;they look just alike.
我无法分辨出这两个双胞胎，他们长得几乎一样。
Vine n.藤;蔓
Melons and pumpkins grow on vines
甜瓜和南瓜长在藤上。
Whip [hwip] v.鞭打
同：beat, lash n.鞭子
The boy was whipped for telling a lie
那孩子因说谎而被鞭打。
It is cruel to use a whip to punish a little child.
用鞭子惩罚小孩子是残忍的。
单词练习及答案：从上面所学中选出最适当的一个单词，填入空格内;
1 .He was_____by his father for bad manners•
2.Much_____ in the northern part of Africa is desert.
3.Many bridges were_____away by the floods.
4 .If you are not careful,you' 11_____over that box.
5 .The boy was_____from his home by two armed men.
[答案]1.whipped 2.territory 3.swept 4.stumble 5.snatched