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A Christmas Tree's Original Roots
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The Lord's Resistance Army Hunts Children in Sudan

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殘而不廢的艾美慕林演講

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幾個單字練習

** bit
n. (名詞 noun)[C]
小片,小塊,小段[(+of)]
The dog was pulling the newspaper to bits.
狗把報紙撕成了碎片。
少量,一點點[(+of)]
She is out to do a bit of shopping.
她出去買點東西。
一會兒,片刻[(+of)]
Please wait a bit.
請稍等片刻。

【美】【口】一角二分半錢

電腦 位元 (c)

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** bite
vt.咬;啃
My sister's dog bit me yesterday.
我妹妹的狗昨天咬了我。
叮,蜇 刺;刺激
The icy wind bit our faces.
寒風刺痛我們的臉。
凍傷
咬住,夾住,卡住 使上當[H] 迷住,纏住[H]
The man was bitten by a lust or gain.
此人利慾薰心。

vi. 咬;叮 (魚)上鉤 (人)上當
I tried to sell him my old car but he wouldn't bite.
我試圖把我的舊車賣給他,但他不願上當。

卡緊,吃牢 產生影響,起作用
Will the new security measures bite?
新的安全措施會見效嗎?

n. 咬,叮;一口之量[C]
The dog gave the mailman a nasty bite.
這條狗將郵差猛咬一口。

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**fig

n. 【植】無花果;無花果樹[C]
(通常用於疑問句或否定句)少許,一點兒;微不足道的事;無價值的東西[S]
I don't really care a fig about status.
我一點不在乎地位。

n. 服裝;盛裝 健康狀況
The retired professor is in fine fig.
那位退休教授健康狀況良好。

vt. 給...穿上盛裝,打扮[(+out)]
The richly figged out young woman stood out at the party.
那位衣飾富麗的年輕女郎在宴會上引人注目。

刷新;修整[(+up)]
The building wants figging up.
那幢房屋要修整一下。

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**hum
vi. (蜜蜂等)發嗡嗡聲
The refrigerator motor hummed.

冰箱的馬達嗡嗡地響著。發哼哼聲

哼曲子
He hummed as he walked.
他一邊走一邊哼著歌。

忙碌,活躍[(+with)]
The office is humming with activity.
辦公室裡一片忙碌。

vt.哼(曲子)
She was humming a tune to herself.
她自個兒哼著小調。

n.嗡嗡聲
He could hear the hum of the bees in the garden.
他聽得見花園裡蜜蜂的嗡嗡聲。
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**jot

n. 一點兒,極少[S][(+of)]
There's not a jot of truth in what he said.
他說的話沒有一點是真的。

vt. 草草記下[(+down)]
Did you jot down his telephone number?
你有沒有把他的電話號碼記下來?

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**lap
n. 膝部
Mother holds the baby in/on her lap.
母親將嬰兒抱在膝上。

n. (名詞 noun)[C]
(兩物)重疊部分
(線等的)一圈
(競賽場的)一圈;(游泳池的)一個來回;(旅程的)一段
He overtook the other runners on the last lap.
他在最後一圈時超過了其他的賽跑選手。

The last lap of our journey is from New York to Boston.
我們的最後一段旅程是從紐約到波士頓。

vt. 使部分重疊;摺疊[O][(+over)]
He lapped one plate over another.
他把一個個盤子疊起來。

用...包紮;圍繞
She lapped my finger with gauze.
她用紗布包紮了我的手指。

跑完...的一圈;比...領先一圈
By the end of the race Bob had lapped Jimmy.
比賽結束時鮑伯領先吉米一圈。

vi.部分重疊[(+over)]
The shingles lapped over each other.
木瓦互相搭接。

跑完一圈[Q]
Harry lapped in two minutes.
哈里兩分鐘跑完一圈。
圍繞

lap
n. 舐;一次舐食的分量[C]
With one lap of his tongue the bear finished the honey.
那熊用舌頭一舔就把蜜吃光了。

波浪拍打聲[the S]
She lay on the beach, listening to the lap of the waves against the rocks.
她躺在海灘上,聽著海浪拍擊岩石的聲音。

vt.舐,舐食[(+up)]
The dog lapped up the water.
狗舔光了水。

(波浪)輕輕拍打
Water lapped the river banks.
河水輕拍河岸。

vi.(波浪)輕輕拍打[(+against)]
Waves lapped against the boat.
浪輕輕拍打著小船。