【核心词汇】DAY 55

你可能一直埋怨背单词枯燥

就算“枯燥”15分钟又怎样

成功的人并不是做了多少

而是每天都在坚持做

坚持本身就是一种成功

单词日历

Let's begin

sprout [spraut]

n. 芽，萌芽
v. 使发芽，长芽

参考例句

1 . These potatoes have begun to sprout .

这些马铃薯开始发芽了。

2 . Leaves began to sprout from the trees.
树上开始长叶子了。

staff [stɑ:f]

n. 全体人员，同事
n. 拐杖; 杆，棒; 五线谱
vt. 配备员工

参考例句

1 . Have you brought your swimming staff ?

你带了游泳用的东西了吗？

2 . Such experiences are the very staff of life.
这样的经验才是生活的内在本质。

3 . I have arranged that one of my staff will meet you at the airport.
我已经安排好派一个职员到飞机场接你。

4 . If the fire-alarm goes, staff should assemble outside the building.
火警警报响时全体人员应到楼外集合。

spoil [spɔil]

n. 战利品，奖品
v. 宠坏，溺爱，破坏，腐坏

参考例句

1 . A fond mother may spoil her child.

溺爱的母亲可能会宠坏她的孩子。

2 . He's spoiling for trouble.
他憋足了劲儿要找麻烦。

3 . The children kept quarreling and spoiled our holiday.
孩子们不断吵架，破坏了我们的假期。

4 . He had spoiled the soup by putting in too much salt.
他往汤里放盐太多，把汤给糟蹋了。

stain [stein]

n. 污点，瑕疵，染料，着色剂
v. 玷污，弄脏，着色

参考例句

1 . How much stain should I buy for the table?

给这张桌子上色，我得买多少颜料？

2 . I can't get these coffee stains out of the carpet.
我弄不掉地毯上的咖啡污迹。

3 . The little boy stained his fingers with ink.
小男孩的手指让墨水给染脏了。

4 . Such a man is a stain to humanity.
这种人是人类的耻辱。

splash [splæʃ]

n. 飞溅的水，污点，卖弄
v. 溅湿，溅开

参考例句

1 . She splashed out on a new pair of shoes.

她心血来潮买了一双新鞋。

2 . The story was splashed across the front page of the newspaper.
这篇报道刊登在报纸头版显著位置。

spin [spin]

v. (使)旋转，疾驰，纺织，结网，眩晕
n. 纺织，旋转，眩晕，疾驰

参考例句

1 . The collision sent the car spinning across the road.
汽车被撞得转著圈儿冲到路的另一边。

2 . The motorcycles were spinning along at full speed.
摩托车正全速疾驰。

3 . The pitcher gave a spin to the ball.
投手使球旋转。

4 . Silkworms spin cocoons.
蚕作茧。

squeeze [skwi:z]

v. 压榨，挤压，塞进
n. 压榨，勒索，榨取

参考例句

1 . It took some ingenuity to squeeze all the furniture into the little room.
把全部家具都塞进那个小房间是很费了一番心思的。

2 . We managed to get all the luggage into the car but it was a tight squeeze .
我们总算把行李都塞进汽车里了，不过挤得要命。

3 . She's just lost her job, so they're really feeling the squeeze .
她刚失了业，这下他们真正感到艰难了。

4 . It was a tight squeeze but we finally got all the clothes into the case.
箱子已经很满了，但我们还是把衣服全塞进去了。

stack [stæk]

n. 堆叠，堆
v. 堆积，堆放

参考例句

1 . The floor was stacked up with books.
地板上堆满了书。

2 . Traffic was stacked up for miles because of the accident.
车祸引起了交通堵塞，车辆排起的长龙有好几里长。

3 . There is a stack of dishes to be washed in the kitchen.
厨房里还有一大堆盘子要洗。