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harden
v.（动词）
v.tr.（及物动词）
To make hard or harder.
使硬化：使变硬或更硬
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canopy
n.（名词）
A covering, usually ofcloth, suspended over a throne or bed or held aloft on poles above an eminentperson or a sacred object.
华盖：通常由布做成的遮盖物，悬于一个王座或一张床的上面或由柱子高擎在一个显贵的人或一个神圣的物体上面
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deciduous
Falling off or shed ata specific season or stage of growth:
脱落的：在特定季节或成长期脱落的：
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bud
v.（动词）v.intr.（不及物动词）
To put forth or producebuds:
发芽，长芽：
a plantthat buds in early spring.
在早春发芽的植物
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chlorophyll
n.（名词）
Any of a group ofrelated green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms, especially:
叶绿素
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phloem
n.（名词）
The food-conductingtissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, andsclereids.
韧皮部：导管植物的食物传导组织，包括筛管、纤维、薄壁组织和硬化细胞
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Pluck one’s guitar
弹吉他
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contraption
n.（名词）
A mechanical device; agadget.
一种机械装置；小机件
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oscillate
v.intr.（不及物动词）os.cil.lat.ed,os.cil.lat.ing,os.cil.lates
To swing back and forthwith a steady, uninterrupted rhythm.
持续周期性地摆动：以稳定的、不间断的节奏来回摇摆
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Slip into your ears
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It can live an average of 600 years.
它的平均寿命有600岁。
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dormant
adj.（形容词）
Lying asleep or as ifasleep; inactive.
不活跃的：睡着的，似睡着的；不活跃的
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peg
n.（名词）
A small cylindrical ortapered pin, as of wood, used to fasten things or plug a hole.
圆木栓，木钉：用来把东西锁住或打孔的圆柱状或两头渐细的木制钉
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compress
v.tr.（及物动词）
To press together:
压到一起：
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lull
v.（动词）
To cause to sleep orrest; soothe or calm.
使入睡：使睡着或安静，安慰或使镇定下来
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fretted
adj.
焦躁的;腐蚀的
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diamond-shaped
钻石形状的
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inning
n.（名词）
BaseballOne of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game,in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs.
【棒球】一局：循环比赛中九局中的一局，其间每个队都有一次以三次出局为限的击球机会
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batter
v.（动词）
v.tr.（及物动词）
To hit heavily andrepeatedly with violent blows.
敲碎，捣毁：以连续猛击来捣毁，砸烂，击伤
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bound
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To leap forward orupward; spring.
跳，弹跳：向前或向上跃起；弹跳