Kathy的博客

reptile  爬行动物  Reptiles are cold blooded.冷血的

python  巨蟒  The pythons isn't one to be messed with！ 蟒蛇不是好惹的！ 

alligator  产于美洲的鳄鱼

pilot  飞行员；引航，向导

domain  领地，领域，范围  the domain of the People's Republic of China 中华人民共和国的领土  This is out of my domain. 这不属于我的范围。

apex predator  顶级捕猎者  apex 顶点，顶峰，尖端  At 41 he'd reached to the apex of his career.  predator 掠夺者，食肉动物 

rival  敌人，对手；对抗  without a rival  无可匹敌  Ships can't rival planes for speed.

squeeze  挤压，勒住，榨  squeeze juice from an orange 榨桔子汁  a squeezed orange 比喻被榨干后（抛弃）的人  squeeze in 挤进去

glade  沼泽地  swamp

on earth  究竟  What on earth  is that?  What is that on earth?

giant  巨大的；巨人

smuggle  走私，偷偷带进（出）

illegal  违法的<->legal

hatch  孵化

emergency call  紧急求助电话

pry  窥探，打听，侦查  pry about 到处窥探  pry into  打听  Don't pry into affairs of others.

muscular  肌肉的，肌肉发达的，健壮的 

razor-sharp  锋利的  razor  剃刀

conceal  隐藏，隐瞒  conceal from  对（某人）隐瞒  concealed  隐藏的 He concealed himself in a cave.

battle  战斗，斗争；战役（大规模会战）

on one occasion  曾经，有一次

rare  稀有的

wipe  擦去，除去，消灭  wipe out  擦掉，铲除

overpower  制服，打败，使深深感动  Your kindness overpowered me. 你的深情厚意使我深受感动。

grab  抓住

armor  盔甲

more than a match for  以一定的优势胜出  They are more than a match for the native species.  The python is more than a match for the alligator.

no match for  水平差，远远不是对手  The rat is no match for the python.

cornered  困在角落里的，被逼至绝路的，有角的  The escaped prisoner was cornered at last.  This firm has cornered the wheat market.(垄断)

distinct (from)  独特的，不同的  Those two ideas are quite distinct from each other.

toll  数目，数量  The government tried to keep the death toll at a lower level.

parrot  鹦鹉

a full set of  一整套

identify  确认，鉴定

isolated  孤立的，隔离的  isolated patients 被隔离的病人

swallow  吞下  n.燕子

digest  消化，领会  This food digest well. 易消化

flee  逃走，逃避  flee the country  出国避难  flee the scene of an accident 从肇事地点逃跑 Color fled from her cheeks. 红晕从她的双颊上消失了。

listless  无精打采的，冷淡的

hind  后面的，（兽的）后退  The dog was sitting on his hind legs. 那只狗用它的后退端坐着。

He is being hind the desk. 他在书桌后面。

limb  肢  hind limbs

puncture  刺穿，（车胎）穿孔  My car had a puncture.  The tire(tyre) punctured a mile from home.

stiff  僵硬（直）的，挺的  stand straight and stiff 直挺挺地站着

bizarre  稀奇古怪的  bizarre person  bizarre clothing 奇装异服

explore  爆炸（发）  explore with laugher 哄堂大笑  explore with anger 勃然大怒

instinct  本能

fragment  碎片，片段  The glass fall into the floor and break into fragment.  I heard only a fragment of their conversation.

slip out  滑出来，溜出

devour  狼吞虎咽地吃（尤指动物）