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n.
(讳忌的 禁忌) ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition


Spelling Word: taboo
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n.
(被纠缠,缠结,乱成一团) uniting or knitting together confusedly; knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged


Spelling Word: tangle
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n.
(焦油,沥青,柏油,水手) sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal


Spelling Word: tar
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n. Syn. disposition
(气质,性情) person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry


Spelling Word: temperament
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a. Syn. restrained
(节制的,自我控制的) restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality


Spelling Word: temperate
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n.
(质地,(材料等)结构) rough surface quality; structure of interwoven fibers or other elements; feel of a surface or a fabric


Spelling Word: texture
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n.
(大腿) part of the leg between the hip and the knee


Spelling Word: thigh
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n.
(抄本) reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record


Spelling Word: transcript
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v.
(输血,充满) pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; transfer by pouring


Spelling Word: transfuse
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a.
(半透明的) partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen


Spelling Word: translucent