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6 Mark Twain
--- Mirror of America
1 idyllic: of idyll, a simple happy period of life,
often in the country.
idyll: a short piece of poetry or prose that
describes a happy and peaceful scene or
event, esp. of country life.
2 cruise: a travel or a trip on a ship and visit lots
of places.
3 cynical: a cynical person believes that all men
are selfish. He sees no good in anything
and makes unkind remarks about people
and things. cynic: a cynical person.
4 obsess: fill the mind continuously, to worry
continuously and unnecessarily.
be obsessed with sth.: to fill the head with sth.
completely.
e.g. He became absolutely obsessed with a girl
reporter on television. She is obsessed by the desire to become a
great scientist.
5 frailty: a weakness of character or behavior. e.g. One of the frailties of human nature is laziness.
That chair looks too frail to take a man's weight.
6 tramp: a person who has no home or permanent
job and very little money. Tramps go
from place to place getting food and
money by taking occasional job or
begging.
7 pilot: ① a person who is trained and specially
employed to go on board and guide ships
to enter the harbor. ②a person who is trained to fly an aircraft.
8 Confederate States of America (1861-1865) :
the government established by the southern
states of the US after their secession / official
separation from the union.
9 guerrilla (guerilla): a member of an unofficial fight group which attacks the enemy in small groups unexpectedly. e.g. Song of the Guerrillas
10 prospector: a person who examines the land in
order to find gold, oil, etc.
11 starry: full of stars in the sky, indicating
sparkling, glowing, and flashing.
starry-eyed: full of unreasonable or silly hopes.
12 acid-tongued: if sb. is acid-tongued, he makes unkind or critical remarks.
13 digest: a. When you digest food, the food
passes through your stomach and is broken
down so that your body can use it. b. If you digest information, you think about it,
understand it, and remember it. c. A digest is a collection of things that have
been written, which are published again in a
concise form. e.g. Reader's Digest
14 adopt: to take and use as one's own.
e.g. Congress has adopted the new measures.
adopt a name/custom/style of dress, an idea
Having no children of their own they decided
to adopt an orphan / dog. Paul's mother had him adopted because she
couldn't look after him herself.
15 navigable: deep and wide enough to allow
ships to travel.
16 attest: to show to be true, to give proof of, to
declare solemnly. e.g. Historic documents and ancient
tombstones all attest to this.
17 artery: blood vessel (a tube in your body) that
carries blood from the heart to the rest
of the body.
vein: any of the tubes carrying blood from all
parts of the body to the heart blood vessel.
18 keel: a long bar along the bottom of a boat or
ship from which the whole frame of the
boat or ship is built up.
19 raft: floating platform made from large pieces
of wood, oil-drums, etc, that are tied
together. Also rubber raft.
20 commerce: the buying and selling of goods,
trade.
Here: commodities.
This is a synecdoche since it involves the substitution of the genus for kind or whole for part.
21 lumber: (AmE) tree trunks, logs or planks (a long, usu. heavy piece of board, esp. one that is 2 to 6 inches thick and at least 8 inches wide) of wood that have been cut for use, but only roughly. In BrE, it is the same as timber.
22 delta country: Delta is the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet which is shaped like a triangle. Therefore anything in the shape of a delta, esp. a deposit of sand and soil formed at the mouth of some rivers is called a delta.
23 molasses: a thick dark to light brown syrup that
is separated from raw sugar in sugar
manufacture.
24 basin: a basin of a large river is the area of
land around it.
e.g. the Yellow River Basin.
25 drain: to flow off gradually or completely, to
cause to become gradually dry or empty.
Here, metaphor, to concentrate.
26 cub: the young of various types of meat-eating
wild animals, such as lion, bear.
27 cast of characters: the cast of a play or a film
consists of all the people who act in it.
28 cosmos: the whole universe
29 feud: long-lasting and bitter quarrel or dispute
between two people or groups.
30 piracy: robbery of ships on the high seas,
robbery carried out by pirates, persons who
sail the seas stopping and robbing ships. pirate: a robber on the high seas To pirate video compact disk, video tapes,
cassettes or books is to copy, publish and sell
them without the right to do so. copy right
piracy.
31 lynch: (esp. of a crowd of people) to attack and
put to death, esp. by hanging, (a person
thought to be guilty of a crime), without
a lawful trial.
32 slum: an area of a city where living conditions
are very bad and where all the houses are
overcrowded and need to be repaired.
33 soak up: to draw in by or as if by suction or
absorption. If sth soaks up a liquid, it
absorbs it. e.g. The soil soaked up a huge volume of
water very rapidly.
34 teem with: If a place is teeming with animals or
people, it is very crowded and the animals
or people are moving around a lot.
e.g. The water teems with fish. His mind teems with plans.
35 flotsam: metaphor rubbish, wreckage such as
bits of wood, plastic, and other waste
materials that is floating on the sea,
parts of a wrecked ship or its cargo
found floating in the sea.
36 hustler: a person who tries to earn money or
gain an advantage from any situation
they are in, often by using dishonest or
illegal method.
37 thug: a person who is very violent and rough,
esp. a criminal violent criminal or hooligan,
or villain.
38 keen: ① sharp e.g. He handed me a spear with a keen point.
② (with the 5 senses, the mind, the feelings) good,
strong, quick at understanding e.g. My hearing is not as keen as it used to be. He has a keen brain. He is a keen observer.
③ (AmE) wanting to do sth. very much or wanting sth. to happen very much; having a great deal of enthusiasm for sth. e.g. He takes a keen interest in his work. They are keen on art. I am not very much keen on detective stories.
39 acknowledge: recognize the fact, agree to the truth. If
you acknowledge a fact, you admit that it is true
or it exists. e.g. He acknowledge his fault.
