SSAT词汇是备考SSAT考试的词汇,中文名称为美国中学入学考试,适用于美国、加拿大私立中学的入学,是申请者所必须具备的一个考试成绩。今天小编为大家带来ssat词汇班教学之26个精品词汇!与各位考生共勉!
1. agastopia
n. – admiration of a particular part of someone’s body
名词——指尤其迷恋某人身体的某一部分。
2. bibble
v. – to drink often; to eat and/or drink noisily
动词——经常喝酒;吃东西或喝东西时噪音很大。
3. cabotage
n. – coastal navigation; the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders
名词——沿海贸易权;(尤指给外国运输工具的)在某个国家边境航空运输范围内的沿海贸易权,沿海航行权
4. doodle sack
n. – old English word for bagpipe
名词——风笛的古英语(课程)写法。
5. erinaceous
adj. – of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog
形容词——猬的,似猬的,多髦毛的
Although she won’t know what it means, never, ever tell your date Erin that she is “looking quite erinaceous this evening.”
尽管她不会知道是什么意思,但永永远远都不要告诉你的女朋友Erin“她今晚打扮的像个刺猬一样。”
6. firman
n. – in Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign
名词——在土耳其和一些其它东方国家,由最高统治者(君主)所发出的法令或命令。
7. gabelle
n. – a tax on salt
名词——盐税
8. halfpace
n. – a platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight
名词——站台或楼梯间内楼梯可以精准的转向相反方向更低一层楼梯。
9. impignorate
v. – to pawn or mortgage something
动词——典当、抵押某物。
10. jentacular
adj. – pertaining to breakfast
形容词——关于早餐的,附属于早餐的。
11. kakorrhaphiophobia
n. – fear of failure
名词——失败恐惧症。
This is the last word that someone with kakorrhaphiophobia would want to encounter in a spelling bee.
在拼字比赛中“失败恐惧症”是人们最不愿看到的单词。
12. lamprophony
n. – loudness and clarity of enunciation
名词——声音的响亮和清晰。
13. macrosmatic
adj. – having a good sense of smell
形容词——嗅觉发达的。
14. nudiustertian
n. – the day before yesterday
名词——前天。
15. oxter
n. – outdated word meaning “armpit”
名词——过时的词,指“腋下”。
16. pauciloquent
adj. – uttering few words; brief in speech
形容词——微言大义的、说的很少;简短的演讲。
17. quire
n. – two dozen sheets of paper
名词——俩打纸张。
18. ratoon
n. – small shoot growing from the root of a plant
名词——(农作物,尤其指甘蔗的)截根苗。
19. salopettes
n. – high-waisted skiing pants with shoulder straps
名词——高腰带吊裤带的高腰裤。
20. tittynope
n. – a small quantity of something left over
名词——某物剩下的少量部分。
21. ulotrichous
adj. – having wooly or crispy hair
形容词——adj.鬈发人种的,鬈发的
22. valetudinarian
n. – a sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly concerned with his or her health
名词——体弱多病的人,为健康过份担忧的人。
23. winklepicker
n. – style of shoe or boot in the 1950s with a sharp and long pointed toe
名词——流行于19世纪50年代的尖头皮鞋或尖头皮靴。
24. xertz
v. – to gulp down quickly and greedily
动词——狼吞虎咽的吃。
25. yarborough
n. – hand of cards containing no card above a nine
名词——没有超过九点的一手牌。
26. zoanthropy
n. – delusion of a person who believes himself changed into an animal
名词——变兽妄想。