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weary of listening to a parade of historical facts,
很快便对听连串史实厌烦起来。► wearily /_wwr9li; NAmE 'wir-/
adv. ： He dosed his ^yes
wear%•他疲惫地
■闭上了眼睛。weari.nessnow/7[U] a verb (wear
ies, weary*ing, wear ied, wear ied) 1 [VN] to make sb feel tired 使疲劳；使疲倦 H771 tire 2 [V]〜of sth/of doing sth to lose your interest in or enthusiasm for
sth (对…）失去兴逄，失去热情HBTi tire： She soon wearied 〇/ftis
stories.她很快就厌烦了他
的故事。
weasel /'wi：zl/ noun, verb
mnoun a small wild animal
with reddish-brown fur, a long thin body and short legs. Weasels eat smaller
animals•鼬；黄鼠狼
■ verb (-II-, NAmE -I-) Mdl:被V邐,weasel 'out (of sth) {informal, disapproving, especially
(责任或已作出的承诺）：He’s now t/ying to weasd out 〇/our agreement.他现在正设法逃避在我们协议中应承担
的义务。
'weasel word noun [usually pi.] [informal, disapproving) a word that has little meaning, or more
than one meaning, that you use when you want to avoid saying sth in a clear or
direct way滑头话；含釉其辞的话；推
诿词
VOCABULARY BUILDING 词汇扩充
types of weather表示天气的词
Rain
雨'
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Drizzle is fine light rain. * drizzle 指蒙蒙细雨。
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A shower is
a short period of rain.
* shower 指.
阵雨。
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A downpour or a cloudburst is a heavy fall of rain that often starts
suddenly.-*.downpour 或cloudburst
指暴雨。
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When it is raining very hard you can say
that it is pouring. In informal BrE you
can also say that it is bucketing down or chucking it down. You can also say: The heavens
opened.大雨倾盆可用 pouring，
非正式英国英语亦可用bucketing, down或chucking it down0
述可说 The heavens opened。
Storms风暴
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A cyclone and a typhoon are types of violent tropical storms with very strong
winds. * cyclone ffl typhoon指气旋、台风。，
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A hurricane has very strong winds
and is usually at sea. * hurricane通常指海上的规风。
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A monsoon is a period of very
heavy rain in particular countries, or the wind that brings this rain.
*
monsoon指某些国家的雨季、季节性暴雨或带来暴
雨的季风。
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A squall is a sudden strong,
violent wind, usually in a rain or snow storm. * squall指在暴风雨或暴风雪
中突起的飑。
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A tornado (or twister informal) has very strong winds which move in a
circle, often with a long narrow cloud. * tornado (.或非正式用语 twister
)指
龙卷风。
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A whirlwind moves very fast in a
spinning movement and causes a lot of damage. * whirlwind
指旋风。
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A blizzard is a snow storm with
very strong winds. * blizzard指暴风雪。
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Tempest is used mainly in
literary language to describe a violent storm. * tempest 主要为.太学用
语，指暴风雨、风暴、暴风雪。
wea-ther, Chw /'we5a(r)/ noun, verb mnoun [U] 1 the condition
of the atmosphere at a particular place and time, such as the temperature, and
if there is wind, rain,
sun, etc.天气；气象：hot/cold/ wet<f?ne/summer/winciy，etc. weather 炎热、寒冷、'雨
雪、晴朗、夏天、刮风_的天气◊ Did you have good weather on your trip?你旅途中天气好吗？ ◊
J’m not going out in this, weather/这种天气彘不各出.门的！ ◊ There's going to be a change in the
weather.
化.。〇 if the weather
holds/breaks (= if the good weather continues/changes)如果天气还是这么好/变坏 ◊ rhe weather is
very chan^eabZe at the moment.现时天
气变化无常。◊ ‘Are you going
to the beach tomorrow?’ depends on the. weather. ’“你明天打算去海滩吗？” “那要看天气而定 iv, .，’◊ VVeh have the party
outsfde, weather
permitting [= if it doesn^ rain).
话，薄们就在室外举行这次聚奐。◊ a weather map/ chart 气等图◊ a weather report 气象报告 2 the weather [informal) a
report of what the weather will be like, that is on the radio or television, or
in the newspapers 气象预报：to fcten to the weather 收听 气象预报 in
'all weathers [BrE) in all kinds of weather,
good and bad不论天气好坏；风雨无阻：She goes out j.oggfng fn aH weathers.禾论天气如却，她都出
去慢跑锻炼。keep a 'weather eye
on sb/sth to
watch sb/sth carefully in case you need to take action 对…随 时留意；对…小心提防
under
the ‘weather (/n/omifl/) if you are or feel under the weather, you
feel slightly ill/sick and not as well as usual 略有不适；不得画
—more
at brass, heavy 〇办
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verb 1 to change, or make sth change, colour or shape
because of the effect of the sun, rain or wind (因受风 吹、日晒、雨淋等，使）退色，变色，变形：[v]rhi5 brick weathers to
a warm pinkish-brown colour.
经日晒雨淋退成了带粉红的暖褐色。◊ [VN] Her/ace was
weathered by the sun•她的脸晒黑了。2 [VN] to come safely through a difficult period or
experience 经受住， 平安地渡'过（困难.）：TTie company just managed to weather t/ie
recession.这家公司勉强ik过了衰退期。◊ She refuses to resign, intending to weather the storm (=wait until the
situation improves again)•她拒绝舌辛
职，想要经受住这次风暴的考验。
'weather
balloon noun a balloon"
that carries instruments into the atmosphere to measure weather conditions气象气球
'weather-beaten
adj. [usually
before noun] (especially of a person or their skin 尤指人或人的皮肤）rough and damaged
because the person spends a lot of time outside (因风吹日晒）粗糖的，晒黑的，受损的
wea-ther-board /'wefiaboid;
NAmE 'weQarboird/
(also dap-board
especially
in
'weather centre
{BrB)
{
weathercock 风信