Lesson 9 A cold welcome 【单词列表】

welcome [ˈwelkəm] n. 欢迎;v. 欢迎

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A: Good morning, sir. Welcome to Friendship Hotel.

B: Good morning, are you a room attendant?

A:早上好,先生。欢迎来到友谊宾馆。

B:早上好,你是客房职员吗?

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crowd [kraud] n. 人群

gather [ˈɡæðə] v. 聚集

【派】together 一起

【搭】gather up 收集

   gather together 聚集,收集

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A: Please gather me some flowers.

B: Just a moment, please.

A:请给我采一些花来。

B:请稍等。

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hand [hænd] n. (表或机器的)指针

shout [ʃaut] v. 喊叫

refuse [riˈfjuːz, riˈfjuːs] v. 拒绝

【扩】decline 拒绝

【反】agree 同意

【搭】refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事

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A: You'd better not refuse us the agency.

B: OK. We'll consider it carefully.

A:请你们不要拒绝我们成为代理人的请求。

B:好的,我们会认真考虑的。

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laugh [lɑːf] v. 笑

【派】laughter 笑声

【扩】smile 微笑  giggle 咯咯笑

【搭】laugh at 嘲笑

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A: Why don't you like them?

B: It makes me sick the way they laugh.

A:你为什么不喜欢他们?

B:他们笑起来的样子叫我恶心。

 

welcome

/ˈwelkəm/n. 欢迎;v. 欢迎
If you welcome someone, you greet them in a friendly way when they arrive somewhere. 欢迎

verb [vi. 不及物动词]欢迎,迎接;迎新;乐意接纳,欣然接受;乐于接受(已发生的事);庆祝 - If you welcome an action, decision, or situation, you approve of it and are pleased that it has occurred.

adjective [原级](某人)受欢迎的;令人愉快的;(表示乐于让某人做某事)可随意;尽管…好了(指非常乐意让别人拥有自己不想要的东西) - If you describe something as welcome, you mean that people wanted it and are happy that it has occurred.

noun [抽象名词]欢迎,迎接;(对观念的)接受 - Welcome is also a noun.

interjection [高兴]欢迎 - You say "You're welcome" to someone who has thanked you for something in order to acknowledge their thanks in a polite way.

n.欢迎a cold welcome 冷遇
v. 欢迎 welcome to + 地点
  • welcome to China.
  • welcome to my home.
  • welcome home.
  • welcome back.
  • ChongQing welcomes you!
adj. 受欢迎的
  • You are welcome. 你是受欢迎的(不客气)
  • You are welcome to + 地点 

crowd

/kraʊd/n. 人群
A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example, to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something. 人群

noun [集合/集体]人群;一伙人;百姓,凡夫俗子;(尤指体育运动赛事的)观众,听众 - A particular crowd is a group of friends, or a set of people who share the same interests or job.

verb [vt. 及物动词]聚集,群集;靠近,盯着;催促,催逼(因而把人激怒或惹恼);挤满,塞满 - When people crowd around someone or something, they gather closely together around them.

n. 人群
  • in the crowd 在人群中
  • I spotted him in the crowd我在人群中一眼就认出了他
  • a crowd of people 一群人(没有次序的人群, 拥挤的人群)
  • a group of people 一群人(有次序的人群)
  • a large crowd of people 一大群人
  • crowds of people 许多人, 人山人海
vt./vi. 拥挤, 挤满、聚集
  • The hungry refugees crowded around the tractors. 饥饿的难民们围在拖拉机旁。
  • One group of journalists were crowded into a minibus.  一群记者挤满了一辆面包车。
  • Thousands of demonstrators crowded the streets shouting slogans.  数千名示威者喊着口号,挤满了街道。

gather *

🇬🇧/ˈɡæðə(r)/ 🇺🇸/ˈɡæðər/v. 聚集
If people gather somewhere, or if someone gathers people somewhere, they come together in a group. 聚集

verb [vt. 及物动词]聚集,召集;收集,采集;认为,推断;增加(速度、力量等);给…打褶;收紧,拉近 - If you gather things, you collect them together so that you can use them.

