KET官方词汇表

1、VOCABULARY LISTKey English Test (KET)Updated January 2008KET Vocabulary List UCLES 2008AbbreviationsAbbreviations used in the Vocabulary List are:abbrevadjadvAm EngartBr Engconjdetexclamintnphr vplprepprep phrpronsingvabbreviation or acronymadjectiveadverbAmerican EnglisharticleBritish Englishconjun

2、ctiondeterminerexclamationinterjectionnounphrasal verbpluralprepositionprepositional phrasepronounsingularverbSummary of Points to be notedThe list does not include every word that may appear on a KET paper.The list covers receptive and productive vocabulary.It is updated every year.Aa, an (art) ei

3、n 一able (adj) eibl 能干的；有能力的；能 be able to 会；能够about (prep) baut 关于；大约 What about a cold drink? I have about 3. a book about animalsabove (prep) bv 超过；在上面；在之上act (v) kt 扮演;装作;行动accident (n) ksdnt 事故；意外；法 意外事件；机遇across (prep) krs 穿过；横穿 The banks across the road. He walked across the bridge.activity (n)

4、 ktvt 活动；行动；活跃actor (n) kt 男演员；行动者；作用物actually (adv) ktjl; -t-实际上；事实上add (v) d 加；增加address (n) dres 地址；演讲；致辞；说话的技巧adult (adj & n) dlt; dlt 成年的;成年人advanced (adj dvnst先进的；高级的；晚期的；年老的adventure (n) dvent 冒险；冒险精神；投机活动advertisement (n) dvtzm()nt; -ts- 广告，宣传aeroplane (n) erplen 飞机（等于airplane）afraid (adj) f

5、red 害怕的；恐怕；担心的after (prep) ft 在之后afternoon (n) ftnun 午后，下午afterwards (adv) ftwdz 后来；然后again (adv) gen; gen 又，此外；再一次against (prep) genst; genst 反对，违反；靠；倚；防备 We watched England play against France.age (n) ed 年龄；时代；寿命，使用年限；阶段 I dont know his age.ago (adv) g 以前，以往agree (v) gri 同意；赞成；承认；意见一致 Yes, I agree

6、 with you. Dont you agree, Sam?air (n) e 空气，大气；天空；样子；曲调 to travel by airairport (n) ept 机场；航空站all (det & pron) l 全部all right/alright (adv) 好；顺利；正确的almost (adv) 差不多，几乎alone (adj & adv) 独自的；单独的；孤独的already (adv) 已经，早已；先前also (adv) 也；而且；同样always (adv) 永远，一直；总是；常常a.m. (adv) 上午，午前（ante meridiem）ambulance

7、(n) mbjl()ns 救护车；战时流动医院among (prep) m 在中间；在之中and (conj) 和，与；就；而且；但是；然后angry (adj) 生气的；愤怒的；狂暴的；（伤口等）发炎的animal (n) 动物another (det & pron) 另一个；又一个answer (n & v) 回答any (det and pron) 任何；任何一个；若干anybody (pron) 任何人anyone (pron) 任何人；任何一个anything (pron) 任何事anyway (adv) 无论如何，不管怎样；总之anywhere (adv) 在任何地方；无论何处ap

8、artment (n) 公寓；房间apple (n) 苹果；家伙appointment (n) pntm()nt 任命 an appointment with the doctorarea (n) 区域，地区；面积；范围arm (n) 手臂；武器；袖子；装备(a)round (adv & prep) to travel around (adv) 到处；大约；在附近 to sit around the table (prep) 四处；在周围arrive (v) 到达；成功；达成；出生art (n) 艺术；美术；艺术品artist (n) 艺术家；美术家（尤指画家）；大师as (prep) as

9、good as 和几乎一样;实际上等于 as soon as possible 尽快 the same as 与一致ask (v) 问，询问；要求assistant (n) 助手，助理，助教as well (adv) 也；同样地；还不如as well as (prep) 也；和一样；不但而且at (prep)at all (adv) （否定句）根本；究竟 It doesnt matter at all.aunt (n) 阿姨；姑妈；伯母；舅妈autumn (n) 秋天；成熟期；渐衰期，凋落期away (adv)离去;离开;在远处 Hes gone away. Its two miles awa

10、y.Bbaby (n) 婴儿，婴孩；孩子气的人back (n, adv & adj) 后面bad (adj)bag (n)ball (n)banana (n)band (n)bank (n) I changed my money in the bank.barbecue (n)baseball (n)basketball (n)bath (n)bathroom (n)be (v)beach (n)bear (n)beautiful (adj)because (conj)become (v)bed (n)bedroom (n)before (adv & prep)begin (v)beginne

