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1. situated adjective
原句: How many smaller structures could be situated very close together in order to generate as much power as you get from the very large ones.
意思: in a particular place or position
例句: My bedroom was situated on the top floor of the house.
2. swirl noun
原句: And those doughnut-shaped swirls of water are an efficient way of propulsion.
意思: the movement of sth that twists and turns in different directions and at different speeds
字源: late Middle English (originally Scots in the sense ‘whirlpool’): perhaps of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch zwirrelen ‘to whirl’.
例句: The dancers left the stage in a swirl of skirts.
3. identical adjective
原句: The systems don't need to be identical for you to learn from them.
意思: similar in every detail
字源: late 16th cent. (as a mathematical term): from medieval Latin identicus, from late Latin identitas, from Latin idem ‘same’.
例句: The two pictures are similar, although not identical.
4. diaper noun
原句: I probably changed three diapers.
意思: a piece of soft cloth or other thick material that is folded around a baby's bottom and between its legs to absorb and hold its body waste
字源: Middle English: from Old French diapre, from medieval Latin diasprum, from medieval Greek diaspros (adjective), from dia ‘across’ + aspros ‘white’. The term seems originally to have denoted a costly fabric, but after the 15th cent. it was used as as a noun to denote cotton or linen woven with a pattern of small diamonds; babies' nappies were originally made from pieces of this fabric, hence the current sense (late 16th cent.).
例句: It was time for a diaper change.
5. abiding adjective
原句: You never love anybody as much as you love your kid, in the deepest, most abiding way.
意思: lasting for a long time and not changing
例句: He is an artist with an abiding concern for humanity.