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1592. hackles
释义: hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog
例句: The dog's hackles rose and he began to growl as the sound of footsteps grew louder.
1593. hackneyed
释义: commonplace; trite
例句: The English teacher criticized her story because of its hackneyed and unoriginal plot.
1594. haggard
释义: wasted away; gaunt
例句: After his long illness, he was pale and haggard.
1595. haggle
释义: argue about prices
例句: I prefer to shop in a store that has a one-price policy because, whenever I haggle with a shopkeeper, I am never certain that I paid a fair price for the articles I purchased.
1596. halcyon
释义: calm; peaceful
例句: In those halcyon days, people were not worried about sneak attacks and bombings.
1597. hale
释义: healthy
例句: After a brief illness, he was soon hale.
1598. hallowed
释义: blessed; consecrated
例句: She was laid to rest in hallowed ground.
1599. hallucination
释义: delusion
例句: I think you were frightened by a hallucination that you created in you own mind.
1600. halting
释义: hesitant; faltering
例句: Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a halting fashion as they grope for the right words.
1601. hamper
释义: obstruct
例句: The minority party agreed not to hamper the efforts of the leaders to secure a lasting peace.
1602. hap
释义: chance; luck
例句: In his poem hap, Thomas Hardy objects to the part chance plays in our lives.
1603. haphazard
释义: random; by chance
例句: His haphazard reading left him unaquainted with the authors of the books.
1604. hapless
释义: unfortunate
例句: This hapless creature had never known a moment's pleasure.
1605. harangue
释义: long, passionate, and vehement speech
例句: In her lengthy harangue, the principal berated the offenders.
1606. harass
释义: annoy by repeated attacks
例句: When he could not pay his bills as quickly as he had promised, he was harrassed by his creditors.
1607. harbinger
释义: forerunner
例句: The crocus is an early harbinger of spring.
1608. harbor
释义: provide a refuge for; hide
例句: The church harbored illegal aliens who were political refugees.
1609. hardy
释义: sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather
例句: We asked the gardening expert to recommend particularly hardy plants that could withstand our harsh New England winters.
1610. harping
释义: tiresome dwelling on a subject
例句: After he had reminded me several times about what he had done for me I told him to stop his harping on my indebtedness to him.
1611. harrow
释义: break up ground after plowing; torture
例句: I don't want to harrow you at this time by asking you to recall the details of your unpleasant experience.
1612. harry
释义: harass, annoy, torment; raid
例句: The guerrilla band harried the enemy nightly.
1613. hatch
释义: deck opening; lid covering a deck opening
例句: The latch on the hatch failed to catch, so the hatch remained unlatched.
1614. haughtiness
释义: pride; arrogance
例句: I resent his haughtiness because he is no better than we are.
1615. hazardous
释义: dangerous
例句: Your occupation is too hazardous for insurance companies to consider your application.
1616. hazy
释义: slightly obscure
例句: In hazy weather, you cannot see the top of this mountain.
1617. headlong
释义: hasty; rash
例句: The slave seized the unexpected chance to make a headlong dash across the border to freedom.
1618. headstrong
释义: stubborn; willful; unyielding
例句: Because she refused to marry the man her parents had chosen for her, everyone scolded Minna and called her a foolish, headstrong girl.
1619. heckler
释义: person who verbally harasses others
例句: The heckler kept interrupting the speaker with rude remarks.
1620. hedonism
释义: belief that pleasure is the sole aim in life
例句: hedonism and asceticism are opposing philosophies of human behavior.
1621. heedless
释义: not noticing; disregarding
例句: He drove on, heedless of the warnings that the road was dangerous.
1622. hegemony
释义: dominance, especially of one nation over others
例句: As one Eastern European nation after another declared its independence, commentators marveled at the sudden breakdown of the once monolithic Soviet hegemony.
1623. heinous
释义: atrocious; hatefully bad
例句: Hitler's heinous crimes will never be forgotten.
