pitch | 1. pitch noun (SPORTS FIELD)尤指足球场
a football/hockey/cricket pitch
足球／曲棍球／板球赛场
2. the level or degree of something 水平；程度
high pitched sound
3. the level of a feeling （感觉的）程度 | 2. If you teach children and adults in the same class, it's difficult to get the pitch (= level of difficulty or interest) right.
3. By this time their disagreement had reached such a pitch that there was no hope of an amicable conclusion. |
vibrate | 1. to shake slightly and quickly, or to cause something to do this, in a way that is felt rather than seen or heard（使）震动；（使）颤动
2. （电子装置的设置）振动 | The whole station seemed to vibrate as the express train rushed through.
His voice vibrated with anger.
2. The show's about to start - I'm going to put my phone on vibrate. |
fold | 1. 折叠
2. fold your arms: to bring your arms close to your chest and hold them together
3.(of a business) to close because of failure
4. suffix: -fold
threefold, fourfold | 1.
Will you help me to fold (up) the sheets?
The table folds up when not in use.
She sat with her legs folded under her.
3. Many small businesses fold within the first year.
4.
· There has been more than a 30-fold increase in Internet users in the past two years.
· The problems are twofold - firstly, economic, and secondly, political.
· In the last 50 years, there has been a 33-fold increase in the amount of pesticide used in farming. |
stripe | 1. COLOUREDSTRIP
2. （军装上表示等级的）臂章，军阶条 | 1. The zebra is a wild African horse with black and white stripes. |
woolly | 1. 羊毛制的：made by wool 羊毛
2. Woolly ideas and thinking are confused and not clear, and have not been considered carefully enough. | 2. it's the woolly thinking behind the book that I find so infuriating.
这本书混乱的思路让我感到非常愤怒。
I can't stand these woolly-headed/-minded liberals! |
thorax | 胸，胸廓 | |
loop | 循环 | Tiger moth evades the bat, by a series of evasive maneuvers of loops, spirals, and dives. |
spiral | 螺旋 |
dive | to move quickly, often in order to avoid something（为躲避而）冲，奔，扑
They dived for cover when they heard the shooting start. 他们一听到枪声就赶紧找地方躲起来。 |
squeak | 1. to make a short, very high cry or sound
2. （测验、竞赛等）勉强通过；侥幸成功 | 1. She let out a squeak of fright at the sight of the spider.
2. He squeaked through the exam. |
jam | 1.堵在机器中的东西；让机器部件无法运动的东西
2. a difficult situation 困境，窘境
3. to be, or make something, unable to move（使）轧住；（使）卡住
4. to push something forcefully or with difficulty into something else 把…塞入 | 1. She fed the documents into the machine making sure that there were no paper jams.
2. I'm in a jam - could you lend me some money till next week?
How are we going to get ourselves out of this jam?
3.
· The door jammed behind me and I couldn't get out.
我进来后门随即卡住了，我出不去了。
· He jammed the window open with a piece of wood.
4. He jammed the boxes into the back of the car.
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