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2011/06/09 (Thu)
1. fridge noun
原句: The 15-year-old fridge is busted.
意思: a piece of electrical equipment in which food is kept cold so that it stays fresh
字源: 1920s: abbreviation, probably influenced by the proprietary name Frigidaire.
例句: This dessert can be served straight from the fridge.
2. hoard noun
原句: A cash hoard to be used when bad things happen.
意思: a collection of money, food, valuable objects, etc, especially one that sb keeps in a secret place so that other people will not find or steal it
字源: Old English hord (noun), hordian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Hort (noun), horten (verb).
例句: They dug up a hoard of Roman coins.
3. costly adjective
原句: Which leads to costly finance charges.
意思:
a. costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay
b. causing problems or the loss of sth
例句:
a. Buying new furniture may prove too costly.
b. Mining can be costly in terms of lives.
4. squirrel away phrase
原句: Who suggests squirreling away $100 per month for household maintenance and appliance replacement.
意思: to hide or store sth so that it can be used later
例句: She had money squirrelled away in various bank accounts.
5. comparison noun
原句: Start your comparison search online.
意思:
a. the process of comparing two or more people or things
b. an occasion when two or more people or things are compared
字源: Middle English: from Old French comparesoun, from Latin comparatio(n-), from comparare ‘to pair, match’, from compar ‘like, equal’, from com- ‘with’ + par ‘equal’.
例句:
a. I enclose the two plans for comparison.
b. You can draw comparisons with the situation in Ireland.
原句: The 15-year-old fridge is busted.
意思: a piece of electrical equipment in which food is kept cold so that it stays fresh
字源: 1920s: abbreviation, probably influenced by the proprietary name Frigidaire.
例句: This dessert can be served straight from the fridge.
2. hoard noun
原句: A cash hoard to be used when bad things happen.
意思: a collection of money, food, valuable objects, etc, especially one that sb keeps in a secret place so that other people will not find or steal it
字源: Old English hord (noun), hordian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Hort (noun), horten (verb).
例句: They dug up a hoard of Roman coins.
3. costly adjective
原句: Which leads to costly finance charges.
意思:
a. costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay
b. causing problems or the loss of sth
例句:
a. Buying new furniture may prove too costly.
b. Mining can be costly in terms of lives.
4. squirrel away phrase
原句: Who suggests squirreling away $100 per month for household maintenance and appliance replacement.
意思: to hide or store sth so that it can be used later
例句: She had money squirrelled away in various bank accounts.
5. comparison noun
原句: Start your comparison search online.
意思:
a. the process of comparing two or more people or things
b. an occasion when two or more people or things are compared
字源: Middle English: from Old French comparesoun, from Latin comparatio(n-), from comparare ‘to pair, match’, from compar ‘like, equal’, from com- ‘with’ + par ‘equal’.
例句:
a. I enclose the two plans for comparison.
b. You can draw comparisons with the situation in Ireland.
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