drench
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense drenches, present participle drenching, past tense, past participle drenched
- (verb)To drench something or someone means to make them them completely wet.
They were getting drenched by icy water.
absent-minded
- Someone who is absent-minded forgets things or does not pay attention to what they are doing often because they are thinking about something else.
In his later life he became later even more absent-minded.
accompany
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense accompanies, present participle accompanying, past tense, past participle accompanied.
- If you accompany someone, you go somewhere with them.
Ken agreed to accompany me on a trip to Africa. - If one thing accompanies another, it happens or exists at the same time, or as a result of it.
Perhaps the accompanying illustration will explain it. - If you accompany a singer or a musician, you play one part of a piece of music while they sing or play the main tune.
She sang and Alice accompanied her on the piano.
due date
- The date when something is due to be paid.
*To avoid paying interest, pay in full by the due date every month. - the date on which, according to medical calculations, a pregnant woman is most likely to give birth.
*The due date for the baby is Aug.14.
reluctance[不情愿]
- lack of eagerness or willingness; disinclination
voice
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense voices, present participle voicing, past tense, past participle voiced
- (countable noun) Someone's voice is their opinion on a particular topic and what they say about it.
What does one do when a government simply refuses to listen to the voice of opposition.
drawback
- A drawback is an aspect of something or someone that makes them less acceptable than they would otherwise be.
*He felt the apartment's only drawback was that it was too small.
touchy
Word forms: comparative touchier, superlative touchiest
- (adj) If you describe someone as touchy, you mean that they are easily upset, offended or irritated.
Don't be so touchy. - (adj) If you say something is a touchy subject, you mean that it is a subject that needs to be dealt with carefully and in a sensitive way, because it might upset or offend people.
scold[责骂]
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense scolds , present participle scolding , past tense, past participle scolded
- If you scold someone, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong.
If he finds out, he will scold me.
flatter
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense flatters , present participle flattering , past tense, past participle flattered
- If someone flatters[奉承] you, they praise you in a exaggerated way that is not sincere, because they want to please you or to persuade you to do something.
I knew she was just flattering me. - If you flatter[自命不凡] yourself that something good is the case, you believe that it is true, although others may disagree. If someone says to you, "You are flattering yourself" or "Don't flatter your self" they mean they disagree with your good opinion of yourself.
I flatter myself I've done it all rather well. - If something flatters[美化] you, it makes you appear more attractive.
This photograph does not flatter you.
the benefit of the doubt
- If you give someone the benefit of the doubt, you treat them as if they are telling the truth and as if they have behaved properly, even though you are not sure that this is the case.
At first I gave him the benefit of the doubt.
messy
- (adj)A messy person or activity makes things dirty or untidy.
She was a good, if messy, cook. - (adj)Something is messy is dirty or untidy.
Dad made me clean up my messy room. - (adj) If you describe a situation as messy, you are emphasizing that it is confused or complicated, and therefore unsatisfactory[不令人满意的].
stuffed animals
填充式动物玩具;动物标本
relief
Word forms: plural reliefs
- (variable noun)If you feel a sense of relief, you feel happy because something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
It is a relief to get out of the office once in a while. - (uncountable noun) If something provides relief from pain or distress, it stops pain or distress.
This brought considerable[相当大的] relief from the pain. - (uncountable noun) Relief is money, food, or clothing that is provided people who are very poor, or who have been affected by war or a nature disaster.
Relief agencies are stepping up efforts to provide food, shelter and agricultural equipment. - (countable noun) A relief worker is someone who does your work when you go home, or who is employed to do it instead of you when you are sick.
No relief drivers were available. - (countable noun) A relief is a sculpture[雕塑] that is carved out of a flat vertical surface.
sigh
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense sighs , present participle sighing , past tense, past participle sighed
- When you sigh, you let out a deep breath, as a way to expressing the feelings such as disappointment, tiredness, or pleasure.
Michael sighed wearily[疲倦地]. - If you sigh something, you say it with a sigh.
- If a wind sighs through a place, it moves through the place with a sound like a sigh.
stressed out
- If a person is stressed out, they are very tense and anxious because of difficulties in their lives.
heighten
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense heightens , present participle heightening , past tense, past participle heightened
- If something heightens the feeling or if feeling heightens, the feeling increases in degree or intensive.
he move has heightened tension in the state.