1624. herbivorous
释义: grain-eating
例句: Some herbivorous animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.
1625. heresy
释义: opinion contrary to popular belief or to accepted religion
例句: He was threatened with excommunication because his remarks were considered to be pure heresy.
1626. heretic
释义: person who maintains opinions contrary to the doctrines of the church
例句: She was punished by the Spanish Inquisition because she was a heretic.
1627. hermetic
释义: sealed by fusion so as to be airtight
例句: After these bandages are sterilized, they are placed in hermetic containers.
1628. hermetic
释义: obscure and mysterious; occult
例句: It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated in the hermetic teachings of the ancient alchemists.
1629. hermitage
释义: home of a hermit
例句: Even in his remote hermitage he could not escape completely from the world.
1630. herpetologist
释义: one who studies reptiles
例句: As a boy, Indiana Jones had a traumatic experience involving snakes; sensibly enough, he studies to be archaeologist, not a herpetologist.
1631. heterodox
释义: unorthodox; unconventional
例句: To those who upheld the belief that the earth did not move, Galileo's theory that the earth circled the sun was disturbingly heterodox.
1632. heterogeneous
释义: dissimilar
例句: In a heterogeneous group, we have an unassorted assemblage, while in a homogeneous group we have people or things that have common traits.
1633. hew
释义: cut to pieces with ax or sword
例句: The cavalry rushed into melee and hewed the enemy with their swords.
1634. heyday
释义: time of greatest success; prime
例句: In their heyday, the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.
1635. hiatus
释义: gap; pause
例句: Except for a brief two-year hiatus, during which she enrolled in the Peace Corps, Ms. Clements has devoted herself to her medical career.
1636. hibernal
释义: wintry
例句: Bears prepare for their long hibernal sleep by overeating.
1637. hibernate
释义: sleep throughout the winter
例句: Bears are one of the many species of animals that hibernate.
1638. hierarchy
释义: body divided into ranks
例句: It was difficult to step out of one's place in this hierarchy.
1639. hieroglyphic
释义: picture writing
例句: The discovery of the Rosetta Stone enabled scholars to read the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
1640. hilarity
释义: boisterous mirth
例句: The hilarity is improper on this solemn day of mourning.
1641. hindmost
释义: furthest behind
例句: The coward could always be found in the hindmost lines whenever a battle was being waged.
1642. hindrance
释义: block; obstacle
例句: Stalled cars along the highway are a hindrance to traffic that tow trucks should remove without delay.
1643. hinterlands
释义: back country
例句: They seldom had visitors, living as they did way out in the hinderlands.
1644. hireling
释义: one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously)
例句: In a matter of such importance, I do not wish to deal with hirelings; I must meet with the chief.
1645. hirsute
释义: hairy
例句: He was a hitsute individual with a heavy black beard.
1646. histrionic
释义: theatrical
例句: He was proud of his histrionic ability and wanted to paly the role of Hamlet.
1647. hoard
释义: stockpile; accumulate for future use
例句: Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage, people are tempted to hoard food.
1648. hoary
释义: white with age
例句: The man was hoary and wrinkled when he was 70.
1649. hoax
释义: trick; practical joke
例句: Embarrassed by the hoax, he reddened and left the room.
1650. holocaust
释义: destruction by fire
例句: Citizens of San Francisco remember that the destruction of the city was caused not by the earthquake but by the holocaust that followed.
1651. holster
释义: pistol case
例句: Even when he was not in uniform, he carried a holster and pistol under his arm.
1652. homage
释义: honor; tribute
例句: In her speech she tried to pay homage to a great man.
1653. homeostasis
释义: tendency of a system to maintain relative stability
例句: A breakdown of the body's immune system severely undermines the body's ability to maintain homeostasis.
1654. homespun
释义: domestic; made at home
例句: homespun wit, like homespun cloth, was often coarse and plain.
