英语泛读教程第二册单词(自整理)

1、unit 1cherish v. 珍爱；怀有（感情等）requite v. 报答；酬谢freelance n. /a. 自由作家/自由投稿的superintendent n.监督人；负责人manual a.手工的siren n. 迷人的女人；汽笛tempt v. 诱惑；引起station v. 驻扎；安置buck n. 钱，元；纨绔子弟egg v. 煽动；怂恿bull-headed a.任性的，固执的resolution n. 分辨率；解决well up v. 涌出；流露crate n. 板条箱sardine n. 沙丁鱼；庸碌无能的人plunge v. 投入；陷入；跳进jam v. 使堵塞；

2、挤进crumpled a. 弄皱的veteran n. / a. 老手/经验丰富的butcher n. 屠夫morsel n. 一口；少量wilted a. 枯萎的down-home a.美国南方的；乡土气息的trace v. 追踪，查探dazzling a. 耀眼的limelight n. 众人注目的中心corroded a. 侵蚀的nickel n. 镍币dime n. 一角硬币riptide n. 激流，洪涛huddle v. 把挤在一起bleak a. 阴冷的frame v. 设计；建造exhilarating a. 使人愉快的indispensable a. 不可缺少的quest n

3、. 追求，寻找yield v. 屈服；出产visualize v. 形象化，设想penalty n. 罚款，处罚crash n. 撞碎；破产resort n. 凭借，手段personnel n. 人事部门，全体人员novice n. 初学者inquisitive a. 好奇的sage n. 圣人mentor n. 指导者drive n. 驱动器；驾车heady a. 兴奋的，任性的bear out v. 证实，支持topflight a. 最好的staggering a. 蹒跚的drudgery n. 苦工mindlessly adv. 不费心思的abraded a. 刮擦的nostril n

4、. 鼻孔thriving a. 繁荣的murderous a.杀人的，残忍的gobble up v. 狼吞虎咽make ends meet v.收支相抵resolve v. 决定；使分解due east n. 正东风stern rail n. 船尾栏杆hull n. 船体，外壳plummet v. 垂直落下swells n. 肿胀grab v. 夺取，霸占drag v. 拖曳；缓慢而费力地前进brine n. 卤水，盐水haul v. 拖，拉；改变主意barren a. 贫瘠的bereavement n. 丧友，丧亲；丧失strand v. 搁浅grieve v. 悲痛，哀悼counselor

5、 n. 顾问sand v. 以沙掩盖；被沙堵塞sander n. 磨沙机，撒沙者electrocute v. 以电椅处死numbed a. 麻木的dizzy a. 晕眩的；使人头晕的wail v. 哀号；悲叹wholesome a. 健全的coordinator n. 协调者hemorrhage v. 出血acute a. 严重的，急性的leukemia n. 白血病diagnose v. 诊断；判断reel v. 退缩；眩晕imminent a. 即将来临的snap v. 厉声说；猛咬crippling a.造成严重后果的spark v. 鼓舞harrowing a. 悲惨的bone-mar

6、row transplant n.骨髓移植（术）shatter v. 粉碎；破坏stagger v. 蹒跚dawn on v. 开始被理解；渐渐明白ordeal n. 折磨；痛苦的经验self-therapy n.自我疗法reinforce v. 加强；加固forge ahead v. 继续进行complement v. 补足；补助daunting a. 使人畏缩、气馁的adrift a. 随波逐流的；漂浮着的jazzercise n.爵士健美操bounce v. 弹跳traumatic a. 创伤的grueling a. 折磨人的chemotherapy n.化学疗法ovarian canc

7、er n.卵巢癌pin down to v.确定；使受约束disposition n. 性情embark v. 从事exertion n. 发挥；努力anchor v. 抛锚；使固定solitude n. 孤独；隐居comtemplate v. 思考divert v. 转移；使.欢愉unit 2ideology n. 意识形态intellectual a. 智力的；聪明的perspective n. 观点assess v. 评定；估价transform v. 改变；转换overlapping a. 重叠dysfunctional a.机能失调的conceive v. 设想；构思extent n

