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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rinse  Speak Example sentences
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[派别,宗派,派系] a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
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[用清水冲洗,漱] cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
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[充满,到处都是] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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[使符合标准,使标准化] normalize; cause to conform to a standard
rout  Speak Example sentences
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[单桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat
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[污染,感染,污点] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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[吓跑,赶出,击退] put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
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[充满,到处都是] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
skyscraper  Speak Example sentences
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[庄严的,值得尊重的] deserving high respect; impressive because of age; profoundly honored
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[摩天大楼] a very tall building with many stories
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[小酒店,客栈] building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
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[大帆船,大酒杯,大篷车] originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
slump  Speak Example sentences
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[剥落,脱壳] remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
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[无人居住的] having no residents; unsettled; unoccupied
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[猛然落下,暴跌] sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass
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[单桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat
spinning  Speak Example sentences
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[选举权,投票权] the vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony or approval
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[旋转的] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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[搓,织,编饰,(使)缠绕] act of twisting; lightweight cord
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[大帆船,大酒杯,大篷车] originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
stab  Speak Example sentences
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[等候,逗留,混日子] delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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[污染,感染,污点] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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[摩天大楼] a very tall building with many stories
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[刺伤,戳] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument
submarine  Speak Example sentences
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[象征主义,符号论] the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols or representations
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[暂时的] not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
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[老练,精致复杂] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
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[水下的] beneath the surface of the water; undersea
substitute  Speak Example sentences
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[大帆船,大酒杯,大篷车] originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
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[吓跑,赶出,击退] put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
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[单桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat
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[代替品] one that takes the place of another; a replacement
suffrage  Speak Example sentences
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[消过毒的] barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
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[宁静,安静] a peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, or worry
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[大帆船,大酒杯,大篷车] originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
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[选举权,投票权] the vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony or approval
tarry  Speak Example sentences
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[动人的,令人感伤的] concerning; relating to; with respect to
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[等候,逗留,混日子] delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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[跨越] traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
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[剥落,脱壳] remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly