saliva [səˈlaivə] n. 唾液
digestive [daiˈdʒestiv] adj. 助消化的
【扩】eupeptic 助消化的
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A: I have a cup of black tea every morning. It's said to be good for the health.
B: Yeah, tea is digestive and refreshing during the summertime heat.
A：我每天早上都喝一杯红茶，据说喝茶对身体很好。
B：嗯，喝茶可以帮助消化，提神，解暑。
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defy [diˈfai] v. 使不可能
analyse [ˈænəlaiz] v. 分析
【扩】analyze 分析，研究 assay 分析，化验
【搭】make an analyse of 分析 in the final analyse 经过最后分析认为……
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A: I've been analysing our sales figures over the past few years, and it seems to me that we should set up agencies in new areas where there is a great demand for our sort of travel services.
B: I think you're a bit quick with your conclusion there.
A：通过分析过去几年的销售额，我认为应该在对旅行服务需求较大的新地区建立代理点。
B：我认为您结论下得过早了。
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prey [prei] n. 被捕食的动物
fierce [fiəs] adj. 凶猛的
【派】fiercely 凶猛地
【扩】lupine 凶猛的 scaddle 凶猛的
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A: My dog may look fierce but it is docile.
B: I think I still like cats more.
A：我的狗看起来样子很凶，其实很温顺．
B：我想我还是更喜欢猫。
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tussle [ˈtʌsəl] v. 扭打
carnivore [ˈkɑːnivɔː] n. 食肉动物
vertebrate [ˈvəːtibreit] n. 脊椎动物
lizard [ˈlizəd] n. 蜥蜴
concoct [kənˈkɔkt] v. 调制
【派】concoctive 调和的
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A: I gave her a tip on how to concoct a new kind of soup this morning.
B: No wonder she asked me to have dinner with her tonight.
A：我今天早上教了她配制一种新汤的诀窍。
B：难怪她让我今天晚上跟她一起吃饭。
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potent [ˈpəutənt] adj. 效力大的
conversion [kənˈvəːʃən] n. 转变
【扩】transition 转变
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A: The rates could become lower by the time the automatic conversion is made.
B: Can you improve it?
A：在自动转变的时候，转换比例可能更低。
B：你们能改进吗？
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arsenic [ˈɑːsənik] n. 砒霜
strychnine [ˈstrikniːn] n. 马钱子碱
mamba [ˈmɑːmbə] n. 树眼镜蛇
cobra [ˈkəubrə] n. 眼镜蛇
venom [ˈvenəm] n. 毒液
【扩】poison 毒药，毒液
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A: The snake will inject the venom immediately after biting its prey.
B: It's really a dangerous animal.
A：毒蛇咬住猎物之后马上注入毒液。
B：它可真是一种危险的动物啊。
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neurotoxic [ˌnjuərəuˈtɔksik] adj. 毒害神经的
viper [ˈvaipə] n. 蝰蛇
rattlesnake [ˈrætlsneik] n. 响尾蛇
