landfall

n

(a) first sight of or approach to land after a journey by sea （航海中）初见或接近陆地

    We made a landfall at dusk after three weeks at sea. 在海上航行三周後的一个黄昏, 我们看到了陆地.

fossilization

fossilisation, n [U].

dictionary

n

(a) book that lists and explains the words of a language, or gives translations of them into one or more other languages, and is usu arranged in alphabetical order 字典; 词典

    an English dictionary 英语词典.

elucidation

n[U]

(fml 文)

    This rp;  This requires elucidation. 此事需要解释清楚.

repatriate

v[Tn, Tn.pr]

~ sb (to sth) send or bring sb back to his own country 将某人遣送回国

    repatriate refugees, prisoners-of-war, immigrants, etc to their homeland 把难民、 战俘、 外来移民等遣送回国.

common time

(music 音) two or four beats (esp four crotchets) in a bar 普通拍子（每小节两拍或四拍, 尤指四个四分音符）.

development area

(Brit) poor area where new industries are encouraged in order to create jobs 待开发区（鼓励发展新工业以提供就业机会的贫穷地区）.

arise

v

(pt arose , pp arisen )

1 [I] become evident; appear; originate 呈现; 出现; 发生

nervy

adj

(-ier, -iest) (infml 口)

1 (Brit) excitable; uneasy; jumpy 易激动的; 烦躁不安的; 神经紧张的.

viability

n[U]

    test sp;  test the commercial viability of solar power 试验将太阳能商品化的可行性.

lampshade

n cover (made of glass, cloth, etc) placed over a lamp to soften or screen its light 灯罩.

harshness

n [U].

dumb waiter

(a) (US lazy Susan) stand with shelves for holding food ready to be served 食品台; 食品架.

(b) small lift for carrying food, etc from one floor to another, esp in a restaurant 小型升降机（尤指饭店中传送食物者）.

yd

abbr 缩写 = (pl yds) yard (measurement 量度单位)

    12 yds of silk 12 码的丝绸. Cf 参看 ft, in.

desensitize

desensitise, v [Tn]

make (a patient, nerve, etc) insensitive or less sensitive to light, pain, etc 使（病人、 神经等）对光、 疼痛等无感觉或不敏感; 使脱敏

    desensitize an area of skin 使一块皮肤脱敏

the Iron Curtain

(fig 比喻) the frontier separating the former USSR and other communist countries of Eastern Europe from the West, seen by the West as a barrier to information and trade 铁幕（从西方观点看前苏联及东欧共产党国家与西方之间在信息、 贸易等方面的屏障）

    life behind the Iron Curtain 铁幕後的生活

    [attrib 作定语]

supermarket

n

large shop selling food, household goods, etc which one takes from the shelves oneself and pays for at the exit 超级市场（开架出售食品、 日用品等的商场）.

Hebraic

adj

of the Hebrew language or people 希伯来语的; 希伯来人的.

stead

n

(idm 习语) in sb´s/sth´s `stead (fml 文) in sb´s/sth´s place; instead of sb/sth 代替某人[某事物]

    I can´t attend the meeting but I´ll send my assistant in my stead. 这个会我来不了, 我让助手代我出席. stand sb in good `stead be useful or helpful to sb when needed 在需要时对某人有用或有帮助

bluebottle

n

large buzzing fly with a blue body 青蝇.