8、. 程度transcend v. 胜过reverse v. 倒转；颠倒wherewithal n. 必要的资金pointedly adv. 尖锐的anthropologist n. 人类学家seminal a. 有重大影响的dimension n. 尺寸；容积barrier n. 障碍物egocentricity n.自我中心sociocentricity n.社会中心论confine v. 限制；禁闭self-delusion n. 自欺deceive v. 欺骗undermine v. 破坏petty a. 琐碎的；小气的dominate v. 控制click in v. 点击sancti

9、on v. 制裁；处罚internalize v. 使内在化construct v. 建造；构造infinite a. 无限的random a. 任意的orchestrate v.把协调地结合起来decompose v. 分解encompass v. 包含integrate v. 使完整oversimplify v.过分简单化misconceptualize v.diagnosis n.诊断trap v. 使受限制subsequently adv. 随后intensify v.增强；变激烈scrutinize v. 作仔细检查contend v. 竞争；奋斗zipper n. 拉链hook n

10、. 挂钩buckle n. 带扣corset n. 束缚out-of-the-blue a. 意外的ingenious a. 精制的slotting n. 开槽；打孔tab n. 标签spectacle n. 眼镜craftsman n. 技工preach v. 说教；传道sermon n. 训诫concave a. 凹面的lenses n. 柔性焦距透镜组candidate n. 候选人fake a. 伪造的wheelbarrow n. 独轮手推车wooden ox and gliding horse 木制牛和滑翔的马porter n. 搬运工brick n. 砖overland adv.经

11、由陆路steppe n. 大草原nomadic a. 游牧的steer v. 控制；驾驶castle n. 城堡；象棋中的车cathedral n. 大教堂formaldehyde n. 甲醛carbolic acid n. 石碳酸beaker n. 烧杯varnish n. 清漆；光泽面particle n. 颗粒spew v. 喷出；呕吐peer v. 凝视；盯着看overflow v. 溢出；泛滥mass n. 块，团serendipity n. 意外发现珍奇事物的本领coin v. 铸造；创造goo n. 粘性物brittle a. 易碎的sulphur n. 硫磺crude a. 粗

12、糙的；天然的dip v. 浸，泡；舀取spoonful n.一匙kettle n. 壶scrape v. 刮掉poker n. 纸牌戏thrust v. 插入snowbank n. 雪堆vulcanization n. 橡胶的硫化vacuum tube n. 真空管；电子管cathode ray n. 阴极射线stack n. 堆；堆叠abdomen n. 腹部tissue n. 组织；纸巾initiate v. 开始；创始unit 3commitment n. 承担义务curbside a. 路边的grassroot a. 草根immense a. 巨大的compost v. 堆肥diver

13、t v. 转移incinerator n. 焚化炉diversion n. 转移cubic feet n.立方英尺stack v. 堆积insulate v. 隔离swing n.摇摆，涨落ongoing a.不间断的，前进的cloud v.遮蔽municipal a.市政的peculiarity n.特性，特质beverage n.饮料demolition n.拆除debris n.残骸，脆片enhance v.提高replicate n. 复制品sustainability n.持续性emission n.散发fad n. 时尚，一时狂热corrugated v.起皱的retailer n

14、. 零售商scrap yard n.废料场surge v.波涛，巨浪scrap drive n.rock-bottom a.最低的，底层的diminish v.减少mass-produce v. 大量生产abundance n. 充裕，丰富discard v.抛弃，丢弃prompt v.促进drop-off n. 急下降virgin raw material n.未经利用的原始材料viability n. 可行性surpass v.超越，胜过bid v. 投标，出价superfluous a. 多余的，不必要的pliability n. 柔软，易曲折sugar sacks n.麻布袋funni

