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a. 脾气坏,易发怒 ill-humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious


Spelling Word: cantankerous
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v. 投降 surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply


Spelling Word: capitulate
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v. 倾斜 lean to one side, as a ship under a press of sail; sway from side to side


Spelling Word: careen
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n. 盒式磁带 container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video


Spelling Word: cassette
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n. 巨变,剧变,灾难 an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water


Spelling Word: cataclysm
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v. (鸟或虫)唧唧叫 make a shop, sharp, cheerful sound, as of small birds or crickets


Spelling Word: chirp
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n. (教堂的)歌唱队 band or organized company of singers, especially in church service


Spelling Word: choir
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a. 协调的 planned or accomplished together; combined


Spelling Word: concerted
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n. 上下文,语境 circumstance; the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it


Spelling Word: context
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a. 大陆的,大陆性的 being or concerning or limited to a continent


Spelling Word: continental