proton

n

elementary particle with a positive electric charge, which is present in the nuclei of all atoms 质子. Cf 参看 electron, neutron.

seller

n

1 (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词) person who sells 卖者; 卖方: a `bookseller 书商

    the buyer and the seller 买方和卖方.

sliding door

door that slides on runners and is drawn across an opening 滑门; 拉门.

side-stroke

n [U] any of various types of swimming stroke in which the swimmer is on his side 侧泳

    Can you do side-stroke? 你会侧泳吗?

extravagantly

adv: extravagantly dressed 衣著奢侈.

beck

n

(Brit dialect 方) mountain stream; brook. beck, n (idm 习语) at one´s/sb´s ,beck and `call always ready to obey one´s/sb´s orders immediately 听命於人; 唯某人之命是从

    The king has always had servants at his beck and call. 国王有奴仆们随时听他使唤.

snot

n[U]

(infml 口) mucus of the nose 鼻涕

    snot running down the child´s nose 从这孩子的鼻子里流出的鼻涕.

gentry

n[pl v]

(usu 通常作 the gentry) people of good social position next below the nobility 绅士; 上等人.

catalepsy

n[U]

disease which causes a person to become temporarily unconscious and his body rigid 强直性昏厥; 僵住症.

clitoral

adj.

ignominious

adj

shameful or humiliating; causing disgrace 耻辱的; 屈辱的; 丢脸的

    an ignominious defeat 可耻的失败.

wonderfully

adv

(a) surprisingly 令人惊奇地

    She is wonderfully active for her age. 她年纪那麽大活跃得不得了.

iguana

n

type of large tree-climbing lizard of tropical America 鼠鳞蜥（产於热带美洲的攀木大蜥蜴）.

technicality

n

1 technical term or point 术语; 专业上的细节

    The book is full of scientific technicalities. 这本书里尽是科学术语.

predicative

adj

(grammar) (of an adjective or a noun) coming after a verb such as be, become, get, seem, look （指形容词或名词）用作表语的（即用在诸如 be、 become、 get、 seem、 look 等动词後面的）. Cf 参看 attributive.

ocarina

n

small high-pitched musical instrument, shaped like an egg, with holes for the fingertips, played by blowing and made of clay, metal or plastic 埙, 洋埙（高音小笛, 形如卵, 用陶土、 金属或塑料制成）.

cliquy

(also cliquey, cliquish), adj (derog 贬)

(a) (of people) tending to form a clique （指人）有结成小集团倾向的.

(b) dominated by a clique or cliques 被小集团所把持的

maidenly

adj (approv 褒) gentle and modest; of orlike a maiden 文雅的; 温顺的; （似）少女的

    her maidenlyshyness 她那少女的腼腆.

road-block

n barricade across a road, set up by the police or army to stop traffic for search 路障（军警设置的）.

seepage

n

1 [U, C] process of seeping 漏; 渗; 渗漏: some seepage 有点渗漏

    reported seepages from the pipe 据称管道渗漏.