15、es n.笑话wrap v.包duct tape n.布基胶带portfolio n.公文包，文件夹dumpster n.垃圾大铁桶aluminum cans n.铝质罐haul v.拖运standstill a. 停止allotment n.分配pilot project n. 试点项目polystyrene n.聚苯乙烯mattress n. 床垫custodial a.保管的automotive a.汽车的disposable a.用过即丢的rechargeable a.可再充电的approximately adv.大约civic a. 市民的amenity n. 便利设施battery

16、 casing n.电池外壳corrode v.侵蚀，损害cadmium n. 镉aquatic a.水性的invertebrate a./n.无脊椎的/无脊椎动物bio-accumulate v.积攒，累计hazardous a.有危险的residual a.剩余的retailer n. 零售商portable a.手提的，便携式的emit v. 发出，放射fluctuation n. 起伏，波动glacier n. 冰川extinct a. 灭绝的habitat n. 栖息地reverse v.颠倒，倒转pane n. 窗格；边infrared radiation n.红外线照射venti

17、lator n. 通风设备condense v. 浓缩；使压缩humidity n. 湿度，湿气sizzling a. 极热的photosynthesis n. 光合作用dissolve v. 使溶解，分解phytoplankton n. 浮游植物churning a. 搅拌的methane n. 甲烷molecule n. 分子，微小颗粒swamp n. 沼泽，湿地paddy n. 稻田sewage n. 污水unit 4enchanting a.迷人的means n. 财产row house n. 墙壁相连成排的房屋handy a.敏捷的dilapidated a. 荒废的blinds n

18、.百叶窗rap n. 轻敲reedy a. 高而难听的frail a.脆弱的sinew n. 肌腱handiwork n.手工艺luscious a. 甘美的pleasantry n. 幽默，开玩笑escort v./n.护送；陪同/护送者utility pole n.电线杆inscribe v.题写swish v. 嗖地挥动crack vial n. 裂纹瓶riffraff n. 乌合之众；流氓vestibule n. 前厅；门廊scrawl v. 潦草地写insomnia n.失眠alley n.小巷；小路abreast adv./adj.并肩的/并排的slat n.板条commence

19、v.开始；着手sawdust n.锯屑fiery a.热烈的；暴躁的rectangle n.矩形enameled a.上釉的affix v.署名；附上placard n. 海报admonish v. 告诫；劝告rouse v. 唤醒；激起combativeness n.斗志dilapidation n.破损；崩塌incongruous a.不协调的eclipse v.使黯然失色gushing a.涌出的fire hydrant n.消防栓phalanx n. 方阵shimmer v.闪烁glisten v.闪光infectious a.传染性的festive a.喜庆的skeletal a.骨

20、瘦如柴的vestibule n.前厅；门廊sheaf n.捆；束circular a.循环的slanted a斜的；有倾向的lustrous a. 有光泽的incongruous a. 不协调的contagious a. 感染性的bereft / bereave v. 失去/使失去dish out v给与；分发pitch in v.做出贡献；投入board up v.用板围住prime v. 使准备好scorch v.烧焦；使枯萎scour v.擦char v.烧焦windshield n. 挡风玻璃darned v织补（过）perplexed a.困惑的depot n. 停车场samarit

21、an n. 乐善好施者underwrite v. 经营保险业bimonthly a.两月一次的；一月两次的newsletter n.时事通讯condominium n.共同统治stun v.震惊whittle v. 削木头snag n. 突出物cock v. 翘起metamorphosis n. 变形ammunition n. 弹药petition n. 请愿书bolt down v.狼吞哭咽staff biologist n.员工生物学家ambush v./n. 伏击；埋伏aloft a.在上面selectman n. 行政委员bleacher n. 露天看台holler v.大声叫喊hyd