1655. homily
释义: sermon; serious warning
例句: His speeches were always homilies, advising his listeners to repent and reform.
1656. homogeneous
释义: of the same kind
例句: Many educators try to put pupils of similar abilities in the same class because they believe that his homogeneous grouping is advisable.
1657. hone
释义: sharpen
例句: To make shaving easier, he honed his razor with great care.
1658. hoodwink
释义: deceive; delude
例句: Having been hoodwinked once by the fast-talking salesman, he was extremely cautious when he went to purchase a used car.
1659. horde
释义: crowd
例句: Just before Christmas the stores are filled with hordes of shoppers.
1660. hortatory
释义: encouraging; exhortive
例句: The crowd listened to his hortatory statements with ever-growing excitement; finally they rushed from the hall to carry to his suggestions.
1661. horticultural
释义: pertaining to cultivation of gardens
例句: When he bought his house, he beganto look for flowers and decorative shrubs, and began to read books dealing with horticultural matters.
1662. hovel
释义: shack; small, wretched house
例句: He wondered how poor people could stand living in such a hovel.
1663. hover
释义: hang about; wait nearby
例句: The police helicopter hovered above the accident.
1664. hubbub
释义: confused uproar
例句: The marketplace was a scene of hubbub and excitement.
1665. hubris
释义: arrogance; excessive self-conceit
例句: Filled with hubris, Lear refused to heed his friends' warnings.
1666. hue
释义: color; aspect
例句: The aviary contained birds of every possible hue.
1667. hue
释义: outcry
例句: When her purse was snatched, she raised such a hue and cry that the thief was captured.
1668. humane
释义: kind
例句: His humane and considerate treatment of the unfortunate endeared him to all.
1669. humdrum
释义: dull; monotonous
例句: After years of adventure, he could not settle down to a humdrum existence.
1670. humid
释义: damp
例句: She could not stand the humid climate and moved to a drier area.
1671. humility
释义: humbleness of spirit
例句: He spoke with a humility and lack of pride that impressed his listeners.
1672. hummock
释义: small hill
例句: The ascent of the hummock is not difficult and the view from the hilltop is ample reward tor the effort.
1673. humus
释义: substance formed by decaying vegetable matter
例句: In order to improve his garden, he spread humus over his lawn and flower beds.
1674. hurtle
释义: crash; rush
例句: The runaway train hurtled toward disaster.
1675. husbandry
释义: frugality; thrift; agriculture
例句: He accumulated his small fortune by diligence and husbandry.
1676. hybrid
释义: mongrel; mixed breed
例句: Mendel's formula explains the appearance of hybrids and pure species in breeding.
1677. hydrophobia
释义: fear of water; rabies
例句: A dog that bites a human being must be observed for symptoms of hydrophobia.
1678. hyperbole
释义: exaggeration; overstatement
例句: This salesman is guilty of hyperbole in describing his product; it is wise to discount his claims.
1679. hypercritical
释义: excessively exacting
例句: You are hypercritical in your demands for perfection; we all make mistakes.
1680. hypochondriac
释义: person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness
例句: The doctor prescribed chocolate pills for his patient who was a hypocondriac.
1681. hypocritical
释义: pretending to be virtuous; deceiving
例句: I resent his hypocritical posing as a friend for I know he is interested only in his own advancement.
1682. hypothetical
释义: based on assumptions or hypotheses
例句: Why do we have to consider hypothetical cases when we have actual case histories that we may examine?
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Barron词表 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ |
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| You can memorize words in an efficient way if you pronounce them reasonably. Say words correctly, and you will learn them easily. Correct pronunciation means correct spelling of the words. English spelling is not good to guide its pronunciation. But spelling and pronunciation have closed relationship. They match each other perfectly. Sometimes we can pronounce a word according to its spelling. English pronunciation can also guide its spelling. This is a two-way communication. |
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