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Unit 5 Word List
第五单元 单词表
acquaint
熟悉
To acquaint is to get to know something or someone.
熟悉指了解某人或某物。
Nancy acquainted herself with a new computer.
南希熟悉一台新电脑。
cemetery
坟地
A cemetery is a place where people are buried when they die.
墓地是人们死后埋葬的地方。
Some people are scared of cemeteries.
有些人害怕墓地。
creature
生物
A creature is an animal or person.
生物指动物或人。
Those creatures live in Africa.
那些生物栖居在非洲。
curse
诅咒
To curse someone is to hope that bad things happen to that person.
诅咒某人指希望坏事降临到那个人身上。
The witch cursed the village.
女巫诅咒村庄。
disguise
伪装
A disguise is something you wear so people cannot tell who you are.
伪装是让别人就分辨不出你是谁。
Everyone knew that it was dead in the Santa disguise.
每个人都知道它伪装成圣诞老人，已经死了。
fancy
精致的
A fancy thing is nicer, or more detail than normal.
精致的东西比普通的东西更好，更注重细节。
Their table was all set for a fancy dinner.
他们摆好桌子准备吃一顿丰盛的晚餐。
flashlight
手电筒
A flashlight is a small electric light that people carry in their hands.
手电筒是一种人们拿在手里的小电灯。
We took a flashlight when we went camping.
我们去露营的时候带了手电筒。
hood
兜帽
A hood is part of a coat that goes over a persons head.
兜帽是外套的一部分，套在人头上。
She put on her hood to keep her head warm.
她戴上兜帽让头暖和一些。
inhabitant
居民
An inhabitant is a person who lives in a certain place.
居民是住在某地的人。
The number of inhabitants in the countryside is increasing.
农村居民的数量在增加。
nourish
滋养
To nourish is to give someone or something the food needed to live.
滋养是给予某人或某物生存所需的食物。
A good mother will nourish her baby every day.
一个好母亲会每天给孩子喂奶。
pirate
海盗
A pirate is a sailor who steals things from other boats.
海盗是从别的船上偷东西的水手。
Pirates are very scary characters.
海盗是非常可怕的角色。
publication
出版物
A publication is something printed, like a newspaper or book.
出版物指印刷的东西，比如报纸和书。
She has been a subscriber to that publication for over ten years.
十多年来，她一直订阅那份出版物。
riddle
谜语
A riddle is a question that is difficult to answer, but meant to be funny.
谜语是很难回答但很有趣的问题。
I could not answer wendy's riddle, but it made me laugh.
我答不出温迪的谜语，但它使我笑了起来。
rot
腐烂
To rot is to slowly get softer and become destroyed.
腐烂就是慢慢变软变坏。
The old log began to rot in the forest.
那根老木头在森林里开始腐烂了。
shortly
不久，立刻
An action that happens shortly happens very soon.
立刻发生的动作时间很短。
My workday will end shortly.
我的工作日快要结束了。
skeleton
骨架，骨骼
A skeleton is all the bones of a body.
骨骼是身体的所有骨头。
There is a skeleton in the science classroom.
科学教室有一具骷髅。
spoil
变质
To spoil is to rot or to make bad.
变质指腐烂或变坏。
We left the fruit out too long, and it's spoiled.
我们把水果放在外面太久了，已经坏了。
starve
挨饿
To starve is to not get enough food for a long period of time.
挨饿是指在很长一段时间内得不到足够的食物。
During the war, many people starved.
战争期间，许多人挨饿。
thrill
兴奋
A thrill is an exciting feeling.
兴奋指感到高兴。
The surfer enjoys the thrill of surfing a big wave.
冲浪者享受在大浪中冲浪的快感。
wicked
邪恶的
A wicked person is very bad or evil.
邪恶的人很坏。
My boss is a very wicked man.
我老板是个恶人。