22、rogeological a.水文地质的backhole n.后瓣whoop n. 呐喊unit 5sheet n.片downpour n.倾盆大雨pig barn n.猪舍cattle shed n.牛棚blow up with v.吵架stump off v.笨重地行走toil v./n.辛苦工作/苦工relinquish v.放手，让渡redundant a.多余的relic n.遗物lilacs n. 紫丁香花puddle v 使泥泞churn v.搅拌pasture n.草地，牧场poplar grove n.杨树林creek n.小溪grunt v.咕哝着说square v. 使成

23、方形gulp n. 一大口abruptly adv. 突然地crabby a. 易怒的resolutely adv.坚决的patter n. 急速拍打声momentarily adv. 立刻moisture n. 潮湿track it up v.沾上agitate v. 使激动overall n. 罩衫unravel v.阐明muzzle v. 使.缄默mutilate v. 使.残缺不全vibrant a.充满生气的compel v.强迫intimate a.亲密的defiant a.蔑视的tact n.鉴赏力informant n.被调查者docile a.温驯的virtual a.事实上

24、的 retreat v. 撤退birch n. 桦树wedge n. 楔子，楔形物scrunch v. 蜷缩sullenly adv. 阴沉的，不高兴的tack room n.马具室doctor v.修理treacherous a.叛逆的hormone n. 荷尔蒙shoosh v.嘘reprimand v.谴责，训斥squirm v. 扭动poke at v.轻轻地拨动gleeful a. 愉快的comatose a. 昏迷的spry a. 精神好的beacon n.灯塔elixir n. 万能药pipe in v.插话unison n.同度fidget v.坐立不安garbled a. 混

25、乱的retort v. 反驳cologne n. 古龙香水fragrance n. 香味talcum n. 滑石musk n. 麝香mint n. 薄荷wiry a.金属丝般的mlange n. 混合物aroma n.芳香mill around v.无目的的乱转reproachfully adv.责备的sibling n.兄弟姊妹rivalry n.竞争feuding n. 争执cartwheel n. 横翻筋斗zucchini n. 绿皮西葫芦pasta n.意大利面食garlic n. 大蒜feast v. 享受fenocchio n.eggplant n. 茄子in a flourish

26、 兴旺brace n. 支柱curl in v.卷曲opinionated a. 固执己见的contadina salad n. 农妇沙拉sterile a.贫瘠的lap n. 膝盖clutch v. 紧握hover v.徘徊incontinent a. 失禁的desert v. 遗弃chuckle v.轻声地笑fastidi ous a. 苛求的pamper v. 纵容coif n.头巾toddle v.蹒跚学步slovenly a. 懒散的，不整洁的unit 6strain v. 拉紧mentor n.指导者confidant n.知己wallow v. 沉迷mundane a. 世俗的，

27、世界的bob-tailed a. 截尾的instill v.逐渐灌输etymology n.语源sneer v.嘲笑，冷笑flip v. 快速翻阅literal a.文字的rip v.撕；锯hinge on v.靠转动diaper n.尿布scour v. 彻底搜索endeavor v. 努力，尽力wrinkled a. 皱巴巴的bundle n. 束cue n. 提示；线索counselor n. 顾问deadbeat n.游手好闲者toil v.辛苦工作pan v. 摇镜头sideline n.球场边线encompass v.包含；包围wonderment n. 惊奇demon n. 邪恶

28、的事物curse v. 诅咒，咒骂strain v. 拉紧ridicule v.嘲笑unerring a. 无过失的salute v.行礼致敬recital n独奏会poignant a.深刻的strains n.类型split second n.一刹那bait n.诱饵novitiate n. 新手curtsy v. 行屈膝礼pajama n.睡衣tribute n.颂词wiry a.廋长结实的swoop v. 猛扑，飞扑nuzzle v. 紧贴whirl v.旋转pharmacist n. 药剂师palpable a. 可感知的paternal a.父亲的vulnerable a.易受伤害

