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irascible  Speak Example sentences
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[大而笨重的（通常指人）] big or clumsy, often stupid person
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[诙谐的] humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious
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[易怒的,暴躁的] irritable; easily angered; excited by or arising from anger
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[重写手稿,（刮去原文后的）重刻的碑] manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing erased
jocular  Speak Example sentences
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[犯罪分子] criminal; one who does evil or injury to another
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[诙谐的] humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious
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[亲近,血缘] property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature
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[预兆的,凶兆的,难以置信的] full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe; wonderful
lecherous  Speak Example sentences
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[预先安排,使其偏向于] give inclination toward; make susceptible to; settle or dispose of in advance
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[好色的,淫荡的] vigorously passionate; excessive desire, especially in sexual activity
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[消除,排除,避免] bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of
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[摹写,模仿] imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
liniment  Speak Example sentences
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[讥讽的,尖酸的] bitingly painful; harshly ironic or sinister; serving to fix colors in dyeing
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[插手,强入,冲出] push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
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[药膏,擦油] the medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain
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[预兆的,凶兆的,难以置信的] full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe; wonderful
monolithic  Speak Example sentences
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[单片的,单块的,一体不动摇的] constituting or acting as a single, often in rigid or uniform
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[塑性] ability to be molded, formed, or modeled; quality or state of being plastic
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[僧侣的,遁入空门的,不问世事] related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns
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[大而笨重的（通常指人）] big or clumsy, often stupid person
myopic  Speak Example sentences
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[缺乏远见] nearsighted; lacking foresight; narrow minded
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[冗长的,啰嗦的] tedious wordiness; verbosity;  great length; minute detail
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[剽窃] steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
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[犯罪分子] criminal; one who does evil or injury to another
obviate  Speak Example sentences
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[大而笨重的（通常指人）] big or clumsy, often stupid person
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[预言的] foretelling events as if by divine inspiration
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[消除,排除,避免] bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of
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[麝香味儿的] having an odor of musk, a secretion produced by certain animals, such as otter or civet
outmoded  Speak Example sentences
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[过时的] no longer usable or practical; obsolete;  not in fashion
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[顺从的] flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable
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[字典编纂者] author or compiler of dictionary; one employed in the making of vocabulary or wordbook of language
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[纸草,草纸(古代的)] ancient paper made from stem of plant
palimpsest  Speak Example sentences
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[无敌的,神圣不可亵渎的] secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable
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[过时的] no longer usable or practical; obsolete;  not in fashion
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[无产阶级的,蓝领的] member of working class; blue collar person
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[重写手稿,（刮去原文后的）重刻的碑] manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing erased
pastel  Speak Example sentences
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[彩色粉笔,彩色粉笔画,轻淡色彩,淡而柔和的色彩] any of various pale or light colors; lacking in body or vigor
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[字典编纂者] author or compiler of dictionary; one employed in the making of vocabulary or wordbook of language
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[诙谐的] humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious
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[药膏,擦油] the medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain