insect [ˈinsekt] n. 昆虫
wage [weidʒ] v. 进行（斗争）
contaminate [kənˈtæmineit] v. 弄脏
【派】contamination 污染
【扩】smear 弄脏
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A: The river was contaminated with waste from the factory.
B: How could those people do that?
A：这条河流被从工厂流出的废物所污染。
B：那些人怎么能这么做？
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provocation [ˌprɔvəˈkeiʃən] n. 惹怒
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A: She sometimes angers without provocation.
B: I also think she has bad temper.
A：她有时无缘无故就生气。
B：我也认为她脾气不好。
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spider [ˈspaidə] n. 蜘蛛
wasp [wɔsp] n. 黄蜂
moth [mɔθ] n. 飞蛾
ant [ænt] n. 蚂蚁
revulsion [riˈvʌlʃən] n. 厌恶
【扩】loathness 厌恶
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A: He had a revulsion against his neighbor.
B: Didn't they get along with each other well?
A：他对邻居非常反感。
B：他们相处得不好吗？
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horde [hɔːd] n. 群
uncanny [ʌnˈkæni] adj. 神秘的，不可思议的
erase [iˈreiz] v. 擦，抹去
【派】eraser 橡皮
【搭】erase the information 删除信息
erase the blackboard 擦黑板
【例】We must erase the handwriting.
我们得擦掉这些笔迹。
praying mantis [ˌpreiiŋ ˈmæntis] 螳螂
entranced [enˈtrɑːnst] adj. 出神的，着迷的
【扩】preoccupied 出神的 rapt 着迷的
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A: They were entranced with the performance.
B: It's really a wonderful show.
A：他们完全被演出吸引住了。
B：那确实是一场很棒的演出。
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beetle [ˈbiːtl] n. 甲虫
sheltered [ˈʃeltəd] adj. 伤不着的，无危险的
luscious [ˈlʌʃəs] adj. 甘美的
【扩】nectarous 甘美的
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A: I can't stop eating the luscious peaches.
B: Let me have a taste, too.
A：这桃子太甘美了，我吃得停不下来了。
B：我也尝尝。
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cluster [ˈklʌstə] n. 一簇，一群
aphid [ˈeifid] n. 蚜虫
underside [ˈʌndəsaid] n. 底面，下侧
【构】under（在……下的）＋side（面）＝underside（下侧，底面）
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A: It's hard for me to clean the underside of the case.
B: Leave it to me. You can do other things now.
A：清理这个箱子的底面对我来说很难。
B：留给我吧，你去做别的事情。
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colony [ˈkɔləni] n. 一群
sticky [ˈstiki] adj. 粘的
scurry [ˈskʌri] v. 小步跑
swarm [swɔːm] v. 聚集
【搭】swarm with 充满着 swarm into 蜂拥而入
【例】The students swarmed out of the classroom.
学生们蜂拥着跑出了教室。
ingenuity [ˌindʒiˈnjuːiti] n. 机灵
noun [集合/集体]昆虫；类似昆虫的小动物（如蜘蛛）；卑鄙的人 - At rest the insect looks like a dead leaf.
noun [专属名词]工资，报酬；（经济）工资总额；（喻）报应 - His wages have gone up.
verb [vt. 及物动词]进行，发动（战争，运动） - If a person, group, or country wages a campaign or a war, they start it and continue it over a period of time.
waged ... on 与...发生（动）...
- The government determined to wage a campaign against official corruption.
declare war on … 向…宣战
- We should declare war on the customs. 我们应向旧习惯宣战。
- He declared he would not run for a second term as president. 他声明不再竞选连任总统。
- The government is ready to declare a permanent ceasefire. 政府已经准备好宣布永久停火。
be at war with … 与…正处于战争状态
verb [vt. 及物动词]污染，弄脏；毒害，腐蚀（人的思想或品德） - Hostile relationships invidiously contaminate our wellbeing.
noun [抽象名词]激怒，挑衅，挑衅性事件；<法律> 挑衅（行为或语言）；（尤指蓄意的）性挑逗；（诱发反应或反射作用的）激发试验 - He denies murder on the grounds of provocation.
noun [具体名词]蜘蛛；（搜索引擎的）蜘蛛程序，（计算机）爬虫程序；状似蜘蛛的物体；<英>蛛网形系索；台球棒三脚架；设圈套者 - A spider had spun a perfect web outside the window.
verb [vt. 及物动词]（似蜘蛛般）急促爬动；设网，设圈套；（在因特网上）快速搜索（crawl 的别名） - If a spider spreads its web, the sun will shine tomorrow.
noun [专属名词]黄蜂；<美>盎格鲁—撒克逊族裔的白人新教徒（指社会上拥有强大权力和影响力的白人）（Wasp，WASP）；<美>易怒的人 - A wasp flew in the open window.
noun [专属名词]飞蛾，蛾；<非正式>衣蛾 - I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.
noun [专属名词]蚂蚁 - Ants swarmed up out of the ground and covered her shoes and legs.
