[英语学习]WebGRE Vocabulary37红宝书韦氏词典版.docVIP

Sky-rocket 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●v.陡升, 猛涨 ●［英］v.陡升, 猛涨 ( to shoot up abruptly) ●［记］组合词: sky＋rocket ( 火箭) Skyscraper 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●n. 摩天大楼 ●［英］n. 摩天大楼 ( a very tall modern city building) ●［类］bone : body / girder : skyscraper ( 身体有骨骼支撑 / 摩天大楼有钢梁支撑) Webster Collegiate noun ●Date: 1883 ●a very tall building Slab 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●n.厚板, 厚块 ●［英］n.厚板, 厚块 ( a thick plate or slice) ●［类］反义词: sliver ( 细条) ●［记］和stab ( 刺、戳) 一起记 ●［例］a slab of bread ( 一块厚面包) Webster Collegiate I. noun ●Etymology: Middle English ~be ●Date: 14th century ●1. a thick plate or slice (as of stone, wood, or bread): as m a. the outside piece cut from a log in squaring it m b. concrete pavement (as of a road); specifically a strip of concrete pavement laid as a single unjointed piece m c. ■ (1) a flat rectangular architectural element that is usually formed of a single piece or mass a concrete foundation ~ ■ (2) a rectangular building having little width with respect to its length and usually height ●2. something that resembles a ~ (as in size, shape, or density) backed up by a solid ~ of reference material — Times Literary Supplement ●?~like adjective II. transitive verb (~bed; ~bing) ●Date: 1703 ●1. m a. to remove an outer ~ from (as a log) m b. to divide or form into ~s ●2. to cover or support (as a roadbed or roof) with ~s ●3. to put on thickly III. adjective ●Etymology: akin to Middle English ~ben to wallow, obsolete Danish ~ muck ●Date: 1605 ●dialect chiefly England thick, viscous Slack 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●adj.懒散的, 懈怠的; ( 绳) 松弛的v.松懈, 怠惰 ●［英］adj.懒散的, 懈怠的 ( sluggish; inactive) ; ( 绳) 松弛的 ( loose) ; ●［类］反义词: taut ( 紧张的) Webster Collegiate kI. adjective ●Etymology: Middle English slak, from Old English sleac; akin to Old High German slah ~, Latin laxus ~, loose, languēre to languish, Greek lagnos lustful and perhaps to Greek lēgein to stop ●Date: before 12th century ●1. not using due diligence, care, or dispatch ; negligent ●2. m a. characterized by slowness, sluggishness, or lack of energy a ~ pace m b. moderate in some quality;