vt. 使集拢,集合,召集
  • He gathered a large crowd of people round him.
vt 收集,采集,收(庄稼等)
  • The children are out in the field gathering flowers. 孩子们在外面地里采花。
  • It has taken me a lifetime to gather all these books. 收集所有这些书花了我一辈子的时间。
vi. 集拢,聚集,集合
  • They gathered under the Town Hall clock.
  • people gathered 人们聚集在一起(尤指自发性的聚集)

hand *

/hænd/n. (表或机器的)指针
Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. Each hand has four fingers and a thumb. 手

noun [具体名词]手;(钟表的)指针;一局牌,一手牌;帮助,援手;工人;船员,水手;支配,掌管;作用,影响;鼓掌,拍手喝彩;<文>字迹;一手之宽(用来测量马匹的高度);<旧>(女方的)允婚;表演艺人,制作工匠 - The hand of someone or something is their influence in an event or situation.

verb [vt. 及物动词]交,递;支持,搀扶;卷(帆) - If you hand something to someone, you pass it to them.

n.手
  • minute hand 分针
  • second hand  秒针 (二手的,旧的)
  • hour hand 时针
  • wait me a moment 等我一下
  • wait me a few seconds (for a few secs.) (secs.是seconds 的缩写)
v.传递 hand sth. to sb.She hands the phone to me.

shout

/ʃaʊt/v. 喊叫
If you shout, you say something very loudly, usually because you want people a long distance away to hear you or because you are angry. 大声说出; 大喊

verb [vi. 不及物动词]叫嚷,大声说;呼叫,喊叫;呼唤,呼喊(以引起注意);大声吼叫使…住口(或讲话被淹没)(shout sb. down);将嗓子喊哑;<英> 张扬(shout about);明确无误地指出(或表示);<澳新,非正式>(在酒吧、餐厅等)请人喝饮料(或吃东西);使用大写字母(写电子邮件,表示生气) - He had to shout to make himself heard above the wind.

noun [专属名词](愤怒、害怕、激动等的)呼喊,喊叫声;<英,非正式> 请客的酒,轮到买酒请客;<英,非正式> 紧急召集消防队(或警察)的叫喊声 - Shout is also a noun.

  • call out 大声喊叫
  • cry out 大声哭喊

refuse

/rɪˈfjuːz/v. 拒绝
If you refuse to do something, you deliberately do not do it, or you say firmly that you will not do it. 拒绝

verb [vt. 及物动词]拒绝,回绝(做某事);不接受,拒绝(别人给的东西);拒绝给(所需之物);<非正式>(物体)未应要求起作用;<旧> 不接受(某人的)求婚;(马)拒绝(跨栏或其他障碍物) - If someone refuses you something, they do not give it to you or do not allow you to have it.

noun [专属名词]垃圾,废弃物 - Refuse consists of the rubbish and all the things that are not wanted in a house, shop, or factory, and that are regularly thrown away; used mainly in official language.

adjective [原级]废弃的 - The town made a weekly collection of refuse.

refuse sb. / sth. 拒绝(接受、服从等)She refused the gift. 
refuse to do sth. vt. 拒不,不肯,不愿 John refused to change his mind. 约翰拒不改变主意。 
vi. 拒绝,不接受 I offered to pay him for his help, but he refused. 对于他的帮助我提出给他报酬,但他拒绝了。

laugh *

🇬🇧/lɑːf/ 🇺🇸/læf/v. 笑
When you laugh, you make a sound with your throat while smiling and show that you are happy or amused. People also sometimes laugh when they feel nervous or are being unfriendly. 笑

verb [vi. 不及物动词]笑,发笑;嘲笑,不以为然;愉悦地说;用嘲笑使(某人)离开;(特别表示因成功而)处于有利地位 - If people laugh at someone or something, they mock them or make jokes about them.

noun [具体名词]笑,笑声;令人开心的时刻;引人发笑的人或事,笑料 - Lysenko gave a deep rumbling laugh at his own joke.