tablet | n. (藥片,片劑,一份藥) a small flat compressed cake of some substance; a dose of medicine; simplified computer with only screen |
taboo | n. (諱忌的禁忌) ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition |
tacit | a. (默許的,會意的) indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent |
tackle | n. (滑車,复滑車,釣具,抓住,揪住,擒抱) apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball |
tactic | n. Syn. tactical ((達到目的)手段,戰術) plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end |
tame | a. (馴服的,沒精打采的,枯燥無味的) domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften |
tamper | v. (竄改,玩弄) interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly |
tangible | a. Syn. real; palpable (可觸摸的,真實的) able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable |
tangle | n. (被糾纏,纏結,亂成一團) uniting or knitting together confusedly; knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged |
tar | n. (焦油,瀝青,柏油,水手) sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal |
tariff | n. (關稅,關稅表,價目表,價格表) tax on goods coming into a country |
tarnish | v. Syn. discoloration; stain (晦暗,污點) make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt |
taxation | n. (徵稅,課稅,稅款,稅) laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue |
technician | n. (技術人員,專門技師) one skilled particularly in the technical details of work |
tedious | a. Syn. boring; wearisome (令人厭倦的) tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly |
teem | v. (充滿,到處都是) be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers |
telecommunication | n. (電信,遠距離通訊,電信學) electronic systems used in transmitting messages |
telex | n. (電傳,電傳的文字,發電傳) communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals |
temperament | n. Syn. disposition (氣質,性情) person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry |
temperate | a. Syn. restrained (節制的,自我控制的) restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality |
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