New Words and Expressions
messiness
n. 杂乱状况
messy a.
massive
a. large in scale, amount, or degree 大量的,大规模的
vocabulary
n. 词汇(量)
snack▲
n. a small meal 快餐,点心
snack bar
快餐柜,小吃店
parade
n. 游行;阅兵队列
hit parade
a weekly listing of the current best-selling pop records 流行唱片目录
corrupt▲
vt. cause errors to appear in; cause to act dishonestly in return for personal gains 讹用,使(语言)变得不标准;腐蚀,贿赂
ban
vt. forbid (sth.) officially 禁止,取缔
walkman
n. a small cassette player 随身听
strictly speaking
严格地讲
invent
vt. 发明
invention n.
fascinating
a. of great interest or attraction 迷人的,有极大吸引力的
manufacturer
n. 制造商
product
n. 产品
tolerance
n. 容忍,宽容;忍耐
to a (very real, certain, etc.) extent
to the degree specified 在(极大,某种)程度上
necessity
n. 必需品;必要(性)
Anglo-Saxon
n. 盎格鲁—萨克逊人
arouse
vt. provoke (a particular feeling or attitude) 唤起,激起
channel
n. 海峡;渠道;频道
surrender
v. give in 投降
virtually
ad. for the most part, almost 差不多,几乎
invade
vt. enter with armed forces 侵入,侵略
Celt
n. 凯尔特人
inhabit▲
vt. live in (a place) 居住于
Welsh
a., n. 威尔士语(的),威尔士人的
mystery
n. 神秘的事物
Sanskrit
n. 梵语
resemble
vt. be like or similar to 与…相似
Greek
n. 希腊语
Latin
n. 拉丁语
systematic
a. done according to a system 有系统的
descend
vi. come down (from a source); go down 起源于;下来
linguist
n. a person who studies languages 语言学家
Indo-European
a. 印欧语系的
wolf
n. 狼
scholar
n. 学者
establish
vt. cause to be, set up 建立,确立
drift
vi. move or go somewhere in a slow casual way 漂泊
climate
n. (an area or a region with) a regular pattern of weather conditions 气候(区)
Germanic
a. 日耳曼(人)的,日耳曼语的,德国(人)的
tribe▲
n. 部落
pass (sth.) on to (sb.)
hand or give (sth.) to (sb.) 将…传给…
influence
n. 影响
Christianity
n. 基督教
Christian
a. 基督教的
n. 基督教徒
disciple
n. 信徒,门徒
martyr
n. 殉难者,烈士
Norse
n. (古)斯堪的纳维亚语
addition
n. a person or thing added 增加的人(或物)
Norman
n., a. 诺曼人(的),诺曼语(的),诺曼文化的
conquer
v. take possession and control by force; defeat 征服
kingly
a. 国王(般)的
royal
a. 国王或女王的;皇家的