noun [抽象名词]剧变；厌恶；强烈反感；抽回 - I started to feel a revulsion against their decadent lifestyle.
noun [集合/集体]一大群，群；游牧部落 - The last thing you want in the face of an advancing zombie horde is a blown fuel sensor.
adjective [原级]神秘的；离奇的；可怕的 - She bears an uncanny resemblance to Dido.
verb [vt. 及物动词]抹去，擦掉；删除；忘却；消除，消灭；（易）被擦掉，（易）被抹去 - They are desperate to erase the memory of that last defeat.
noun [专属名词]螳螂 - A praying mantis spreads its wings.
adjective [原级]着迷的；狂喜的 - He is entranced by the kindness of her smile.
verb [vt. 及物动词]使狂喜；使入迷（entrance 的过去式和过去分词） - As soon as I met Dick, he entranced me because he has a lovely voice.
noun [专属名词]甲虫；<英>画甲虫，拼甲虫（一种掷骰子游戏）；大槌；捶布机；（大众汽车公司生产的）甲壳虫汽车（Beetle） - He spied the beetle; the drooping tail lifted and wagged.
verb [vt. 及物动词]匆匆地走；（人的眉毛）突出，悬垂；用大槌捶；用捶布机捶（布） - to scuttle or scurry; hurry
adjective [原级]（人的眉毛）粗浓而突出 - The first thing the beetle did was to take him by the finger.
adjective [原级]受保护的；掩蔽的；免税的；为弱者提供方便的 - Perhaps I've just led a really sheltered life.
verb [vt. 及物动词]庇护（shelter 的过去分词） - Each one that we saw had its drawbacks: too sunny, too shady, too exposed, too sheltered.
adjective [原级]甘美的(the luscious taste of ripe peaches)；满足感官的 - I bet you dyed your hair only because you're jealous of my luscious hair!
- delicious adj. 美味的；可口的
- appetizing adj. 开胃的；促进食欲的
- heavenly adj. 天上的；神圣的；天国似的
- tasteful adj. 雅观的；有鉴赏力的；趣味高雅的；有滋味的
- tasty adj. 美味的；高雅的；有趣的
- yummy adj. 好吃的；美味的；愉快的
- yucky adj. 恶心的；讨人厌的；不愉快的
- delicacy n. 美味；佳肴；微妙；精密；精美；敏锐，敏感；世故，圆滑
noun [集合/集体]组，簇；星团；一连串同类事件；（聚集在同一地方的）一群人；（计算机磁盘上的）丛集，群集；辅音群，辅音连缀；基 - ...clusters of men in formal clothes. …
verb [vt. 及物动词]群聚，聚集；（数据点）具近似数值 - The passengers clustered together in small groups.
noun [专属名词][昆] 蚜虫 - If you have either, you're paying to keep the soybean aphid away from the crop that feeds cattle and pigs.
noun [具体名词]下面；阴暗面 - Through stubby spinneys of akeake, I saw the bend of a river, as silvery as the underside of a fern.
noun [专属名词]殖民地；殖民团，移民队；聚集人群，聚居地（区）；群体，群落；（统称）英属殖民地；（美国独立前的）北美十三州 - Different animals in the colony had different manifestations of the disease.
colony n. 殖民地，侨民，(聚居的)一群同业，一批同行，(生物)群体
- a colony of ants 一群蚂蚁
- a colony of bees 一群蜜蜂；
- a colony of artists 一群艺术家
a flock of goats 羊群
a herd of cows 一群奶牛
a crowd of 一群(用于人)
adjective [原级]黏性的，涂有黏性物质的；（皮肤因热而）黏湿的；（天气）湿热的，闷热的；（处境、问题等）难办的，棘手的；（网站）吸引人的，吸引人长时间浏览的；（食物）甜腻的；（价格，利率，薪水）变化缓慢的，对变化反应缓慢的；<英，非正式>持有异议的，抱不合作态度的；持久的；<非正式>感到热得难受的 - Sticky weather is unpleasantly hot and damp. (
noun [专属名词]告事贴；置顶留言 - Find the sticky note you should have written your app's core function.
as sticky as glue 和胶水一样粘 （as...as 同级比较）
verb [vi. 不及物动词]急赶；碎步急跑 - The attack began, sending residents scurrying for cover.
noun [具体名词]匆忙；混乱；急跑；短距离赛跑（或赛马） - Millions of terrified beings scurry about through senseless mazes of tunnels and lanes.
noun [集合/集体]一大群（移动中的昆虫）；（移动着的）一大群人；（多指发生在火山附近的）地震群；（天文）一大群小型天体同时在空中出现 - A swarm of people encircled the hotel.
verb [vt. 及物动词]（昆虫）成群飞行；（人）蜂涌，涌动；挤满，云集；成群地包围；爬（梯子等），攀 - A dark cloud of bees comes swarming out of the hive.
noun [抽象名词]心灵手巧，聪明才智，独创力；精巧的装置；灵活的方法 - The clock was the greatest achievement of medieval mechanical ingenuity.