11、r (n)behind (adv & prep)believe (v)belong (v)below (prep)belt (n)between (prep)bicycle (n)big (adj)bike (n)bill (n) Can I have my bill, please?bird (n)birthday (n)biscuit (n)bit (n) Just a small bit of cake, please.black (adj)blanket (n)blond(e) (adj)blouse (n)blue (adj)board (n) The teachers writin

12、g on the(black/white)board.boat (n)body (n)boil (v)book (n & v)bookshelf (n)bookshop (n)boot (n) football bootsboring (adj)born (adj) I was born in Manchester.boss (n)both (pron & det)bottle (n)bottom (n) at the bottom of the stairsbowl (n)box (n)boy (n)brake (n & v)bread (n)break (n & v) a break fo

13、r lunch (n) Someones broken the window.(v)breakfast (n)bridge (n)bring (v)brother (n)brown (adj)build (v)building (n)burger (n)burn (v) He has burnt his hand.bus (n)business (n)businessman (n)businesswoman (n)bus station (n)bus stop (n)busy (adj)but (conj)butter (n)buy (v)by (prep)Ccafe/caf (n)cake

14、(n)call (v) Ill call (phone) again later this afternoon. Hes called John.camelcamera (n)camp (n & v)campsite (n)can (n & v)canal (n)car (n)card (n) birthday card credit cardcareer (n)careful (adj) Be careful!carpet (n)carrot (n)carry (v)cartooncash (n & v) Id like to cash this cheque.cassette (n)cas

15、sette player (n)cassette recorder (n)castle (n)cat (n)catch (v)cathedral (n)CD (n)cent (n)centre (n)centimetre (n)century (n)certain (adj) Im certain (+ that clause)certainly (not) (adv)chair (n)change (v & n)channel (n)chat (n)chatroom (n)cheap (adj)check (v)cheers! (exclam)cheese (n)chemist (n)che

16、que (n)chicken (n)child (n)chips (n pl) egg and chipschocolate (n)choose (v)church (n)cinema (n)circuscity (n)class (n) a language class a first-class ticketclass member (n)classicalclassmate (n)classroom (n)clean (adj & v)clear (adj) Its not clear to me.clever (adj)click (v)climb (v)clock (n)close

17、(v)closed (adj)close to (prep)clothes (n pl)cloud (n)cloudy (adj)clownclub (n) to join a clubcoach (n) a coach tripcoat (n)coffee (n)cold (adj & n)colleague (n)collectcollecting/to collect (v)college (n)colour (n)comb (n)come (v)comfortable (adj)company (n) Whats the name of your company?competition

18、 (n)computer (n)concert (n)congratulations! (exclam)conversation (n)cook (n & v)cooker (n)corner (n) the corner of the streetcorrect (adj)cost (n & v)could (v)country (n)countryside (n)course (n) a university course a main course of course (not)cousin (n)cow (n)cream (n)credit card (n)cross (v) Dont

19、 cross the road here!crossing (n) Use the crossing to cross the street.crossroads (n)crowd (n)crowded (adj)cry (v) The babys crying.cup (n)cupboard (n)curtains (n)customer (n)cut (v)cycle (v)dad(dy) (n)daily (adj & adv)dance (n & v)dancingdanger (n)dangerous (adj)dark (adj)date (n)Ddoor (n)double (a

20、dj) a double roomdown (adv & prep)downstairs (adv)dragondraw (v)drawing (n)dream (n & v)dress (n & v)drink (n & v)drive (v)driving licence (n)drum (n)dry (adj & v)during (prep)DVD (n)Whats the date today?DVD player (n)daughter (n)day (n)dead (adj)dear (adj) Dear Anne,decide (v)degree (n) The tempera

21、tures 30 degrees today.delay (n & v) There will be a delay of two hours. (n) The flight is delayed. (v)dentist (n)department (n)describe (v)desk (n)diary (n)dictionary (n)die (v)difference (n)different (adj)difficult (adj)digitaldining room (n)dinner (n)dinosaurdiploma (n)dirty (adj)disco (n)discoun

22、t (n)dish (n) Chicken and chips is my favourite dish.do (v)doctor (n)dog (n)dollar (n)dolphin (n)Eeach (det & pron)ear (n)early (adj & adv)earn (v)east (n, adj & adv)easy (adj)eat (v)egg (n)electric (adj)electricity (n)elephant (n)else (pron) Anything else?email (n & v)empty (adj & v)end (v & n)engi

23、ne (n)engineer (n)enjoy (v)enough (det & pron)entrance (n)envelope (n)Euro (n)even (adv)evening (n)ever (adv)every (det)everybody (pron)everyone (pron)everything (pron)everywhere (adv)examination/exam (n)example (n) Look at the example first. for exampleexcellent (adj)except (prep)exercise (n)exerci

