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冰岛火山惊人新发现:火山灰中产生内部电流(有声)

时间:2010-05-28 16:14:16 来源:scientificamerican 编辑:francie  每天三分钟英语轻松学

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【词汇解释】

1.plume[plu:m]  n. 羽毛,羽饰,羽状物v. 整理羽毛,用羽毛装饰,骚首弄姿,自豪

A plume formerly used to trim women's hats.
装饰羽毛用作装饰妇女女帽的羽毛

Resembling a feather or plume.
似羽毛的类似羽毛或大羽的

He does not plume himself on these achievements.
他并不因这些成就而自夸

2.remnant  adj. 剩余的n. 残(剩)余

A remnant or trace of an organism of a past geologic age, such as a skeleton or leaf imprint, embedded and preserved in the earth's crust.
化石埋置并保存于地层中的古生物遗体、遗物和其生活遗址,如骨骸、叶子的印痕等

If something has been partly used or destroyed, we use remains or remnants.
若某物的一部分已用掉或毁掉,其剩余或残存部分可用。

I will sell this remnant to you, at cost.
我愿将此剩货照成本卖给你。

3.particle['pɑ:tikl]  n. 微粒,质点,极小量

A particle, such as an electron, a proton, or a neutron, having half-integral spin and obeying statistical rules requiring that not more than one in a set of identical particles may occupy a particular quantum state.
费密子一种如电子、质子或中子等自旋为半整数的基本粒子,具有一种使得不可能有多于一个的粒子占有任何一个特殊的量子力学态的量子力学对称性

There wasn't a particle of truth in what he said.
他说的没有一点真话。

We can see the dust particles floating in the sunlight clearly.
我们可以很清楚地看到阳光下的灰尘颗粒。

4..infiltrate['infiltreit]  v. (使)渗透,(使)渗入

He joined the party and turned out to be a wolf in sheep's clothing because he was sent to infiltrate our group for the extreme right wingers.
他加入了我们的党,结果却是一只披着羊皮的豺狼,因为他是被极右分子派来混在我们的团体之中的。

Beware of the fifth column. They often infiltrate into key positions and seek to undermine the body politic from within.
要提防隐蔽的敌人,他们经常渗透到关键岗位企图从内部破坏国家政体。

The teacher tried to infiltrate her ideas into the children's minds.
老师设法把她的思想渗透到孩子们的心中。

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