diurnal | a. [日常的] daily; relating to or occurring in a 24-hour period |
diverge | v. [多样的,各异的] vary; go in different directions from the same point |
divergence | n. [分歧,岔开] difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in a different direction |
doctrinaire | a. [教条的,顽固的] unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding |
doff | v. [脱] take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard |
doggerel | n. [打油诗] poor verse; of crude or irregular construction |
dogmatic | a. [独断的,教条的,固执的] stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid |
doldrums | n. [忧郁,悲伤] period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity |
doleful | a. [悲伤] sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful |
domesticate | v. [驯养,驯化] cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans |
draconian | a. [极其严重] extremely harsh; very severe, oppressive, or strict |
drawl | n. [慢吞吞说,拉长腔调说] speaking with the slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit; lengthened, slow monotonous utterance |
dross | n. [渣滓,废物] waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter |
ductile | a. [柔软的,有韧性] easily influenced; flexible; pliable |
dunce | n. [蠢材,笨人] backward in book learning; child or another person dull or weak in intellect; dullard or dolt |
duplicity | n. [奸诈,狡猾,伪善,两面三刀,两面派] double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith. |
dwindle | v. [缩水,减少] shrink; reduce in size; become less |
ebullient | a. [热情的,激动的] showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm |
eccentricity | n. [怪僻,古怪,特性] oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center |
eclecticism | n. [折衷主义] any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles |
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