【正文】 f sb/sth. It has may scientific or technical uses. It implies neutral description in referring to any aspect of something without evaluating its relative importance to the whole. A useful characteristic of the cat is its ability to catch and kill mice. (特征 ) character: The bination of qualities which make a particular person, thing, place, etc. A tendency not to show emotions is supposed to be part of the British national character. (性質(zhì) ) nature: The qualities make someone or something different from others. It indicates the widest range of traits, including emotional, mental and physical qualities. It is only human nature to like money. (特征 ) attribute: A quality belonging to or forming part of the mature of a person or thing. The word is positive rather than negative. Darkness is an attribute of night. (特性 ) peculiarity: The quality of being peculiar, strangeness, unusualness. It shows an unpleasant attribute that is quite noticeable. One of his peculiarities is that his two eyes are not the same size. (特色 ) feature: A typical and noticeable part or quality. It suggests something positive and specifically It refers to physical appearance. A lake is an important feature in this area. (品質(zhì) 特性 ) trait: A particular quality of sb/sth. It refers to more abstract attributes. Honesty and diligence are the chief traits of his character. (個(gè)性 ) personality: The whole nature or character of a particular person. It refers to the whole indefinable emotional coloration that a specific person gives off. He has a strong personality. increase: To make or bee larger in amount or number. it refers to quantity or intensity as well as size. The population of this county has increased. add: To put together with something else so as to increase the number size, importance. He added some wood to increase the fire. (擴(kuò)大 ) enlarge: To grown larger or wider. I want to enlarge this photograph/house. (放大 ) magnify: To make something appear larger than in reality, esp. by means of a lens. You have magnified the peril. (擴(kuò)充 ) amplify: To make large or fuller, esp. give fuller information, more details etc. to amplify a radio signal/sound. augment: (fml) To bee larger or greater. It emphasizes the action of addition. He augmented his ine by writing some short stories. (擴(kuò)展 擴(kuò)張 ) expand: To increase in range scope or volume as well as in size. Iron expands when it is heated. (加長 ) extend: To make longer in space or time, to extend a railway. Can39。s amusement and happiness. You can laugh at a joke or at an amusing sight. You can laugh at someone without being amused. They all laughed loudly. (露齒而笑 ) grin: To smile with the teeth. The boy grinned from ear to ear when I gave him a sweet. (暗笑 含笑 ) chuckle: To laugh quietly. I could hear him chuckling to himself as he read that funny article. (咯咯笑 ) giggle: To laugh repeatedly foolishly and uncontrollably, esp. by girls. I heard them giggle when I passed by the girls. (竊笑 暗笑 ) snicker: To laugh in a disrespectful more or less secret way. On hearing his absurd opinion, I went snickering. (假笑 癡笑 ) simper: To smile in a silly unnatural way. When I told him the thing, he simply simpered. (得意的笑 ) smirk: To smile in a false or too satisfied way. He smirked at everyone that passed. (竊笑 ) titter: To laugh very quietly from nervousness or badly controlled amusement. The girls tittered when they heard this. (狂笑 ) guffaw: To laugh loudly and rudely. All the people guffawed at his silly words. (哄笑 ) roar: To laugh long and loudly. They roared after they heard the joke. (歡笑 ) chortle: To give a laugh of pleasure or satisfaction. He chortled with delight when I told him the news. (笑罵 ) taunt: To try to make sb angry, or upset by making unkind remarks, laughing at faults or failures. They taunted her with her inability to swim. (嘲笑 嘲弄 ) ridicule: To laugh unkindly at or to make unkind fun of. They all ridiculed the idea. (譏笑 ) deride: To laugh at or make fun of as of no value. /to mock at someone with contempt They all derided his foolishness. (嘲弄 ) mock: To laugh at sb(sth) when it is wrong to do so, esp. by copying in a funny or contemptuous way. The students mocked the seriousness of his expression. twit: (infl) To make fun of sb because of behavior, a mistake, a fault, etc. He twitted her with her timidity. (嘲笑 輕蔑地笑 ) scoff: To laugh at, to speak or act disrespectfully. /To speak in scornful mocking way. It was a great invention but at first many people scoffed at it. (戲弄 ) chaff: (infl) To make fun of sb in a goodhumored way. He chaffed the man about his mistakes in speaking English. (譏笑 ) jeer: To laugh rudely at /to insult sb in a loud, unpleasant way. They always jeer at the priests. gibe(jibe): To laugh at with the intention of hurting the feeling with sarcastic remarks. Don39。s home. joke: To make fun of. You mustn39。t jest about serious things. (戲弄 ) banter: To speak, or act playfully or jokingly. We bantered him on the subject of marriage. (輕視 ) scorn: To look down upon. mad: Showing that one has amanita illness which often causes them to behave in strange way. crazy: (infl) Very strange or foolish. psychotic: The most precise one. used by psychiatrists. insane Not sound in mind. Used in scientific articles. lunatic: (old derog) wildly foolish. demented It indicates sb39。s scent. perfume: A sweet or pleasant smell. It refers to either natural smell or a manmade smell and stresses a strong and rich smell pared with fragrance aroma: A strong usu pleasant smell, often a spicy smell. flavor: The particular quality of tasting good or pleasantly strong. The bread has