abinet

n

1 [C] piece of furniture with drawers or shelves for storing or displaying things 储藏柜: a filing cabinet 文件柜

    a medicine cabinet 药品柜 * a china cabinet 瓷器柜.

brutal

adj cruel; savage; merciless 残忍的; 野蛮的; 冷酷无情的

    a brutal tyrant, dictator, murderer, etc 残忍的暴君、独裁者、谋杀犯等

    a brutal attack, murder, punishment 野蛮的进攻、谋杀、惩罚.

polysyllabic

adj.

guardsman

n

(pl -men ) soldier in the Guards 禁卫队之士兵.

plaintively

adv.

promising

adj

(a) likely to do well; full of promise1 (3)有出息的; 有前途的

    a promising young pianist 有前途的青年钢琴家.

skimpiness

n [U].

poverty

n[U]

1 state of being poor 贫穷; 贫困

    live in poverty 过著穷困的生活

send-off

n act of saying goodbye to sb 送行; 送别

    She was given a good send-off at the airport. 她在飞机场受到了热情的欢送.

innermost

adj[attrib 作定语]

most inward; inmost 最内的; 最深的

    the innermost depths of a forest 密林深处

mercifully

adv

1 in a merciful way 仁慈地; 宽恕地; 宽容地

    treat sb mercifully 仁慈地对待某人.

hols

(Brit infml 口) holidays (holiday 1b) 假期.

castle

1 large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls, towers, battlements and sometimes a moat 城堡; 堡垒

    a medieval castle 中世纪的城堡

    Windsor Castle 温莎宫. =>illus 见插图.

trustworthiness

n [U].

depression

n

1 [U] being depressed; low spirits 忧愁; 沮丧; 消沉

    He committed suicide during a fit of depression. 他一时想不开, 自杀了.

landowner

n person who owns (esp a large area of) land 地主; （尤指大片的）土地所有者

    one of the biggest single landowners (ie individual people owning the most land) in England 英格兰最大的个体土地所有者.

aggro

n[U]

(Brit sl 俚) violent aggressive behaviour intended to cause trouble 闹事; 滋事; 寻衅

    Don´t give me any aggro or I´ll call the police! 你别找茬儿闹事, 要不然我就叫警察了!

spellbinding

adj

holding the attention in this way; entrancing使人入迷的; 迷人的

    a spellbinding performance 迷住人的表演.

veined

, veiny adjs

marked with or having veins 有静脉的; 有叶脉的; 有翅脉的; 有纹理的; 有矿脉的

    a veined hand 显露青筋的手

liver sausage

(also esp US liverwurst ), sausage containing cooked and finely chopped liver, usu eaten cold on bread 肝香肠.