haemolytic [ˌhiːməuˈlitik] adj. 溶血性的
viperine [ˈvaipərin] adj. 毒蛇的
saliva
/səˈlaɪvə/noun [物质名词] 唾液，涎
He noticed a lot of saliva settling in his mouth. 他注意到有很多唾液滞留在他的嘴里。
noun [专属名词] 【名】 （Saliva）（美、阿根、意、法、英）萨利瓦（人名）
Michael was showing the nurse how to suction his saliva. 迈可正演示给护士看如何吸出他的唾液。
digestive
/daɪˈdʒestɪv/adjective [原级] 消化的，与消化有关的
...digestive juices that normally work on breaking down our food. …通常用于分解食物的消化液。
noun [物质名词] 助消化的食物（或药物）；<英>（全麦）消化饼干
Foods are broken down in the digestive tract. 食物在消化道内被分解。
defy
/dɪˈfaɪ/verb [vt. 及物动词] 违抗，不服从；挑战，激；无法，难以（描述或理解）；经受住，顶住
I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers. 我可不敢不听老师的话。
analysis
🇬🇧/əˈnæləsɪs/ 🇺🇸/əˈnæləsɪs/noun [抽象名词] 分析；化验分析；心理分析，精神分析；分析报告
Sporting greatness defies analysis – but we know it when we see it. 运动的伟大无法进行分析–但是我们一看就知道。
noun [集合/集体] 猎物，捕获物；受害者，受骗者；<古>掠夺品
Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges. 电鳐释放大量的电荷将他们的猎物击昏。
verb [vi. 不及物动词] 捕食；欺凌，坑害（尤指弱者）；不断困扰，折磨
The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them. 后果是打断食物链，使许多动物和捕食它们的动物饿死。
noun [专属名词] 【名】 （Prey）（美、德、爱）普赖（人名）
The hunters stalked their prey. 猎人们隐伏跟踪猎物。
adjective [原级] （动作或情感）强烈的，激烈的；（人或动物）凶猛的，狂怒的；（天气等）狂暴的，恶劣的
They look like the teeth of some fierce animal. 它们看上去像是某种猛兽的牙齿。
adverb [方式副词] <美，非正式>很，非常
He has always been ambitious and fiercely competitive. 他一直都野心勃勃，极其争强好斗。
tussle
/ˈtʌs(ə)l/noun [具体名词] 争斗，扭打；争辩
Two players were ejected after a tussle on the field. 两名球员在场上扭打后被罚出场。
verb [vt. 及物动词] 扭打；争夺
He grabbed my microphone and we tussled over that. 他抓住我的话筒，我们为此扭打起来。
noun [集合/集体] 食肉动物；喜欢吃肉的人，食肉动物（诙谐说法）
It's a gharial, perhaps the largest terrestrial carnivore ever to walk the earth, larger than T-Rex. 这是一条长吻鄂，可能是地球上有史以来最大的陆地食肉动物，比霸王龙还要大。
vertebrate
🇬🇧/ˈvɜːtɪbrət/ 🇺🇸/ˈvɜːrtɪbrət/noun [专属名词] 脊椎动物
The left side of most vertebrate brains, for example, seems to process and control feeding. 例如，大多数脊椎动物的左脑似乎负责的是处理和控制进食。
adjective [原级] 脊椎动物（有关）的；有脊椎的
Thus the anaerobic energy reserves of a vertebrate are proportional to the size of the animal. 因此，脊椎动物的无氧能量储备与动物的大小成正比。
noun [专属名词] 蜥蜴；类蜥蜴爬行动物
Confident in its camouflage, being the same colour as the rocks, the lizard stands still when it feels danger. 蜥蜴对自己和石头颜色相同的保护色很自信，即便感觉危险也不动。
noun [专属名词] 【名】 （Lizard）（法）利扎尔（人名）
Neither the lizard nor the glass has any secrets. 无论是蜥蜴还是玻璃，都没有任何秘密。
concoct
🇬🇧/kənˈkɒkt/ 🇺🇸/kənˈkɑːkt/verb [vt. 及物动词] vt. 编造；调制（食物或饮品）
What was the most unusual fragrance or flavor you've had to concoct? 你配制的最奇怪的香水或者香味是什么？