29、的traumatic a.外伤的empiricist n. 经验主义者overdose n.过分沉溺tabular rasa n.白纸slate n. 石板malleable a. 可塑的pygmalion n.卖花女stern a. 严厉的explicit a. 明确的eradication n.消灭fend off v.避开maladjustment n.失调，不适应lug v.用力拉accordion n.手风琴stoop n.小门廊tax v.使课税full-fledged n.完全的out of character 与自己的性格不符合tinker v.修补plywood n.夹板ru

30、mmage v.翻找出strap n.带hound v. 激励；烦扰string v.串起medley n. 混合物flawless a.完美的fumble through v.摸索rendition n.演奏taunt v.嘲弄humiliation n.丢脸；耻辱impending a.即将发生的skip v.遗漏glittery a.闪烁的slick v.使光滑lone a. 独自的clap v. 鼓掌lightheaded a. 头昏眼花的flush v. 发红，使发亮attic n. 阁楼reluctantly adv.不情愿的strap v. 用带捆绑rust away v.锈烂u

31、nbridled a.无拘束的legacy n.遗赠choke v.噎coax v.哄；哄诱unit 7auspicious a.吉利的ominous a.不吉利的uphold v.支撑realm n.领域，范围precept n.规则；格言chew out v.严厉责骂scatterbrained a.注意力不集中的antiquity n.古代tally v.计算knot n.结halo n光环plinth n.柱基expel v.驱逐malicious a.恶意的compilation n.编辑divination n.占卜ritual n. 仪式trigram n.卦ascribe to

32、 v.归因于superstition n. 迷信sensitivity n. 敏感even number n.偶数wary a. 谨慎的stipulate v.规定offering n.祭品betrothal n.订婚meticulous a. 一丝不苟的bracelet n.手镯horoscope n.星象thereof adv.它的slang n.俚语infinity n.无穷confucianism n.儒家思想dice n. 骰子play the ponies v.赌马incense n.香hold at bay v.不受迫近；牵制stray from v. 偏离obsessed a.

33、着迷的metropolis n.大都市homophone n.同音异形异义字digit n. 数字tag n. 标签inauspicious a.不祥的benevolence n.仁慈identical a. 同一的taboo n. 禁忌nine-boxed-paper n.九宫图stroke n. （打、击等）一下surmise n.猜测radical a.根本的compensate v.补偿，赔偿deity n.神gruel n.稀粥enlightenment n.启迪revive v.复活，苏醒shepherdess n.牧羊女leftover a./n.残余的/残留物glutinous

34、 a.粘的cereal n. 谷物date n. 枣子chestnut n.栗子repast n.饮食batch n.一批meditation n.冥想attain v. 达到magistrate n.地方法官lad n.少年the jade emperor n.玉皇大帝anthropology n. 人类学ethnology n.人种学archaeology n. 考古学gourmet n. 美食家wrestling n. 摔跤aborigine n. 土著bare a. 空的；赤裸的projectile a.抛射的legitimate a. 合法的chaotic a.混乱的consensu

35、s n.一致；合意in actuality 现实上succinctly adv.简洁的sizable a.相当大的component n.成分；组件tangible a.有形的；切实的artifact n.手工艺品imperative a.必要的；紧急的syntax n.语法coherently adv.连贯的swastika n.古印度吉祥标志multitude n.群众holocaust n.大屠杀goose-stepping a.以正步走trouper n.戏团演员stripe n.条纹due process n.正当程序eloquently adv.善辩的hallmark n.特点be

36、 prone to 易于；有倾向ambiguity n.含糊；不明确terminology n.术语texture n.质地hierarchical a.分层的enculturation n.对某种文化的适应initiation n.启蒙anoint v.给.涂油unit 8go to the length to v.不惜一切代价play-off game n.决赛doze off v.打瞌睡become cross with v.become angry withconviction n.确信lapse n.失效tape v. 按strobe n. 闪关灯surge v. 涌出unwitti

