garden

n

1 [C, U] (piece of) private ground used for growing flowers, fruit, vegetables, etc, typically with a lawn or other open space for recreation （私人的）花园、 果园、 菜园等园地

    We´ve only a small garden. 我们的花园很小.

banns

n[pl]

public announcement in church that two people intend to marry each other （教堂里的）结婚预告

    read/publish the banns 阅读[公布]结婚预告

thousandfold

adj, adv one thousand times as much or as many 千倍的; 成千倍.

nullification

n[U].

secondment

n [C, U]: a two-month secondment 两个月的借调

    an officer on secondment (ie seconded) overseas 调往海外的军官.

convulsive

adj

1 having, producing or consisting of convulsions （产生）痉挛的; 抽搐的

    a convulsive movement, spasm, etc 抽搐的动作、 发作等.

posterior

adj

(fml 文)

1 ~ (to sth) later (than sth) in time or in a series （时间或次序）在（某事物）之後的. Cf 参看 prior1.

torch

n

1 (US `flashlight) small hand-held electric lamp powered by a battery 手电筒; 电棒.2 (US) = blowlamp (blow1).

3 piece of wood, esp one wrapped in cloth and soaked in oil, etc, which is lit and held in the hand to give light 火炬; 火把.

floor show

series of performances, eg of singing and dancing, presented in a night-club, bar, etc 一系列的表演（如夜总会、 酒吧间等的唱歌、 跳舞）.

cleaning woman

woman employed to clean offices, a private house, etc 女清洁工.

BP

abbr 缩写 = British Petroleum 英国石油公司

    work for BP 为英国石油公司工作.

birthplace

n house or district where a person was born 出生处; 出生地

    Mozart´s birthplace is (in) Salzburg. 莫扎特的出生地是萨尔茨堡.

headmaster

headmistress, ns principal man or woman in a school, responsible for organizing it （中小学的）校长.

plimsoll

(also pump) n (Brit) (US sneaker) rubber-soled canvas sports shoe; gym-shoe 橡皮底帆布鞋

    a pair of plimsolls 一双体操鞋.

attic

n

space or room immediately below the roof of a house 阁楼; 顶楼

    furniture stored in the attic 在阁楼 存放的家具

thousand

pron, det

1 (after a or one, an indication of quantity; no pl form 用於a或one之後表示数量, 无复数形式) 1000; ten hundred 1000, 千（个）

    (infml 口) I´ve got a thousand and one (ie many) things to do. 我有许多事要做. =>App 4 见附录4.

-fold

suff 後缀 (with numbers forming adjs and advs 与数字结合构成形容词及副词) multiplied by; having the specified number of parts ...倍; 有...部分: tenfold * twofold.

Persian lamb

silky curled fur, usu black, of a type of Asian lamb, used for coats; astrakhan 波斯羔羊皮（通常为黑色）.

specifically

adv

in a specific manner 确切地; 具体地; 特别地

    You were specifically warned not to eat fish. 已经特别叮嘱过你不要吃鱼.

FM

abbr 缩写 =

1 Field Marshal. 2 (radio 无) frequency modulation. Cf 参看 AM 1. fm, abbr 缩写 = fathom(s).