40 acquaint: know, make familiar with. be acquainted with e.g. You must acquainted yourself with your new duties. I have heard about Jim but I am not acquainted with him. I have no acquaintance there.
41 motley: of many different types of people or
things, having or composed of many
different or clashing elements, varied.
suggesting capricious.
42 succumb: (fml) stop resisting (temptation,
illness, attack, etc); to yield.
e.g. He finally succumbed to the temptation
to have another drink.
43 epidemic: the occurrence of a disease which
affects a very large number of people
living in an area and which spreads
quickly to other people.
e.g. an influenza epidemic
44 flirt: if you flirt with the idea of doing or
having sth. , you consider doing or having
it, without making any definite plans.
45 rebuff: If you rebuff sb. or sb's suggestion, you
refuse to listen to them or take any
notice of what they are trying to say to
you, even though they are trying to be
helpful.
46 broke: completely without money, penniless.
bankrupt.
47 hone: ① a stone used to sharpen knives and tools. ② to sharpen, to hone one's wit
48 scathing: (of speech or writing) bitterly cruel in
judgment, harsh, sharp and hurtful;
cutting, scornful.
49 column: an article by a particular writer, that
regularly appears in a newspaper or
magazine.
columnist: journalist who regularly writes an
article commenting on politics, current
events, etc for a newspaper or magazine
a political columnist.
50 reckless: someone who is reckless shows a
complete lack of care about danger or
about the results of their actions. A
reckless person is one who does things
without thinking about what the results
might be.
51 notations: a brief note jotted down, as to
remind one of something.
52 genius: (pl. geniuses) exceptionally great
mental or creative ability. e.g. a man of genius Einstein was a mathematical genius. He is hard-working and able, but no genius.
53 celebrated: well-known, famous, stresses
reception of public notice or attention
and frequent mention. (celebrity) e.g. a celebrated actress, writer, pianist, etc
54 slope: surface that is at an angle of less than 90
to the earth's surface or a flat surface, an
area of rising or falling ground.
55 sore: (of a part of the body) hurting when
touched or used; tender and painful; aching,
hurting, irritated, serious, severe.
e.g. My leg is still very sore.
56 debunk: to point out the truth about (over-
praised people, things, ideas, etc).
57 earnest: determined and serious, perhaps too
serious.
58 mischievous: (sometimes appreciative)
irresponsibly playful, eager to
have fun, esp. by embarrassing people
or by playing harmless tricks.
59 ingenuity: skill and cleverness in making or
arranging things
ingenious: clever at finding new or simple
solutions for complex problems
60 puritan: a person who has rather hard fixed
standards of behavior and self-control
and thinks any kind of pleasure is
unnecessary or wrong.
61 panorama: ① a complete view of a wide stretch of land ② continuously changing view or scene ③ a thorough representation in words or picture e.g. This book gives a panorama of life in
Shenzhen.
62 sap: gradually weaken sb/sth by taking away
(strength, energy, etc) e.g. I was sapped by months of hospital treatment. She's been sapped of her optimism. ? Stop sapping her confidence! Lack of planning is sapping the company’s efficiency.
energy-sapping
63 clamor: a continuous loud strong demand or complaint, din. It usu. implies disturbance and is applicable to a combination of sounds or a scene that is excessively noisy.e.g. The public are clamoring for a change of
government. The baby clamored to be fed.
64 edge: sharp cutting part of a blade, knife,
sword, or some other tool or weapon. ? e.g. a knife with a sharp edge
renew our edges: to remodeling, resharpening
our edges, or to recharge the battery.
65 haunt: (of a ghost or spirit) to visit a place or a people. It appears in the place or is seen by people and frightens them. e.g. The old house is said to be haunted by a
headless ghost. A spirit haunts the castle. This is one of the cafes I used to haunt. The memory still haunts me. This pub is a favourite haunt of artists.
66 feed on: be nourished or strengthened by sth e.g. Hatred feeds on envy. 因妒生恨
Bitterness fed on the man who… Bitterness consumed the man, exhausted, used up all the energy of the man… Here a personification or metaphor is involved.
67 pad: v. to protect or make sth more comfortable by
covering or filling with soft material. e.g. a jacket with padded shoulders He padded the seat of the chair with some
foamed plastics. n. anything made or filled with a soft material
used to protect sth. or make it more comfortable.
e.g. Get a pad to sit / lie on. The football player wore a pad on his knee. a shoulder pad
68 glove the gloves are off: sb. is ready for a fight (be) hand in glove: working in close associationHe was found to be hand in glove with the enemy. If you describe sb. as having an iron fist in a velvet glove, you mean that they hide a firm and determined personality behind a gentle and quiet manner.
69 satire: satire is ridicule or irony or sarcasm that
is used, esp. in plays and novels, to show how
foolish or wicked some people's behaviour or
ideas are.
70 illusion: the condition of seeing things wrongly An illusion is an idea or belief which you
think is true but is in fact false. e.g. The magician made us think he cut a
woman in half, but it was an illusion. Perfect happiness is an illusion. Love is a beautiful illusion.
71 vanish: to disappear, go out of sight.
Vanish implies a complete, often mysterious,
and usually sudden passing. It commonly
suggests absence of all trace or of any clue. e.g. The mysterious woman passenger vanished. The ship vanished over the horizon. Our hope vanished suddenly.
72 crumble: be broken or rubbed into very small
pieces. e.g. crumble one's bread, The great empire began to crumble. Their marriage is crumbling.
73 lament: If you lament sth., you express your
sadness, regret or disappointment about it. e.g. They lamented the death of their mother. We could hear her laments through the
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