4000 CPE Vocabulary List

tableau:
n. 畫面,活人畫(舞台上活人扮的靜態畫面) striking and vivid representation; picture

tableland:
n. 高原 hill; relatively flat highland

tacit:
a. 默許的,會意的 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. 觸覺的 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. 鳥爪 claw of a bird of prey; part of the lock that key presses to shoot bolt

tangential:
a. 外圍的,切線的 peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing

tantalize:
v. 逗弄,使其乾著急 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. 逐漸尖細 give light as a small wax candle; narrow toward the point; become small toward one end

tapestry:
n. 織錦,掛毯 a heavy textile with a woven design

tardy:
a. 遲到的,緩慢的 late; delayed; moving slowly

tariff:
n. 關稅,關稅表,價目表,價格表 tax on goods coming into a country

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

tattered:
a. 衣衫襤褸的,破舊的 torn into shreds; ragged; having ragged clothes; disordered or disrupted

taut:
a. 緊張的,整潔的 pulled or drawn tight; kept in trim shape; neat and tidy

tautological:
a. 同義反复的 needlessly repetitious; using repetition or excessive wordiness

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

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