詞匯短語園地（3）

1. feed v. 喂養(yǎng)；為……提供食品

Have you fed these chickens today？

你今天喂這些雞了么？

Whoever feeds the man is his master.

任何喂養(yǎng)這個(gè)男人的人都是他的主人。

搭配：

（1） feed sb/sth （on） sth 喂人或動(dòng)物食物

Feed the cattle （on） barley. 喂這些牛大麥。

（2） feed sth to sb/sth 給人或動(dòng)物喂食物

Feed barley to the cattle. 給這些牛喂大麥。

feed on 以……為食；因……而壯大

That kind of butterfly feeds on the flowers of garden plants.

那個(gè)品種的蝴蝶以園林植物的花為食。

2. serve v. （給……）提供；端上（飯菜等）

Breakfast is served between 7：30 to 9：00 am.

早飯供應(yīng)時(shí)間是從早上7點(diǎn)半到9點(diǎn)。

Pour the special sauce over the pasta and serve immediately.

把這個(gè)特別的沙司澆在意大利面上就立刻上桌。

搭配：

（1） serve sth with sth 某物和某物被一起端上

Serve the lamb with new potatoes and green beans.

羊肉要配新鮮土豆和青豆一起上。

（2） serve sth to sb 提供某物給某人

They served a wonderful meal to more than ten delegates.

他們招待十多位代表吃了一餐美味佳肴。

（3） serve sb sth 提供某人某物

His mother served us a delicious lunch.

他的媽媽招待我們吃了一頓可口的午餐。

3. whisper v. 低聲地說；耳語；私語

n. 低語（聲）；耳語（聲）；私語（聲）

My son whispered to me that he was afraid.

兒子低聲對(duì)我說他害怕。

Dont you know its rude to whisper at the meeting？

難道你不知道在開會(huì)時(shí)竊竊私語是不禮貌的嗎？

Her voice dropped to a whisper while her baby was sleeping.

當(dāng)她的寶寶睡覺時(shí)，她壓低聲音小聲說話。

4. support n. 支持；幫助；支撐物

v. 支持；幫助；支撐；養(yǎng)（家），維持（生活）

Her families and friends have given her lots of support.

家人和朋友給了她很多幫助。

When my father died， I became the real support.

我父親死后，我成了真正的頂梁柱。

If you raise the question at the meeting， Ill support you.

如果你在會(huì)上提出這個(gè)問題，我將支持你。

Nowadays there are many different organizations that support people with different diseases.

現(xiàn)在有很多向各種疾病患者提供援助的各種組織。

in support of （作狀語）支持……

Only a few people spoke in support of the proposal.

只有幾個(gè)人表示支持這一提議。

5. seize v. 抓??；捉?。C(jī)會(huì)等），理解（意思）；奪

He seized her by the arm.

他抓住她的胳膊。

Seize the chance， otherwise you will regret.

捉住機(jī)會(huì)，否則你要后悔的。

She was quick to seize the meaning of his words.

她快速地抓住了他的話的意思。

seize on/upon sth 抓?。衫玫氖挛铮?/p>

The rumors were eagerly seized upon by the local newspapers.

當(dāng)?shù)貓?bào)章迫不及待地對(duì)這些傳聞加以炒作。

6. hang v. 絞死，吊死；懸掛，吊

Where are we supposed to hang our washing up to dry？

我們?cè)摪严春玫囊挛锪涝谀睦飼窀桑?/p>

hang up （on sb） 掛斷（某人的）電話

Dont hang up on me—we must talk！

別掛斷電話——我們一定得談?wù)劊?/p>

注意：

當(dāng)hang為動(dòng)詞“絞死、吊死”，其過去式為hanged，過去分詞為hanged；當(dāng)hang動(dòng)詞“懸掛、吊”，其過去式為hung，過去分詞為hung。

7. lock v. 用鎖鎖（起來）

n. 鎖

She locked her passport and money in the safe.

她把自己的護(hù)照和錢鎖在保險(xiǎn)柜里。

This door doesnt lock. 這門鎖不上。

搭配：

be locked in/into sth 陷入，卷入（困境、爭(zhēng)論等）

The two sides are locked into a bitter dispute.

雙方陷入了激烈的爭(zhēng)論。

8. scream v. 尖叫；高聲喊叫

n. 尖叫

Women were screaming； some of the houses nearest the bridge were on fire.

女人們?cè)诩饨?；離橋最近的幾所房屋起火了。

搭配：

（1） scream （out） in/with sth 以……狀態(tài)尖叫

The kids were screaming with excitement.

孩子們興奮地喊叫著。

People ran for the exits， screaming out in terror.

人們驚恐萬狀，尖叫著奔向出口。

（2） scream （out） for sth/sb 為某事/某人高聲喊叫

Someone was screaming for help.

有人在喊救命。

9. escape v. 逃跑；逃脫

n. 逃跑；逃脫

The report said that two prisoners had escaped.

新聞報(bào)道兩名囚犯逃走了。

When he was a child he often escaped into a dream world of his own.

小時(shí)候他常常躲進(jìn)自己的夢(mèng)幻世界中。

The doctor said I had a narrow escape.

醫(yī)生說我是死里逃生。

escape from... 從……逃跑；從……逃脫

I got the news from his mother that he escaped from prison last night.

我從他母親那得到消息，他昨天晚上越獄了。

escapee n. 逃亡者；逃脫的動(dòng)物；（尤指）逃犯

escaped adj. 逃跑了的

10. in astonishment 驚訝地，吃驚地

He stared in astonishment at the stranger.

他驚愕地盯著陌生人。

I looked at my clever 5-year-old son in astonishment.

我驚訝地看著我5歲大聰明的兒子。

to sbs astonishment 使某人驚訝，吃驚

To my utter astonishment， she remembered my name.

她記得我的名字，這使我萬分驚訝。

11. in a...voice 用……聲音（說），……聲地

Please speak in a loud voice in order that we can hear what you say.

請(qǐng)大聲說話，以便我們能聽見你說的。

He smiled sadly and replied in a weak voice.

他悲傷地笑了笑，用微弱的聲音回答。

（1） be in good voice 嗓音良好

She was in good voice at the concert tonight.

她在今晚的音樂會(huì)上唱得不錯(cuò)。

（2） give voice to 表達(dá)

After watching the film， he gave voice to his discontent.

看完電影后，他表達(dá)了他的不滿。

（3） lose sbs voice 某人的嗓子啞了

He was suffering from flu and had lost his voice.

他患了流感，嗓子啞了。

12. no sooner...than... 剛一……就……

No sooner had she said it than she burst into tears.

她剛一說完，淚水就奪眶而出。

He had no sooner wanted to sleep than the telephone rang.

他剛一想睡，電話就響了。

與以上短語有同一意思的常用短語表達(dá)

hardly/scarcely...when... 剛一……就……

We had hardly/scarcely sat down at the table when the phone rang.

我們剛在桌子旁坐下，電話就響了。

13. bring sth to the attention of sb 使某人關(guān)注某事

She says that many times the school nurse is the first one to bring health problems to the attention of parents.

她說，很多時(shí)候，學(xué)校護(hù)士是第一個(gè)使家長(zhǎng)關(guān)注到健康問題的人。

I did the thing with the hope that the media would report on it， and bring cultural discrimination to the attention of the public.

我做這件事是希望媒體報(bào)道這件事，并使公眾關(guān)注文化歧視。

（1） pay attention to 注意

Dont pay any attention to what they say.

別在意他們說的話。

（2） draw attention to 吸引……注意力

I tried not to draw attention to the weak points in my argument.

我盡量不使人察覺到我論證中的軟肋。