potency
🇬🇧/ˈpəʊt(ə)nsi/ 🇺🇸/ˈpoʊt(ə)nsi/noun [抽象名词] （人、行动或思想的）影响力，支配力；（男子的）性交能力；（药物等的）效力；（遗传）潜能；发育能力
All their songs have a lingering potency. 他们所有的歌曲都有挥之不去的影响力。
conversion
🇬🇧/kənˈvɜːʃ(ə)n/ 🇺🇸/kənˈvɜːrʒ(ə)n/noun [抽象名词] 转变，转换；（宗教或信仰的）改变，归附；侵权行为，非法挪用（或侵吞）；改建的房屋；（达阵后的）附加得分
No conversion from analogue to digital data is needed. 没有必要把模拟转换为数字数据。
noun [物质名词] 砷；砒霜
Analysis showed that traces of arsenic were present in the body. 分析显示，尸体中有微量砒霜。
adjective [原级] 砷的；五价砷的
Indium, for example, had previously been assigned an atomic mass between those of arsenic and selenium. 例如，人们以前认为铟的原子质量介于砷和硒之间。
strychnine
/ˈstrɪkniːn/noun [物质名词] 士的宁；番木鳖碱
Strychnine is used to kill rodents and pyrrolizidine alkaloids have significant activity against microbes. 士的宁用于杀灭啮齿动物，而吡咯里西啶类生物碱则具有较强的杀菌活性。
mamba
/ˈmæmbə/noun [专属名词] 树眼镜蛇（非洲有毒树蛇）
Creep up to a sleeping mamba, tweak it by the tail. 他会蹑手蹑脚的走向一条熟睡的大王蛇，扭它的尾巴。
noun [专属名词] （Mamba）人名；（刚（金）、斯威、塞内）曼巴
He called it "Mamba Spirit". 他称之为“曼巴精神”。
cobra
🇬🇧/ˈkəʊbrə/ 🇺🇸/ˈkoʊbrə/noun [专属名词] 眼镜蛇；（澳）头颅
The cobra sank its venomous fangs into his hand. 眼镜蛇将毒牙咬进他的手。
noun [专属名词] （Cobra）人名；（西）科夫拉；（法、意、葡）科布拉
However, it was not a full "cobra" meeting and no ministers attended. 然而，这并不是一次完整的“眼镜蛇”会议，也没有部长参加。
venom
/ˈvenəm/noun [物质名词] （蛇、昆虫等的）毒液；怨恨，恶意
He reserved particular venom for critics of his foreign policy. 他对批评他的外交政策的人怀有特别的怨恨。
verb [vt. 及物动词] 使有毒，放毒
Tarantula venom is weaker than that of a honeybee. 狼蛛毒液的毒性比蜜蜂的都弱。
adjective [原级] 毒害神经的
It does not distribute neurotoxic mercury around the planet; it does not clog city air and the lungs of those who breathe it with soot and sulfur. 它不会在地球上散播神经毒性汞；它不会用烟尘和硫堵塞城市空气和呼吸者的肺。
noun [专属名词] 毒蛇；毒如蛇蝎的人，阴险的人
You conspire with him against me, do you, viper? 你和他合谋反对我，是吗，蝰蛇？
noun [专属名词] （Viper）人名；（瑞典）维佩尔
Flee from every symptom of this deadly foe as you would flee from a viper. 你要逃避这死敌的一切症状，犹如逃避一条蝰蛇一般。
adder
🇬🇧/ˈædə(r)/ 🇺🇸/ˈædər/noun [专属名词] 蝰蛇（欧洲产的小毒蛇）；加算器；猪鼻蛇（北美产无毒的）
I took a horned adder from beneath a stone and let it sting me. 我从石头下面捉出一条长角的毒蝰蛇来，让它咬我。
rattlesnake
/ˈrætlsneɪk/noun [专属名词] [脊椎] 响尾蛇
One family of completely harmless snakes, the kingsnake, has also evolved serum that neutralizes rattlesnake venom. 一种完全无毒的蛇家族，王蛇，也进化出了能中和响尾蛇毒液的血清。
haemolytic
🇬🇧/ˌhiːməʊˈlɪtɪk/ 🇺🇸/hiːmoʊˈlɪtɪk/adjective [原级] 溶血的，与溶血有关的
The result is a progressive haemolytic anaemia. 结果是造成渐进性的溶血性贫血。
viperine
🇬🇧/ˈvaɪpəˌraɪn/ 🇺🇸/ˈvaɪpərɪn/adjective [原级] 毒蛇的
That woman has the most viperine tongue! 那个女人有最恶毒的舌头！
