VOA常速英语:New Type of Flying Vehicle in Development

词汇讲解：

1. transport vt.运送; 流放
例句：A bus transported us from the airport to the city.
一辆公共汽车把我们从飞机场送到城里。

2. vehicle n. 交通工具, 车辆
例句：No vehicles are permitted into the park.
公园内禁止任何车辆进入。

3. application n. 实际应用, 用途
例句：This is a new discovery that had a number of industrial applications.
这是一项有多种工业用途的新发明。

4. hangar n. 飞机库
例句：The plane nosed into the hangar.
飞机缓缓地进入机库。

5. allow vt. 允许, 许可(做某事)
例句：Allow me to introduce you to our headmaster.
请允许我介绍你见见我们的校长。

6. require vt. 要求, 规定
例句：He required to see my passport.
他要看我的护照。

7. crew n. 全体船员, 全体机务人员
例句：The plane crashed, killing all its passengers and crew.
飞机失事了, 所有乘客和机组人员都遇难了。

8. variable adj. 变化的, 可变的, 易变的
例句：The speed of the windscreen wipers is variable.
汽车挡风玻璃上雨刷的速度是可变的。

9. compress vt. 压,压紧,压缩
例句：Wood cuttings and sawdust can be compressed into boards.
木屑和锯末可压制成板。

10. motivate vt.作为…的动机; 激发; 诱发
例句：You have first got to motivate the children and then to teach them.
你首先得激发孩子的学习兴趣, 然后再去教他们。

11. mettle n. 内在的气质；精神,勇气
例句：He’ll have to be on his mettle if he wants to win the next race.
他如果想赢得下次比赛，就得全力以赴。

12. ferry vt. 渡运, 运送
例句：The airplanes are ferrying motorcars between England and France.
飞机在英法之间运送汽车。