A dangerous creature is haunting South Korean crossroads

• haunt /hɔːnt/ v. 经常出没，闹鬼；长期困扰

例句：The house is haunted.

英文释义：to make someone feel worried and upset for a long time

例句：For years she was haunted by guilt.

• come in/with sth. 用来介绍某物的特点、形态

英文释义：to be sold, available, or found in a specified form

例句：The shirt comes in four sizes.

例句：The computer comes with a keyboard and mouse.

• mount /maʊnt/ v. 安装

词性拓展：mount（n. 山峰）

搭配短语：Mount Everest（n.）

英文释义：If you mount an object on something, you fix it there firmly.

搭配短语：mount a TV on the wall

例句：The TV is mounted on the wall.

• Instagrammable /ˈɪnstəɡræməbl/ adj. 值得发到 Instagram 上的

相关词汇：Instagram

词根词缀：-able（可以……的）

-able 相关词汇：adjustable；adaptable

搭配短语：10 most instagrammable spots

• ramification /ˌræmɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ n. 结果；衍生后果

英文释义：a complicated or unexpected way in which a decision, process, or event affects other things

搭配短语：the ramifications of human activities

搭配短语：The ramifications go (far) beyond...

• dire /ˈdaɪər/ adj. 极度严重的，糟糕的

英文释义：extremely serious or terrible

例句：The ramifications of human activities would go beyond the dire consequences for the environment.

• be glued to 全神贯注看着某物

相关词汇：glue（n. 胶水；v. 用胶水粘上）

• pedestrian /pəˈdestriən/ n. 行人

相关词汇：cyclist（n. 骑自行车的人）

相关词汇：motorist，driver（n. 开汽车的人）

• peruse /pəˈruːz/

v. 仔细地看；精读

近义词：read

英文释义：to read sth, especially in a careful way

搭配短语：peruse the document/report

• smombie /smɑːmbi/ n. 手机僵尸

英文释义：pedestrians who walk slowly and without attention to their surroundings because they are focused upon their smartphones

• portmanteau /pɔːrtˈmæntoʊ/ n. 混合词，混成词

例句：Microsoft is a portmanteau of microcomputer and software.

相关词汇：Microsoft（microcomputer+software）；Brexit（Britain+exit）

构词法

• portmanteau, compound

portmanteau 是混成词，也就是取几个词的部分合在一起构成一个新词，如Microsoft 就是由 microcomputer 的前半部分和 software 的前半部分混成；而 compound 是合成词，是把几个完整的词合在一起构成一个新词，比如smartphone 就是由 smart 和 phone 合成。

• sturdy /ˈstɜːrdi/ adj. 坚固的
• appeal to

努力启发，劝说

英文释义：to try to persuade sb to do sth by suggesting that it is a fair, reasonable, or honest thing to do

例句：Adverts for charities that show children with tear-stained faces appeal to our sympathy.

搭配短语：appeal to one's good sense

• resort to 采取，诉诸于

英文释义：to do something that you do not want to do because you cannot find any other way of achieving something

例句：Some homeless teenagers resort tostealing when their money runs out.

• hotspot /hɑːtspɑːt/ n. 热点地区；热闹场所

搭配短语：a tourist/vacation hotspot

• retain /rɪˈteɪn/ v. 保留

近义词：keep

例句：Firms are struggling to recruit—and retain—people with the expertise they need.