大一共A week 12
- 課堂筆記
solicitor,
late 死亡
flor- 植物
I resent
you. 我討厭你
What a
nuisance (煩人的)
spinster老處女
spin the
wheel
Virginia
Woolf ”Orlando”
Jane Eyre by
Charlotte Bronte
*Jane Eyre
is a governess in a Victorian novel
tutor (英式英文) 師徒制
manter,
governess陪讀的老師
*brood
*slander
*No Man is
an Island(詩) by John Donne
*For whom
the bell tolls(戰地鐘聲)
*Ernest
Hemigway
*moveable
feast
*habitable
*essential
*extra
*French
Lieutanant’s Woman –by John Fowles Metafiction
*upset (v./
adj.<p.p.>)
*syn-
together e.g. synonymous
*delicate
(adj.) = fragile
delicateness
*frailty thy
name is woman
*indecisivness不果決得
*Field of
gold (歌名)
*cliffsnote,
Sparknote
- 課後筆記
l charge noun \ˈchärj\ : an amount of electricity
: the amount of an explosive
material (such as dynamite) that is used in a single blast
: the responsibility of managing or
watching over something
<e.g. He set off a charge that
destroyed the mountain.>
l foe
noun \ˈfō\ : one who has personal enmity for another
a : an enemy in war
b :
adversary, opponent
:
one who opposes on principle <a foe of needless expenditures>
:
something prejudicial or injurious
<e.g. Many considered him a foe
of democracy.>
<e.g. Her ability was acknowledged by friend
and foe alike.>
l formidable adjective \ˈfȯr-mə-də-bəl; fȯr-ˈmi-, fər-ˈmi-\ : very powerful or strong : deserving serious
attention and respect
: very difficult to deal with
: large or impressive in size or
amount
<e.g. The mountains were a
formidable barrier.>
l frailty noun \ˈfrāl-tē\ : physical weakness : the quality or state of
being frail
: weakness of character that causes
a person to do things that are morally wrong
<e.g. We can no longer be
surprised by the frailties of our political leaders.>
l grunt verb \ˈgrənt\
: to make a short, low sound : to make a grunt
: to say (something) with a grunt
<e.g. The workers were grunting
with effort as they lifted the heavy furniture.>
l majestic adjective \mə-ˈjes-tik\ : large and impressively beautiful
<e.g. a majestic pillar of
society who continues to entertain in grand style>
l mating season verb \ˈmāt\ : to join or fit together
a (1) : associate, companion (2) chiefly British
: an assistant to a more skilled worker
: helper (3) chiefly British : friend, buddy —often used as a familiar form
of address
b archaic : match, peer
:
a deck officer on a merchant ship ranking below the captain
l nostrils noun \ˈnäs-trəl\ : one of
the two openings of the nose
<e.g. My left nostril is stuffed
up.>
l sideways adverb or adjective \-ˌwāz\ : with one side facing forward
: to or toward the right or left
side
a : in a lateral
direction or downward to one side <hoppedsideways> <slump sideways>
: to make excessively complicated
: a tangled
situation <traffic snarls>
verb : to growl with a snapping,
gnashing, or display of teeth
: to give vent to anger in surly
language
l bushes noun, often attributive \ˈbu̇sh\ a :
shrub; especially : a low densely
branched shrub
b :
a close thicket of shrubs suggesting a single plant
: a large uncleared or sparsely
settled area (as in Australia) usually scrub-covered or forested : wilderness —usually used with the
a archaic :
a bunch of ivy formerly hung outside a tavern to indicate wine for sale
<e.g. adult pumas can
sometimes weigh over 200 pounds>
l panthers noun \ˈpan(t)-thər\ : a large, black wildcat
<e.g. the panther is surprisingly
difficult to spot>
l cougars noun \ˈkü-gər also -ˌgär\ : a large brownish cat that was once common
in North and South America
<e.g. in many regions, suburban
developments have encroached upon the habitat of the cougar>
l fundamental adjective \ˌfən-də-ˈmen-təl\ : forming or relating to the most important
part of something
: of or relating to the basic
structure or function of something
<e.g. The Constitution ensures
our fundamental rights.>
l emergency noun, often attributive \i-ˈmər-jənt-sē\ : an unexpected and usually dangerous situation
that calls for immediate action
<e.g. Her quick thinking in an
emergency saved the baby's life.>
l irony noun \ˈī-rə-nē also ˈī(-ə)r-nē\ : the use of words that mean the opposite of
what you really think especially in order to be funny
: a situation that is strange or
funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you
expected
<e.g. She described her vacation
with heavy irony as “an educational experience.”>
l stretch verb \ˈstrech\ : to make (something) wider or longer by
pulling it
: to become longer or wider when
pulled
: to put your arms, legs, etc., in
positions that make the muscles long and tight
<e.g. Don't yank on my sweater.
You'll stretch it.>
l snarl verb \ˈsnär(-ə)l\ : to
cause to become knotted and intertwined :
tangle
:
to make excessively complicated
:
a tangle especially of hairs or thread
:
a tangled situation <traffic snarls>
:
to growl with a snapping, gnashing, or display of teeth
:
to give vent to anger in surly language
l ranger noun \ˈrān-jər\ : a person in charge of managing and
protecting part of a public forest
: a person in charge of managing and
protecting part of a national park
: a soldier in the U.S. Army who has
special training especially in fighting at close range
<e.g. She's now a ranger at a
national forest in Montana.>
l fury
noun \ˈfyu̇r-ē\ : violent anger
: wild and dangerous force
<e.g. I could see the fury in her
eyes.>
l intently noun \in-ˈtent\ : the thing that you plan to do or achieve :
an aim or purpose
<e.g. She thinks I'm trying to
make things difficult for her, but that's not my intent.>
l outlast out- prefix
: in a manner that is greater,
better, or more than something else
l petrifying verb \ˈpe-trə-ˌfī\ : to make (someone) very afraid
: to slowly change (something, such
as wood) into stone or a substance like stone over a very long period of time
<e.g. The dead tree petrified
into stone.>
l tame
adjective \ˈtām\ : not wild :
trained to obey people
: not afraid of people
: not exciting or interesting
<e.g. The island's birds are
quite tame.>
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