读英文原著《Wonder/奇迹男孩》学单词 121

Part Eight: August - The Drop-Off

ceremony

/ˈserəmoʊni/

an important social or religious event, when a traditional set of actions is performed in a formal way
典礼，仪式

a wedding ceremony
婚礼

campus

/ˈkæmpəs/

the land and buildings of a university or college, including the buildings where students live
（大学或学院的）校园

Most first-year students live on campus.
大部分一年级学生都住在校园里。

gown

/ɡaʊn/

a long dress that a woman wears on formal occasions
女礼服

gel

/dʒel/

a thick wet substance that is used in beauty or cleaning products
（美容或清洁产品中的）凝胶，冻胶

hair gel
发胶

shower gel
沐浴露

visor

/ˈvaɪzər/

a small piece of plastic, etc. inside the front window of a car that can be pulled down to protect the driver's eyes from the sun
（汽车内挡风玻璃上方的）遮阳板

wheels

a car

At last he had his own wheels.
他终于有了自己的汽车。

smile/grin from ear to ear

to be smiling a lot because you are very pleased about sth
眉开眼笑；笑得合不拢嘴

spiffy

/ˈspɪfi/

very neat, attractive, and fashionable

matter-of-fact

adjective

showing no emotion when you are talking about something exciting, frightening, upsetting etc

Use a matter-of-fact tone when disciplining your children.
管教孩子时语气要就事论事。

revelation

/ˌrevəˈleɪʃn/

a surprising fact about someone or something that was previously secret and is now made known

He resigned after revelations about his affair.

clumsy

/ˈklʌmzi/

a clumsy action or statement is said or done carelessly or badly, and likely to upset someone
（行为或说话）笨拙的，不得体的

David made a clumsy attempt to comfort us.
戴维笨嘴拙舌地安慰我们。

squint

/skwɪnt/

to look at something with your eyes partly closed in order to see better
眯起眼睛看

Stop squinting at the screen – put your glasses on.
别眯着眼睛看屏幕——把眼镜戴上。

tear - tore - torn

verb
撕裂；撕碎；扯破

laundry

/ˈlɔːndri/

• clothes, sheets etc that need to be washed or have just been washed

  a pile of dirty laundry
  一堆待洗的脏衣服

  She did the laundry and hung it out to dry.
  她洗了衣服，然后挂出去晾干。

• a place or business where clothes etc are washed and ironed
  洗衣房；洗衣店

greedy

/ˈɡriːdi/

always wanting more food, money, power, possessions etc than you need

Have you eaten them all, you greedy pig?

The shareholders are greedy for profit.

at the top of your lungs

extremely loudly

She shouted his name at the top of her lungs, but there was no answer.

crack up

to laugh a lot at something, or to make someone laugh a lot

She’s so funny. She cracks me up.
她很有趣，逗得我捧腹大笑。

roll a window down

to open a car window

He rolled down his car window and started shouting at them.
他摇下车窗，朝他们大声喊起来。

ignition

/ɪɡˈnɪʃn/

the electrical part of a vehicle’s engine that makes it start working
（汽车引擎的）点火装置

pull away

to start to drive away from a place where you had stopped
开始驶离，开走

He waved as he pulled away.
他开走的时候挥了挥手。

pass sth along to sb

to tell someone something that another person has told you

That's good news – I'll pass it along to the rest of the team.