4000 CPE Vocabulary List

bacchanalian:
a. 喝醉的,耍酒疯 drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness

backdrop:
n. 舞台背景,背景 background; the view behind something

badinage:
n. 开玩笑,揶揄,取消 teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation

baffle:
v. 挫败 frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

balance:
n. 平衡 being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability

bale:
n. 大包裹 a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation

baleful:
a. 恶意的,有害的 portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

balk:
v. 反对,阻止 stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly

ballast:
n. 配重,沙袋 heavy substance used to add stability or weight

ballet:
n. 芭蕾舞 a sort of theatrical representation by dancers

banal:
a. 平凡,陈腐,老生常谈 obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

bandmaster:
n. 乐队指挥 a conductor of a band

bandy:
v. 传话 discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly

bang:
n. 发出砰的一声,重击 a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success

bankrupt:
v. 破产,生意失败 cause to become financially ruin; ruin

bantering:
a. 可笑的,嘲弄的 good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone

barbecue:
n. 烤肉野餐 a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

bard:
n. （吟游）诗人 poet, especially lyric poet

barn:
n. 谷仓,畜棚 an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

barometer:
n. 气压计,晴雨表 an instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere