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英语专八核心词汇学习:P开头的单词7

2011-03-29来源:互联网

1.plumb:n. 铅锤  v. 1. 用铅锤测量  2. 探测,了解  3.陷入…的深渊

例如:When his friend was killed, he plumbed the depths of despair.(他的朋友被害后,他陷入了绝望的深渊。)

2.plummet:v. 垂直(或突然)落下

例如:A plane plummeted to earth.(一架飞机一头栽向地面。)

3.poach:v. 1. 偷猎(或捕杀)2. 水煮

例如:He has been poaching on her land for years, poaching mainly fish and rabbits.(数年来他一直在她的土地上偷猎, 主要捕鱼和偷猎兔子。)

4.pockmark:n. 痘痕

5.poignant:a. 辛辣的,伤人感情的

例如:It is especially poignant that he died on the day before his wedding.(他在婚礼前一天去世了, 这尤其令人伤感。)

6.polarity:n. 1. 磁性引力  2. (性格)正相反

7.polemic:n. 争论,论战

8.pollen:n. 花粉

9.pompous:a. 浮夸的,自负的

例如:He was very pompous at the meeting.(他在会上表现得很自负。)

10.poppy:n. 罂粟