37、ngly adv.不知不觉的societal a. 社会的mortgaged a. 抵押coin v. 创造monetary a.货币的additive a. 添加的fashion n. 方式perspective n. 观点synchronize v.使同步、合拍array n. 阵列wane v. 衰退deceive v. 欺骗apathetic a. 冷漠的vivacious a. 活泼的abolish v. 废止；取消fatigue n. 疲劳arousal n. 觉醒correlation n. 关联mortality n. 死亡率speculate v. 推断apnea n. 窒息

38、cognitive a. 认知的optimally adv.最佳pose v.造成amass v. 积累lull n. 使平静drowsy a. 昏昏欲睡的snap v. 突折断然impair v. 损害；减少weightings n. 权重epidemiological a. 流行病学的lifespan n.寿命sub-sahara n.撒哈拉以南malaria n.疟疾tuberculosis n.肺结核nasty a.下流的brutish adj.粗野的ally n. 同盟国fork out v. 支付benchmark n. 基准lag behind v.落后；拖欠basal gang

39、lia n.基底神经节circadian a. 生理节奏的suprachiasmatic nucleus n.视交叉上核disrupt v.破坏；使瓦解bizarre a.奇异的deal a blow v.给与打击extract v. 提取；摘录gripping a. 扣人心弦的coherence n.一致；连贯性consistent a坚持的；一致的consolidate v.巩固salience n. 显著phase n. 阶段thud n.重击sprawl v. 懒散地伸开ischemic stroke n.缺血性发作clot n. 凝块artery n. 动脉irreversible

40、a.不可逆的neurological damage n.神经学损伤intravenously adv. 静脉注射的plasminogen a. 血纤维蛋白溶解原discharge v. 解雇；卸下grim a. 冷酷的arsenal n.兵工厂clotbusting drug n.counteract v.抵消；中和afflict v.折磨；使痛苦hemorrhagic stroke n.出血性卒中ruptured vessel n.血管破裂impairment n.损伤onset n.开始dispatch n. / v. 急件/派遣radiologist n.放射线研究者aggravate

41、v.加重；使恶化transient a. 短暂的impending a. 即将发生的acute a.严重的；敏锐的counter v. 反击；反向移动cardiac arrest n心搏停止dispatcher n.调度员paramedics n.护理人员medevac-chopper n.stall n. 货摊internist n. 内科医生neurologist n.神经病学家offbeat a. 离奇的attest (to) v. 证明unit 9ampere n.安培volt n.伏特watt n.瓦特pasteurize v. 用巴氏法灭菌purify v.净化mumble v.含

42、糊地说chirp v./n.尖声地说/唧唧声bawl v. 大声叫出gulp v. 狼吞虎咽地吃lad n.少年lass n.小姑娘chuckle v.咯咯地笑snort v.喷出chortle v.咯咯笑spoof哄骗hornswoggle骗boondoggle手工品gobbledygook官样文章antibiotic a.抗生的deft a.灵巧的ambiguous a.模糊不清的scrupulous a. 小心谨慎的chap n. 小伙子minutely adv.详细的dismay v.沮丧，灰心synthesis n.综合admit of v.容许，有可能priori n.先验infl

43、ection n.弯曲，变形salutation n.问候lousy a.讨厌的unit 10exotic a 异国的nucleus n. 核uranium n. 轴proton n 质子neutron n. 中子unleash v. 不受约束fission n. 裂变；分裂nuclei n 核心equilibrium n. 均衡fling off v. 发出；甩掉fragment n. 碎片gamma ray n 伽马射线vessel n. 船spin v 旋转turbine n 涡轮plutonium n 钚breeder reactor n 增殖反应堆entail v. 使需要，承担exponentially adv. 以指数方式blast n. 爆炸consensus n. 一致scaled-up a. 比例增大的dog v. 跟踪，尾随rip v. 裂开，撕melt-down n. 软毛asset n. 资产；优点liability n. 责任；债务tract n. 束minute a. 微小的，详细的saturate v. 浸透arid a. 干旱的contaminant n. 污染物uprate v. 提高.的等级adherent n. 信徒，追随者proponent n. 支持者repository n. 贮藏室reversal n.