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cket off : go off like rocketsSimilar metaphors暗喻,隱喻It could snowball into a serious conflict.5. Laurel : n 月桂樹,桂冠,殊榮l Win one39。s affairs保守秘密;不與人來往,不善交際Eg: she kept herself in the ship and would speak to no one.7. Roam vi/vt :漫步,漫游 walk or travel without any definite aim or destination.Eg: he used to roam the street for hours on end.The visitors roamed around/about the town.8. abandon: l Go away from a person or thing or place, not intending to return。 immense difficulties, problems, possibilities Of immense importance11. Penetrate vl Penetrate into/ through sth: make a way or through 進(jìn)入或穿透Eg: the heavy rain had penetrated right through her coat. The party has been penetrated by extremists.l Understand or discover sth洞察,看穿,理解Eg: he penetrated their thoughts.Penetrating adjl Having or showing the ability to think and understand quickly and deeply思想敏捷的,有洞察力的Eg: a penetrating mind, question, thinker敏捷的頭腦,尖銳的問題,有洞察力的思想家l Of a voice or sound loud and carrying, piercing聲音響亮的,尖銳的Eg: a penetrating cry, shriek, yell刺耳的哭喊,尖叫,叫喊等12. Stand : growing crop or tree in a certain area(某地)正在生長的作物或樹Eg: a good stand of timber生長茂盛的樹木I took my stand upon sound precedents我的立場基于有利的先例Music stand / hat stand樂譜,帽架A news stand/stall報(bào)攤Will the next witness please take the stand請下一個(gè)證人作證(證人席)13. Creep : vil Move slowly, quietly or stealthily, esp crouching low 慢慢地移動,蠕動,爬行Eg: she crept up to him from behind A feeling of drowsiness睡意 crept over himl Of plants grow along the ground, up walls,,根等蔓延,攀附Eg: a creeping vine藤CF: crawl and creepCrawl: vil Move slowly, with the body on or close to the ground, or on hands and knees匍匐行進(jìn)Eg: a snake crawling along the groundl Of traffic, vehicles etc move very slowly緩慢移動Eg 。s)ease. : be/feel fortable and unworried。s time / hospitality/ privacy 17. Pass away = die關(guān)于“死”的各種說法: His star has set.He has met his end.His time has e.He expired.He has breathed his last.He is sleeping the final sleep.He is resting in peace.18. Gaze:凝視,注視l Vi look long and steadily (at sb/sth) usu. In surprise or admiration.Eg: she just sat gazing into space/ gazing through the window.l Gaze on / upon sb/sth