(the ball used in) a game played especially in North America by two teams of nine players, in which a player hits a ball with a bat (= stick) and tries to run around four bases on a large field before the other team returns the ball
棒球(运动)
Jake never played baseball like the other kids.
杰克不像别的孩子,他从不打棒球。
2. slice
verb CUT 切 A [T]
to cut something into thin, flat pieces
把…切成薄片
Slice the mushrooms thinly and fry in butter.
把蘑菇切成薄片,用奶油煎一下。
3. spurt
verb [I or T] LIQUID 液体
to (cause to) flow out suddenly and with force, in a fast stream
(使)喷出,(使)冒出,(使)涌出
Blood was spurting out all over the place.
血喷得到处都是。
4. pucker
verb [I or T]
to tighten skin or cloth until small folds appear or (of skin or cloth) to form small folds
使(皮肤或布料)起皱
Her mouth puckered and I thought she was going to cry.
她噘起了嘴,我想她要哭出来了。
5. tart
adjective SOUR 酸的
(especially of fruit) tasting sour or acidic (= containing acid)
(尤指水果)酸的
You might need some sugar on the rhubarb - it's a bit tart.
大黄茎上可能要加点糖——这东西有点酸
6. tangy
adjective
A tangy flavour is pleasantly strong and sharp
(味道)香浓的
a deliciously tangy lemon tart
美味可口的柠檬馅饼
7. sweeten
verb [T] TASTE 味道
to make something taste sweet
使变甜
The apple mixture can be sweetened with honey.
在什锦苹果里加点蜂蜜可以使它变甜。
8. hibernate
verb [I]
(of some animals) to spend the winter sleeping
(某些动物)冬眠
The turtle hibernates in a shallow burrow for six months of the year.
这种龟每年会在浅地洞里冬眠六个月。
9. fusillade
noun [C]
a large number of bullets fired at the same time or one after another very quickly
(子弹的)齐射,连发
a fusillade of automatic fire
自动武器的火力齐射
10. serenade
noun [C] a song or piece of music sung or played for someone
(为他人演唱或演奏的)小夜曲
a piece of gentle classical music in several parts
小夜曲
11. whine
noun [C usually singular]
an unpleasant high sound or voice
刺耳的尖声
the whine of a circular saw
圆锯刺耳的尖声
12. primitive
adjective relating to human society at a very early stage of development, with people living in a simple way without machines or a writing system
原始的,早期的,远古的
Primitive races colonized these islands 2000 years ago.
原始种族2000年前开拓了这些岛屿。
13. scrub oak
noun
any of various chiefly American oaks (as the bear oak, the blackjack, or a chinquapin oak) of small size and usually shrubby habit that are often a dominant life form on thin dry soils and sometimes form dense thickets of great extent
14. beech
noun [C or U]
a tree with a smooth grey trunk and small nuts, or the wood from this tree