【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 in floods of tears. 孩子哭成淚人了。3) v. 淹沒，泛濫eg. The river has flooded the surrounding area. 這條河淹沒了周圍的地區(qū)。eg. Every spring the river floods the fields. 每年春天，這條河都要淹沒田野。4) v. （人，物）涌到（某場所），（光線，聲音）充滿（某場所）eg. Japanese cars have flooded the American market. 日本汽車充斥著美國市場。eg. Letters of thanks flooded in. 感謝信源源不斷地涌入。eg. Requests for information flooded to the office. The office was flooded with requests for information. 索取資料的信函（電話）大量涌入辦公室。8. authority [?:39。θ?r?ti] n. （常用復(fù)數(shù)）當局1）n. 當局，官方 （pl.）the forest authorities 森林管理當局the health authorities 衛(wèi)生當局the school authorities 學校當局2) n. [u] 權(quán)威，權(quán)力eg. President is of great authority. 總統(tǒng)有至高無上的權(quán)力。eg. Teachers should have greater authority over their students. 教師對學生應(yīng)該有更高的權(quán)威。eg. Who is authority here? 這由誰來主管？3）n. [c] 權(quán)威人士；來源eg. She is an authority on Spanish. 她是西班牙語的權(quán)威人士。eg. I know it on good authority. 我根據(jù)可靠消息來源得知這件事。authoritative [?:39。θ?rit?tiv] adj. 有權(quán)力的，當局的，有權(quán)威的，可依賴的authorize [39。?:θ?raiz] v. 授權(quán)給……eg. He authorized the man as chairman. 他授權(quán)給這個人當主席。9. grassseed [39。gra:s39。si:d] n. 草籽grass1) n. 草a blade of grass /a leaf of grass 一片草葉feed grass to cows 給牛吃草 graze2) n. 草地keep off the grass 請勿踐踏草地grass roots 群眾seed1) n. [c] 種子（part of plant）sunflower seeds 葵花籽2) n. [u] (種植，喂鳥等的)種子（quantity of these for planting, feeding birds）3) n. [c] 根本，原因eg. His sudden death sowed seeds of trouble in his family. 他猝然去世，給家族埋下了糾紛的禍根。 [sprei] v. 噴撒1）vt. 噴灑，噴……于spray paint on the furniture給家具噴上漆a famer sprayed his crops with pesticide一個給莊稼噴殺蟲劑的農(nóng)民eg She sprayed water in the shirt before ironing it.= She sprayed the shirt with water before ironing. 她在熨燙前給襯衫灑上水。2) n. 噴霧器；噴液insect spray 噴液殺蟲劑 [39。kw?nt?ti] n. 量1）n. 大小，質(zhì)量[u]quantity and quality 重量和質(zhì)量2）n. 數(shù)目，數(shù)量[c][u]eg. A small quantity of furniture is painted blue.a large quantity (of) 大量的（可修飾可數(shù)名詞、不可數(shù)名詞，謂語用單數(shù)。）in quantity/ in large quantities 大量的in a small quantity/ in small quantities 少量的quantities of + [c][u] 謂語用復(fù)數(shù)eg. Quantities of food were on the table. 桌上有大量的食物。 [ru:t, rut] n. 根1）n. 根[c] (同音詞：route)the root of a treepull up a plant by the root 把植物連根拔起2）n. 根源，原因the root cause of sth根本原因the root of the problem 問題的根源eg. The love of money is the root of all evil. 崇拜金錢乃萬惡之源。put down new roots 在新的地方立足root and branch 完全地，徹底地3) v. 使……生根，使……扎根eg. Does this plant root easily? 這種植物容易生根嗎？ [39。sent?uri] n. 世紀（指耶穌基督去世以前或以后的每100年的期間）the 20th century （公元19001999年）21st Century 21世紀報at the turn of the century 在世紀之交eg. We have entered the 21st century. 我們已經(jīng)進入了21世紀。centuries ago 幾個世紀之前 [p230。t?] n. 小片1) n. 補丁，布片pants/trousers full of patches 打滿補丁的褲子eg. My jeans need patches on the knees. 我的牛仔褲需要補一下2）n. 小塊，小片patches of green 小塊的綠地patches of sunlight 斑駁的陽光3）n. 小塊地a vegetable patch 小菜園4) v. 修補eg. She patched the hole in