24、se (v)excitedexciting (adjexcuse (v) Excuse me!exhibition (n) art exhibitionexit (n)expensive (adj)explain (v)extra (det)face (n)factory (n)fan (n)fail (v)fair (adj) She has fair hair.fall (v)family (n)famous (adj)far (adv) How far is the next garage?farm (n)fashionfast (adj & adv)fast foodfat (adj)

25、father (n)favourite (adj)feel (v) to feel wellfew (det)field (n)fill (v)fill in (phr v) to fill in a formfilm (n)find (v)fine (adj) Thats fine!Ffinish (v)fire (n)first (det, adv & adj) First then (det) John came first. (adv) first name (adj)fish (n & v)fit (adj)flat (n)flight (n)floor (n) The bedroo

26、ms are on the first floor. Dont leave your clothes on the floor.flower (n)fly (n & v)fog (n)foggy (adj)follow (v)food (n)foot (n) my right footfootball (n)for (prep)foreign (adj)forest (n)forget (v)fork (n) knife and forkform (n) Fill in this form.free (adj)fresh (adj) fresh fruitfridge (n)fried (ad

27、j)friend (n)friendly (adj)from (prep)front (n) in the front of the train Stand in front of me.fruit (n)fry (v)full (of) (adj)fun (n)funny (adj)furniture (n)GIm fine, thank you.The weather is fine.game (n)garage (n)garden (n)gas (n) a gas cookergate (n)get (v)get fit (v)get off (phr v) to get off the

28、 busget on (phr v) to get on the busget up (phr v) to get up in the morninggirl (n)give (v)glad (adj)glass (n & adj)glasses (n pl)go (v)go out (v) Are you going out this evening?golf (n)gold (n & adj)good (adj)goodbye (exclam)gram(me) (n)grandchild (n)grand(d)ad (n)granddaughter (n)grandfather (n)gr

29、andma (n)grandmother (n)grandpa (n)grandparent (n)grandson (n)grape (n)grass (n)great (adj)green (adj)grey (adj)grill (v)grilled (adj)group (n)grow (v)grow up (phr v)guest (n)guest-house (n)guide (n)guidebook (n)guitar (n)Hhair (n)hairdresser (n)hairdryer (n)half (n & pron)hall (n)hallo/hello! (excl

30、am)hand (n)happen (v)happy (adj)hard (adj & adv) hard wood (adj) the homework was hard (adj) to work hard (adv)hat (n)hate (v)have (v)have got (v)have to (v)he (pron)head (n) My head hurts.healthy (adj)hear (v)heart (n)heating (n) Can you turn the heating on?heavy (adj) a heavy blanket How heavy is

31、it?helicopter (n)help (v)her (det & pron)herself (pron)here (adv)hers (pron)high (adj)hill (n)him (pron)himself (pron)hip hophis (det & pron)hit (v)hobby (n)hockey (n)holiday(s) (n)home (n & adv)homework (n)hope (v)horse (n)hospital (n)hot (adj)hotel (n)hour (n)house (n)how (adv)hungry (adj)hurry (v

32、)hurt (v)husband (n)journalist (n)journey (n)juice (n)jump (v)just (adv)I (pron)ice (n)IIve just seen Tom.Just a moment.Kice cream (n)ice skatingidea (n)if (conj)ill (adj)immediately (adv)important (adj)impossible (adj)improve (v)in (adv & prep)include (v)indoor (adj)indoors (adv)information (n)in f

33、ront of (prep)insect (n)inside (adv & prep)instead (adv)instead of (prep)instructions (n pl)instrument (n)insurance (n) car insuranceinterested (adj)interesting (adj)international (adj)internet (n)into (prep)invite (v)island (n)it (pron)its (det)itself (pron)Jjacket (n)jam (n) fruit jamjeans (n pl)j

34、ob (n)join (v)keep (v) May I keep this? Keep right!key (n)keyboard Instrument and computerkilo(gramme) (n)kilometre (n)kind (adj & n) Thats very kind of you. What kind of book do you want?king (n)kitchen (n)kiteknife (n)know (v)Llake (n)lamp (n)language (n)laptop (computer) (n)large (adj)last (adj &

35、 adv)late (adj & adv) The train is going to be late.later (adv) Ill see you later.laugh (v)learn (v)leather (n & adj)leave (v) The train leaves at 10 oclock. I left my bag in the cinema. There isnt any milk left.left (n, adj & adv) Go to the left. left handleg (n)lemon (n)lemonade (n)less (det, pron

36、 & adv)lesson (n)let (v)letter (n)level (n) language levellibrary (n)licence (n) driving licencelie down (phr v)life (n)lift (n) Take the lift to the third floor.light (n & adj)like (v, prep & adv) Id like a drink. (v) Its like an orange but bigger. (prep) Whats the weather like? (adv)line (n) draw

