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backbone  Speak Example sentences
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(桶) vessel; large cylindrical container
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(联结,联系,粘连,化学键 v 结合) link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty
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(球茎,球状物) rounded part of a cylindrical structure; electric lamp consisting of a glass ball
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(骨干,支柱) support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column
balcony  Speak Example sentences
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(交易,合同交易,协议讲价,谈条件) agreement between parties concerning the sale of property
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(烦恼,无聊) tedium; dullness; state of being a bore, or the tendency to become tiresome and uninteresting
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(桶) vessel; large cylindrical container
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(阳台,(戏院的)楼座) platform projecting from the wall of a building
barrel  Speak Example sentences
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(生物学家) scientist who studies living organisms
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(桶) vessel; large cylindrical container
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(宴会,出席宴会,参加宴会) feast; entertainment of eating and drinking
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(烦恼,无聊) tedium; dullness; state of being a bore, or the tendency to become tiresome and uninteresting
beat  Speak Example sentences
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(打击,敲击,打败) whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly
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(芽,蓓蕾) one that is not yet fully developed; sprout
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(贿赂,贿赂) something serving to influence or persuade; reward or gift with a view to prevent judgment
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(酿造,酝酿,孕育) boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering
beaten  Speak Example sentences
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(烦恼,无聊) tedium; dullness; state of being a bore, or the tendency to become tiresome and uninteresting
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(锻打的,被击败的,人迹罕至的) formed or made thin by hammering; totally worn-out; exhausted
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(捆,束,包) packet; a package of things tied together; a large sum of money
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(令人激动的,惊人的) very surprising or shocking
below  Speak Example sentences
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(闷想) think long and anxiously; be in a state of gloomy, serious thought
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(脸红,羞愧) become rosy or reddish; turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
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(在…下面) under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; inferior to in rank; unworthy of
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(熏猪肉,培根肉) back and sides of a pig salted and smoked
blonde  Speak Example sentences
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(打扰,烦扰,麻烦) annoy; trouble; make agitated or nervous; fluster
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(出价,投标,(打牌时)叫牌) make an offer of; propose; offer in words; declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance
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(串,束,群) clump; cluster; gathering
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(白肤金发的(女人),白肤金发女子) of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
bond  Speak Example sentences
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(联结,联系,粘连,化学键 v 结合) link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty
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(荒凉) property of not supporting life, no children or unable to have children; defect of emotion, sensibility, or fervency
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(球茎,球状物) rounded part of a cylindrical structure; electric lamp consisting of a glass ball
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(酿造,酝酿,孕育) boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering
boost  Speak Example sentences
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(突破,冲破防线,突破性的发现) act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction
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(增加,提高,促进) raise; advance; push or shove upward
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(贿赂,贿赂) something serving to influence or persuade; reward or gift with a view to prevent judgment
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(宴会,出席宴会,参加宴会) feast; entertainment of eating and drinking
bother  Speak Example sentences
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(荒芜的,贫瘠的) desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
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(打扰,烦扰,麻烦) annoy; trouble; make agitated or nervous; fluster
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(芽,蓓蕾) one that is not yet fully developed; sprout
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(钝的,直率的,不客气的,使变钝) having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive