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VOA慢速英语:Isaac Newton: One of the World’s Greatest Scientists
词汇讲解:
1. gravity n. 万有引力; 地心引力; 重力
例句:An apple falls down because of gravity.
由于重力的关系, 苹果往下掉。
2. calculus n. 微积分(学)
例句:I’m specializing in differential and integral calculus.
我正专攻微分学和积分学。
3. giant n. 伟人, 卓越人物
例句:Shakespeare is a giant among writers.
莎士比亚是作家中的巨擘。
4. plague n. .瘟疫
例句:Plague was once very common here.
以前, 瘟疫在这里时有发生。
5. mystery n. 神秘的事, 难以理解的事物,奥秘
例句:The flying saucer is yet an unsolved mystery.
飞碟仍然是未解之谜。
6. contain vt. 包含; 容纳
例句:Whisky contains a large percentage of alcohol.
威士忌的酒精含量极高。
7. orbit n. 轨道
例句:They put a weather satellite into orbit round the earth.
他们把一颗气象卫星送入环绕地球的轨道。
8. mass n. 质量
例句:Energy and mass are equal and interchangeable.
能量与质量相等而又是可以互相转换的。
9. telescope n. 望远镜
例句:She explores the universe by telescope.
她用望远镜勘察宇宙。
10. lens n. 透镜, 镜头,透镜;镜片
例句:The lens of a camera forms images.
照相机的镜头使图像形成。
11. multiply v. 乘, (使)相乘
例句:His son is learning to multiply and divide.
他儿子正在学习乘法和除法。
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