1496.early(形)早的(副)早地
(形):The early bird catches the worm.
捷足先登。
(副):Today I want to go home early.
今天我想要早点回家。

1497.earn(动)赚取；赢得
His achievements earned him respect and admiration.
他的成就为他赢得了尊敬和仰慕。

1498.earphone(名)耳机
When an earphone is plugged in, no sound is heard from the loudspeaker.
插入耳机，喇叭就听不到声音了。

1499.earplug(名)耳塞
Luckily we took earplug with us, as the traffic outside our room was Very noisy.
真幸运，我们有带耳塞，因为房间外面的车辆噪音太大。

1500.earth(名)地球；陆地
earth当地球，E常大写
How far is the Earth from the sun?
地球离太阳有多远？

1501.earthly(形)世俗的、尘世的
In this earthly life nothing is perfect.
在我们世俗的生活中，没有什么是完美无缺的。

1502.earthquake(名)地震
It is reported by radio that the earthquake yesterday accounted for five deaths.
据电台报导，昨天的地震使五人丧生。

1503.earthworm(名)蚯蚓
The hen raked up an earthworm.
母鸡扒出了一条蚯蚓。

1504.easily(副)容易地
Those young men are too easily disheartened by difficulties.
那些年轻人遇到困难时太容易泄气了。

1505.east(名)东方(形)东方的
(名):The room faces east，so we get the morning sun.
这个房间朝东，所以早晨的太阳照到我们房间里来。
(形):I would like to visit the cast coast.
我想去参观东海岸。

1506.eastwards(副)向东
The Changjiang River rolls on eastwards.
滚滚长江东逝水。

1507.easy(形)容易的
反义词difficult
It is not easy to clean up my room because I own over a thousand books.
扫我的房间不是件容易的事，因为我有一千多册书。

1508.eat(动)吃:喝
不规则变化ate, eaten
Eat away, children, there's enough time yet.
孩子们.继续吃吧，时间还早。

1509.edit(动)编辑
She helped him to edit the paper.
她帮助他编辑报纸.，

1510.edition(名)发行物的版、发行数；版本
The new edition of encyclopedias will appear in the bookstores next week.
新版百科全书下周就会在书店摆出来。

1511.editor(名)编辑
The editor read over the manuscript.
编辑把稿子看了一遍。

1512.e.g.(副)例如
同义词for example
They keep animals, e.g. goats and cattle.
他们饲养动物，例如山羊和牛。

1513.egg(名)蛋;卵细胞
We have boiled eggs for breakfast every day.
我们每天早餐都吃鸡蛋。

1514.eight(形)八的
Most people worked an eight-hour day twenty years ago.
二十年前大多数人一天工作八小时。

1515.eighteen(形)十八的
Youths under eighteen cannot he mustered in.
年龄不满18岁的青年不能征召入伍。

1516.eighteenth(形)第十八的
It looks more like the eighteenth一century England.
这看上去更像十八世纪的英格兰。

1517.eighth(形)第八的
The eighth letter of the modern English alphabet is "h".
“h”是现代英语中母表中的第八个字母。

1518.eighty(形)八十的
Her weight has increased to eighty-one kilos.
她的体重增加到81公斤。

1519.eigher(代)任一的(副)也不
常使用在否定句
(代):The thief was put in the police car with a policeman on either side of him.
窃贼被送到警车上，身旁各坐着一个警察。
(副):I don't like it, either.
我也不喜欢。

1520.elder(形)年长的
I don't have any elder brother.
我没有兄长。

1521.elderly(形)年老的、年长的
He was rather elderly with gray hair and clear blue eyes.
他上了年纪，头发灰白，蓝色的眼睛闪着光芒。

1522.elect(动)选举
We elected our monitor by a show of hands.
我们举手选出了班长。

1523.election(名)选举
The government elections will be next month.
政府选举将在下月举行。

1524.element (名)要素；元素
There's always an element of risk in this sort of investment.
这种投资总带有危险的成分。

1525.elephant(名)大象
The elephant smashed through the tress.
大象在树林中横冲直撞。

1526.elevator(名)电梯、升降机
The light above the elevator indicated that the elevator was then at the fifteenth floor.
电梯上方的灯指示那时电梯在十五楼。

1527.eleven(形)十一的
The meeting broke up at eleven o'clock.
会议在十一点钟散会。

1528.else(副)其他、另外
We went to the museum and nowhere else.
我们去了博物馆，其他什么地方也没去。