【正文】 ll make sth. of himself. 53. peek: (infml) to look at sth. quickly, esp. when one should not They caught him peeking through the hole at what was going on in the room peep: to look at sth. quickly and secretly It?s rude to peep at other people?s work. He took a peep at the back of the book to find out the answers to the questions. Peek amp。 tech) pig boar [o:]: male pig on a farm that is kept for breeding sow [au]: fully grown female pig 12. sledge hammer: large, heavy hammer for swinging with both hands, a large heavy hammer with a long handle, used for smashing concrete 13. barley: 大麥 14. pancake: a thin, flat circle of cooked batter (糊狀物 ) made of milk, flour and eggs. usu. rolled up or folded and eaten hot with a sweet or savory filling inside 15. sidle: walk as if ready to turn or go the other way If you sidle somewhere, you walk there uncertainly or cautiously, as if you do not want anyone to notice you A man sidled up to me and asked if I wanted a ticket for the match.. 16. shuffle: slow dragging walk If you shuffle, you walk without lifting your feet properly off the ground He slipped on his shoes and shuffled out of the room. If you shuffle, you move your feet about while standing or move your bottom about while sitting, often because you feel unfortable or embarrassed. I was shuffling in my seat. cf: totter (), sidle(n. 15), shuffle 17. blaze: to burn with a bright flame A wood fire was blazing, but there was no other light in the room. n. the sudden sharp shooting up of a flame, a very bright fire The fire burned slowly at first, but soon burst into a blaze. 18. sweet gum tree: a large North American tree of the witch hazel (榛子 ) family, with alternate maplelike leaves, spiny (多刺的 ) fruit balls, and flagrant juice 美洲金縷梅 , 落葉灌木或小喬木 . 原產(chǎn)于北美和亞洲 . 其分叉小枝從前用為魔杖 , 這尋找地下水 , 故俗稱魔杖 . 19. dingy: dirty and faded A building or place that is dingy is rather dark and depressing and does not seem to have been well looked after,. This is the dingiest street of the town. Clothes, curtains, etc. that are dingy are dirty or faded. 20. raise: to collect together raise an army / raise enough money for a holiday His wife raised the money by selling her jewellery. We?re trying to raise funds to establish a scholarship. 21. underneath: (so as to go) under (sth..) The letter was pushed underneath the door. Did you find very much growing underneath the snow? (Here it suggests a repressive and imposing quality in her voice.) 22. makebelieve: a state of pretending or the things which are pretended She lives in a makebelieve world / a world of makebelieve. Don?t be afraid of monster the story?s only makebelieve. The little girl made believe she was a princess. 23. shove: to push, esp. in a rough or careless way There was a lot of pushing and shoving to get on the bus. Help me to shove this furniture aside. If you shove sb. or sth., you push them with a quick, rather, violent movement. He dragged her out to the door and shoved her into the street. 24. dimwit: (infml) an ignorant and stupid person dim: faint, not bright wit: intelligence, wisdom at one?s wit?s end: at the end of one?s tether 25. andy: (Br. E andie) very fine transparent muslin (麥斯林紗 , 平紋細(xì)布 ) with a stiff finish (最后一層涂飾 ), very fine rather stiff cotton material used esp. for women’s dresses (蟬翼紗 , 玻璃紗 ) 26. pump: low shoe that grips the foot chiefly at the toe and the heel 27. stare down any disaster in her efforts: face up and defeat any disaster with her efforts stare down: two people looking at each other persistently until one shifts his eye 28. flicker: to move backwards and forwards unsteadily shadows flickered on the wall flickering eyelids 29. stumble: to stop and /or make mistakes in speaking or reading aloud to catch the foot on the ground while moving along and start