Lesson 29 The hovercraft 【单词列表】

cushion ^{n. a cloth bag filled with soft material that you put on a chair or the floor to make it more comfortable 软垫，靠垫}

• a velvet cushion
• a cushion cover
• She stuffed the money under a cushion. ^{她把钱塞到软垫底下。}

cushion ^{n. a layer of sth. between two surfaces that keeps them apart 垫状物}

• A hovercraft rides on a cushion of air.
• Think of a plumped-up cushion. ^{想想填得鼓鼓的靠垫。}

cushion ^{n.sth. that protects you against sth. unpleasant that might happen 缓冲}

• The bush acted as a cushion to my fall. ^{矮树丛对我的下跌起到了缓冲作用。}
• They said Western aid was needed to cushion the blows of vital reform. ^{他们说需要西方国家的援助以缓解重大变革的冲击。}
• Lack of a cash cushion. ^{缺少现金缓冲。}

cushion against … ^{对抗…的缓冲}

• Welfare provides a cushion against hardship. ^{福利给困苦提供了一个缓解。}
• Do you need money to expand or as a cushion against risk? ^{你需要资金来扩张还是作为一种风险缓冲？}
• His savings were a comfortable cushion against financial problems. ^{他的积蓄好比一个舒适的垫子，可以缓解拮据之苦。}

cushion ^{n. the soft rubber edge of the table used for playing billiards or snooker（台球台内侧边缘的）弹性衬里}

• The team built up a safe cushion of two goals in the first half. ^{那支球队上半场射进两球，奠定了稳操胜券的基础。}

 vt. (这种响是刺耳的, 往往是提醒人做某事)

vt. 打电话给（美语中用 call） ring sb. 给某人打电话

n. （打）电话

 n. 戒指

sensation ^{n. state of great surprise, excitement, interest, etc among many people 轰动}

• The discovery caused a sensation, people associate the sea eel with live animals, but also did not express any doubt. ^{这一发现引起了轰动，人们将海鳗与活体动物联系起来，但也没有表示任何怀疑。}
• The band became a sensation overnight. ^{一夜之间，这支乐队名声大振。}
• She felt a burning sensation in her throat. ^{她感到咽喉火辣辣的疼。}
• He had the eerie sensation of being watched. ^{他不安地感到有人在监视他。}

cause a sensation ^引起轰动

• News of his arrest caused a sensation.
• The first tests on the Solent in 1959 caused a sensation.
• This message is then transmitted and cause a sensation of mass. ^{这一消息随后被大规模转发并引起轰动。}
• This speech caused a remarkable sensation among the party. ^{这话在它们间引起了极大的轰动。}
  

sensation ^{n. a feeling that you get from one of your five senses, especially the sense of touch 感觉（尤指触觉）}

• One sign of a heart attack is a tingling sensation in the left arm.
• This is supposed to induce pleasurable sensations in the elephant, and its effects are reinforced by the use of endearing epithets.
• The sensation of facial vision, it turns out, really goes in through the ears. ^{事实证明，面部视觉的感觉是通过耳朵传递的。}
• Working with one's head causes a sensation of hunger quite as much as muscular work. ^{脑力劳动与体力劳动引起的饥饿感觉是完全一样的。}

【词根】 “sens   /   sent” = to feel 

• sensation ^{n. 感觉；轰动；感动}
• sensational ^{adj. 轰动的；耸人听闻的；非常好的；使人感动的}
• sense  ^{n. 感觉，知觉；意义}
• sensitive  ^{adj. 敏感的}
• sensual  ^{adj.  肉体上的；性感的}
• sentiment  ^{n.  情绪，感情}
• sentimentality  ^{n. 多愁善感}
• assent  ^{v. & n.  同意，赞成}
• consent  ^{v. & n. 同意，赞成}
• consensus  ^{n.  共识}
• dissent  ^{n. 异议，反对；v. 持异议，不同意}
• resent ^{v. 怨恨，憎恨}
• resentment  ^{n. 怨恨，憎恨}
• presentiment  ^{n. 预感，凶兆}

plantation ^{n. a large area of land in a hot country, where crops such as tea, cotton, and sugar are grown（尤指热带国家的）种植园，农场}

• a banana plantation
• plantation workers / owners

【词根】 “plant” = to plant（种植）；plant（植物）

• plantation  ^{n.  种植园，农场}
• plant  ^{n. 植物；工厂；设备；v. 种植；栽赃}
• implant ^{v.  灌输（思想）；在身体某部位植入} 
• implantation  ^{n.  （思想）的灌输；（医）植入} 
• plantlet  ^{“let” = small  n. 小植物，植物幼苗}
• transplant  ^{“trans” = across  v. & n. 移植（植物） ；移植（器官）}
• transplantable  ^{adj.（植物或器官）可移植的}