精读day5

day5----单词2

1explicitly.明确，显然，清楚地，直接地

clearandexact:

I gave her very explicitdirectionshow to get here.

She was very explicitabout(=said veryclearlyandexactly) whatshethoughtwaswrongwiththeplans.

I wasn'tawarethatI would bepaying-youcertainlydidn'tmakeit explicit (=stateitclearly).

2elliptical

having anovalshape

椭圆（形）的

3diagonal

A

diagonallineisstraightandsloping, nothorizontalorvertical, forexamplejoiningtwooppositecornersof asquareor otherflatshapewith foursides.

斜线的，对角线的

Thebookhasa diagonalblackstripeonthecover.该书的封面上有一道黑色斜纹。

movingin a diagonalline

沿斜线运动的

Theartistachievesthiseffectusingshortdiagonalstrokes.

Petersreceiveda diagonalpassandheadedtheballintothenet.彼德斯接到斜传球后将球顶射入网。

6patent

theofficiallegalrightto make orsellaninventionfor aparticularnumberofyears

专利权

In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell wasgrantedapatentonanapparatusforsignallingandcommunicatingcalled a Photophone.1880年，亚历山大‧格雷厄姆‧贝尔发明的用来发送和传输信号的被称作“光线电话”的装置被授予了一项专利权。

Thecompanytookout/filedapatentonageneticallyengineeredtomato.该公司取得了一项转基因西红柿的专利权，这种西红柿比未经处理的西红柿保鲜时间更长。

veryobvious

显然的，显而易见的

a patentlie昭然若揭的谎言

a patentdisregardof thelaw对法律的公然漠视

"No," hereplied,with patentdistaste.“不，”他带着明显的厌恶回答道。

A patentinventionisprotectedbylawso that onlyparticularpeopleorcompanieshave therightto make orsellit.专利权a patentscrewdriver获专利的螺丝刀

7stubbed his toe on a large stone.

theshortpartof something that isleftafter themainparthas been used,especiallyacigaretteafter it has beensmokedor one of thesmallpiecesofpaperleftin abookfrom whichchequesorticketshave beentorn

残余部分，残端；（尤指）烟蒂，存根，票根

stub your toe

tohurtyourtoebyhittingit against a hardobjectbyaccident

不小心把脚趾碰伤