【20180501话题】英语字典使用实战与思考分享Day23

echo.xiao：
【Echo20180501Day10词汇分享】
Interval

【解词】
early 14c., "time elapsed between two actions or events," from Old French intervalle "interval, interim" (14c.), earlier entreval (13c.) and directly from Late Latin intervallum "a space between, an interval of time, a distance," originally "space between palisades or ramparts" [OED], from inter "between" (see inter-) + vallum "rampart, palisade, wall," which is apparently a collective form of vallus "stake," from PIE *walso- "a post" (see wall (n.)).
Metaphoric sense of "gap in time" also was in Latin. From c. 1400 in English as "a pause, an interruption in a state or activity." Musical sense "difference in pitch between two tones" is from c. 1600.
Interval来源于13世纪后期拉丁语单词“intervallum”，期中inter表示在……之间，vallum表示栅栏，防御土墙或城墙，vallum还是stake的集体形式。Intervallum表示空间上间隔的一段距离或时间的间隔。到了14世纪早期，发展为古法语单词“intervalle”，表示间隔、过渡期。这个词的隐喻意思“时间上的间隔”来自于拉丁语。到了14世纪在英语中就表示国家间的间隔过活动间的间隔。从16世纪起在音乐术语中还可以表示“音程”。

【释义】
n.

1. An interval between two events or dates is the period of time between them.
   同义词: period, time, spell, term
2. An interval during a film, concert, show, or game is a short break between two of the parts.
   同义词：break, interlude, intermission, rest
3. In music, an interval is the difference in pitch between two musical notes.

【字典例句】

1. Then he saw another and then another at shorter intervals.
2. Do the musical intervals exist in nature or in us?

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收获：
固定搭配：

1. at intervals 不时
   例句：When you are driving down the highway at 60 mph, you'll see distance markers at
   intervals of .1 miles.
2. at......intervals 每隔……
   例句：Then he saw another and then another at shorter intervals.
   Drink at least four pints daily at two hourly intervals.

素谊：
【Susie20180501Day10词汇分享】
nick /nɪk/

【释义/字典例句】
n.

1. cn. a very small cut made on the edge or surface of something划痕，破口
   It was marred with dozens of nicks and marks from fighting.
2. the nick (British English informal): a prison or a police station监狱，监牢；警察局
   After several years banged up in the nick, even you might start to go mad.

vt.

3. (British English informal) to steal something偷，偷窃
   Last year, 10,000 mobiles were stolen and two-thirds of those were nicked or robbed from kids.
   搭配：nick something from somebody/something
   You nicked those pens from my desk.
4. (British English informal) to arrest somebody 抓住，逮捕
   Anyone who continued to use the site in search of illegal images, despite repeated warnings, was nicked.
5. to make a small cut in the surface or edge of something, usually by accident 使有划痕，划伤
   The fake bills might even be nicked or slightly torn.

【短语】
1.in the nick of time: just before it is too late, or just before something bad happens正是时候，关键时刻
Luckily, help arrived in the nick of time.
2.in good nick/in bad nick (British English informal): in good condition or in bad condition
It's an old car, but it's still in good nick.

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收获：以前常遇到nick是作为一个人名，但是原来nick也可以作为名词和动词使用。

李洪彬：
【Ben20180501Day10词汇分享】
earn[ɜ:n]

【释义】

1. If you earn money, you receive money in return for work that you do. 赚钱；挣得
2. If something earns money, it produces money as profit or interest. 盈（利）
3. If you earn something such as praise, you get it because you deserve it. 赢得，博得（赞扬等）
   【例句】
   1.Charlie was earning eight pounds, I was earning five...
   2....a current account which earns little or no interest...
   3.Companies must earn a reputation for honesty...

【搭配】
（作为“赚钱”的意思）

1. adverb: consistently, reportedly(according to what some people say据说), reputedly(据说)
   She reportedly earns more than ＄475,000 a year.
2. verb + earn: have to, need to, expect to
   The company expects to earn €600 million on sales.
3. preposition: from
   profits earned from real estate sales.
4. phrases: a/the chance to earn sth,
   a/the opportunity to earn sth: the opportunity to earn more money
   earn a living as sth: the difficulty of earning a living as an artist
   earn enough to do sth: The workers barely earn enough to live on.
   sb's/the ability to earn sth: his ability to earn a living lecturing.

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收获：这个词是个再熟悉不过的词。但是当我对着字典一点点在电脑上敲出来时，还是感觉我对这个熟悉的词其实也没我想象中的熟悉。
所以，英语的学习里面，其实我们真的很不自觉地陷入到“自以为是”的状态里。

pei：
【黎佩婷20180501Day21词汇分享】
extrovert

【解词】来自德语Extravert，from extra"outside" (see extra-) + Latin vertere "to turn" (see versus).

【释义】
n.
(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings

【例句】
In the second half, the students were criticized. Extroverts were unfazed.
在后半部分, 举不动时学生要受批评,外向性格的学生表现出不满.

【造句】Extroverts are more attractive than introverts.

凝镜君：
【林淑君20180501Day22词汇分享】
【同义词辨析】anger，fury， indignation， resentment"愤怒、生气

anger n.气愤，生气，是一般用语
【辨析】Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
【例证】After their argument, he expressed his anger by punching the other man in the face争吵之后，他一拳打在那个人的脸上以发泄怒气。

fury n.暴怒，大怒，程度较 anger要强
【辨析】a feeling of intense anger
【例证】I had reacted in a fury of grief 我的反应是悲愤交加。

indignation n.义愤，尤其指出于道义上的激愤。
【辨析】Indignation is the feeling of shock and anger which you have when you think that something is unjust or unfair.
【例证】General indignation at the sudden steep rise in bus fares公共汽车票价突然猛增激起的公愤

resentment n.愤恨，怨恨，不满，是正式用语，尤指由于受侮辱或自尊心受到伤害后而产生的愤慨。
【辨析】a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.
【例证】There was a feeling of resentment in the office after everyone' s pay was lowered。大家的工资降低后，办公室里怨声载道。

见英：
【见英20180501Day9词汇分享】
acquaintance n. /əˈkweɪntəns/

【解词】
The root of acquaintance is the Old French word acointier, a verb meaning “make known.”
来自于一个古老的法语词，意思是“使知道”
主要有三个场景。
1、朋友，只是停留在知道的朋友，称为泛泛之交。
2、关系，只是知道的关系，称为萍水相逢。
3、知识，经验，表示对某些知识经验只是了解并不专业。

【用法一】
someone you know, but who is not a close friend
一个你认识，但是不亲近的朋友，也就是泛泛之交
在口语里，经常用someone I know来代替
【搭配】
casual acquaintance 泛泛之交
【例句】
He heard about the job through a mutual acquaintance.
他通过一个共同的熟人听说了这个工作。

【用法二】
a relationship with someone you know, but who is not a close friend
指一段泛泛之交的关系
【搭配】
short acquaintance 浅交
further acquaintance 进一步了解
make sb’s acquaintance 第一次见某人
【例句】
You can’t judge her on such short acquaintance.
你不能在这短短的了解之后就判断她。
I should be delighted to make Mrs McGough’s acquaintance.
我第一次见他应该开心。

【用法三】
knowledge or experience of a particular subject
对于某个专业的知识或者经验
【搭配】
have acquaintance with 认识/了解…….
【例句】
The practice of a lawyer requires acquaintance with court procedures.
律师的执业需要熟悉法庭程序。
I have little acquaintance with eggplants.
我不了解大象。
【造句】
Although I made John’s acquaintance, I wanted to develop a further acquaintance with him.