4000 CPE Vocabulary List

tableau:
n. 画面,活人画(舞台上活人扮的静态画面) striking and vivid representation; picture

tableland:
n. 高原 hill; relatively flat highland

tacit:
a. 默许的,会意的 indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent

taciturn:
a. 沉默寡言的 silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse

tactile:
a. 触觉的 used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible

tadpole:
n. 蝌蚪 a larval frog or toad

talon:
n. 鸟爪 claw of a bird of prey; part of the lock that key presses to shoot bolt

tangential:
a. 外围的,切线的 peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing

tantalize:
v. 逗弄,使其干着急 tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied

tantamount:
a. 同等的 equivalent in effect or value

taper:
v. 逐渐尖细 give light as a small wax candle; narrow toward the point; become small toward one end

tapestry:
n. 织锦,挂毯 a heavy textile with a woven design

tardy:
a. 迟到的,缓慢的 late; delayed; moving slowly

tariff:
n. 关税,关税表,价目表,价格表 tax on goods coming into a country

tarry:
v. 等候,逗留,混日子 delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait

tattered:
a. 衣衫褴褛的,破旧的 torn into shreds; ragged; having ragged clothes; disordered or disrupted

taut:
a. 紧张的,整洁的 pulled or drawn tight; kept in trim shape; neat and tidy

tautological:
a. 同义反复的 needlessly repetitious; using repetition or excessive wordiness

tautology:
n. 同义反复 unnecessary repetition, especially for the same sense in different words; redundancy

tavern:
n. 小酒店,客栈 building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks