甘比精读-Day8-A world turned upside down-Yoli

1. turn upside down=turn over 翻车、翻船、翻面

turn upside down

[v phrase]

The truck left the road and turned upside down on the hill side 

His little boat had turned upside down in the water 

The stunt plane turned upside down and flew that way for a moment

2. issue Bond villain's laugh

issue: come out 

blood issuing from a wound 

3. issue Bond villain's laugh

(in a story, play, etc) character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot (小说﹑ 戏剧等中的)反面人物, 反派角色, 坏人

villainous.: adj

characteristic of a villain; wicked 恶棍似的; 邪恶的:a villainous plot, smile邪恶的阴谋﹑ 狰狞的笑.

4. cowshed

cow·shed/ `kaʊ,ʃed /noun [count]

a farm building where cows are kept 牛棚

5.blanket

[Tn, Tn.pr]~ sth (in/with sth)cover sth completely 完全覆盖某物:The countryside was blanketed with snow/fog.乡村被雪[]覆盖着.

6. photovoltaic 光伏

7.manure

n[U]  

animal dung or other material, natural or artificial, spread over or mixed with soil to make it fertile 肥料; 粪肥

8. all told

with everything or everyone taken into account:in all总计

9.pocket

v to win or get an amount of money:

She pocketed a first prize check totaling $50,000.

they pocketed about 6m from subsidies and selling extra electricities

另外一个蛮有趣的意思:赚差价 pocket the difference

She got the tickets for $20 each, but charged us $25 and pocketed the difference.

10.anathema

a·nath·e·ma/ ə`næθəmə /noun [singular or uncount] FORMAL

something that you strongly dislike or strongly disagree with:

anathema to: The idea of working late was complete anathema to him.

11.transmission

这里表示“输电”

12.be very much the exception

13 to date= up to now 迄今为止

14.as yet 迄今为止

15. perennial

lasting for a long time 长久的; 持久的 eg: a perennial subject of interest永恒的主题.

16. spring

v to happen or appear somewhere suddenly or unexpectedly:

17.rebate

amount by which a debt, tax, etc can be reduced; discount or partial refund (债﹑ 税等的)可减免的款额; 折扣; 部分退款

18.glut

~ sth (with sth)supply sth with much more than is needed 超量供应某事物

19.shale

type of soft rock that splits easily into thin flat pieces 页岩. >shalyadj.

#`shale-oiln[U] oil extracted from shale 页岩油.

20.starkly

stark

stark(COMPLETELY)/stɑːk/US/stɑːrk/

adverb

completely or extremely:

The children were splashing in the river, stark naked/US ALSO buck naked.

I think he's stark raving mad/UK ALSO stark staring mad to want to spend his holiday watching trains!

starkly /ˈstɑː.kli/ US/ˈstɑːr-/

adverb

very obviously and clearly:

Her later sensual works contrast starkly with the harsh earlier paintings.

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