37、a line the next linelion (n)listen (v)litre (n)little (adj & det)live (v)living room (n)long (adj)look (v) You look happy. Dont look now!look after (phr v)look at (phr v)look for (phr v)look out (phr v) Look out its going to fall!lorry (n)lose (v) We lost the game. Ive lost my passport.lot (det) a l

38、ot of homework.lots (det)loud (adj)love (n & v)lovely (adj)low (adj)luck (n)lucky (adj)luggage (n)lunch (n)machine (n)magazine (n)make (v)make upman (n)manager (n)many (det)map (n)market (n)married (adj)match (n) football matchmatter (v) It doesnt matter.maybeme (pron)meal (n)mean (v)meat (n)mechani

39、c (n)medicine (n)meet (v)meeting (n)member (n) a member of a clubmenu (n)message (n)metre (n)middle (n) in the middlemidnight (n)mile (n)milk (n)million (n)mind (v) Do you mind if I close the window? I dont mind if Mind your head!mine (pron)mineral water (n)minute (n)mirror (n)Miss (n)miss (v)mistak

40、e (n)mobile (phone) (n)modern (adj)moment (n) Just a moment.money (n)monkey (n)Mmonth (n)monthly (adj & adv)moon (n)more (det, pron & adv)morning (n)most (det, pron & adv)mother (n)motorbike (n)motorway (n)mountain (n)mouse (n)mouth (n)move (v)Mr (n)Mrs (n)Ms (n)much (det, pron & adv)mum(my) (n)muse

41、um (n)music (n)must (v)my (det)myself (pron)Nname (n)national (adj)nationality (n)naturenear (adv & prep)nearly (adv)neck (n)need (v)neighbour (n)never (adv)new (adj)news (n)newsagent (n)newspaper (n)next (adj & adv)next to (prep)nice (adj)night (n)no (det & exclam)nobody (pron)no one (pron)noisy (a

42、dj)noon (n)no one (pron)none (pron)normal (adjnorth (n, adj & adv)nose (n)not (adv)note (n & v)nothing (pron)now (adv)nowhere (adv)number (n)nurse (n)Ooccupation (n)oclock (adv)of (prep)of course (not)off (adv)office (n)often (adv)oil (n) car oil cooking oilOK/O.K./okay (exclam)old (adj)omelette (n)

43、on (prep & adv)once (adv) only onceone (pron, det & num)onion (n)onlineonly (adv & adj) I only wanted to help. the only oneopen (adj & v)opera (n)opposite (prep)or (conj)orange (adj & n)order (n)other (det)our (det)ours (pron)ourselves (pron)out (adv)outdoor (adj)outdoors (adv)outside (prep & adv)ov

44、er (prep & adv) over 60 people (prep) to travel all over the world (adv)own (adj) They cook their own meals.pity (n)pack (v) pack a suitcasepage (n)pain (n)paint (v & n)pair (n) a pair of shoespaper (n & adj)pardon (exclam) Pardon?parent (n)park (n & v)parrotpart (n) the best part of the dayparty (n

45、)pass (v) You pass the station on the left. to pass a driving testpassenger (n)passport (n)past (prep)pasta (n)path (n)pay (v)pay for (phr v)pen (n)pence (n pl)pencil (n)pen-friend (n)penny (n)people (n pl)pepper (n)per (prep)perhaps (adv)person (n)pet (n)petrol (n)petrol station (n)pharmacy (n)phon

46、e (v & n)photo(graph) (n)photography (n)piano (n)picnic (n)picture (n)piece (n)pillow (n)pilot (n)pink (adj)P What a pity!pizza (n)place (n)plan (n & v)plane (n) The plane was late.plant (n)plastic (n & adj)plate (n)platform (n) Your train leaves from Platform 8.play (v & n) to play football (v) to

47、play the guitar (v) a play at the theatre (n)playgroundpleasant (adj)please (v)p.m. (adv)pocket (n)point (v)police (n)police car (n)police officer (n)police station (n)pool (n) swimming poolpoor (adj)pop (n & adj) pop musicpopular (adj)possible (adj)post (v & n) to post a letter Whats in the post to

48、day?postcard (n)post office (n)poster (n)potato (n)pound () (n)practice (n) football practicepractise (v) You must practise if you want to play well.prefer (v)present (n) a birthday presentpretty (adj)price (n)prize (n)problem (n)programme (n) TV programmeproject (n) a school projectpull (v)pupil (n)purple (n)purse (n)push (v)put (v)put on (phr v)quarter (n) a quarter of an hourqueen (n)question (n)quick (adj)quiet (adj)quite (adv) Are you quite