11、comb n.
①piece of metal, rubber, plastic ,etc with teeth for cleaning the hair , making it tidy 梳子 ②red fleshy crest of fowl 鸡冠
总频率8次。
12、tomb n. hole dug in the ground, etc. for a dead body, esp. one with a stone monument over it墓
(穴)坟
构词有法,扩散记忆! 由tomb联想到tombstone n. 墓碑
13、dumb adj. ①unable to speak 哑的 ②temporarily silent 暂时沉默的 ③stupid ; dull 笨的,愚蠢的
【常用词组】 dumb from birth 生来即哑 / strike dumb 使吓呆,(因恐惧等)说不出话 / dumb show 哑剧
14、plumb n. a mass of lead tied to the end of a string used to find out the depth of water or whether a wall is built exactly upright铅锤,测锤 ‖ v. ①to measure with a plumb用铅锤测量 ②to find out the meaning of探测,了解
总频率1次。
15、thumb n. short thick finger set apart from the other four拇指 ‖ v. turn over the pages of (a book); make (a book, pages) worn or dirty by doing this翻动,把书本翻动(旧)
同类联想,扩散记忆! 由thumb联想到index食指;形近词:numb麻木的;dumb哑的
【常用词组】 under sb.’s thumb受…控制 / be all thumbs笨手笨脚的 / bite the thumbs at对…嗤之以鼻
16、crumb n. very small piece of dry food, esp a bit of bread or cake rubbed off or dropped from a large
piece面包屑,糕饼屑
17、job n. ① regular paid employment工作,职位 ②a piece of work(一件)工作 ③something hard to do费劲
的事,难做的工作
总频率48次。
辨析异同,应考从容!注意job与work的异同
同:都表示“工作”。
异:work是不可数名词,而job是可数名词。
构词有法,扩散记忆! 派生词:jobber n. 股票经纪人;jobbing a. 做零工的,干散工的;jobless a. 失业的,无职业的;复合词:job centre n. (英国政府的)职业介绍所,就业服务中心;job lot n. 成批出售的杂货;job sharing n. 两个平均分担一份全职工作
【典型例句】 I’m looking for a new job, one where I get a bit more job satisfaction.
我正在寻找一份新工作,一份能从中得到更大满足感的职业。
【常用词组】 out of a job失业/on the job在上班时,在干活时/make the best of a bad job不利的情况下尽力而为/give something up as a bad job对某事不再抱有希望/just the job正是想要的东西
