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

1. turn upside down=turn over 翻車、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 (小說﹑ 戲劇等中的)反面人物, 反派角色, 壞人

villainous.: adj

characteristic of a villain; wicked 惡棍似的; 邪惡的:a villainous?plot, smile邪惡的陰謀﹑ 猙獰的笑.

4. cowshed

cow·shed/ `ka?,?ed /noun [count]

a farm building where cows are kept 牛棚

5.blanket

v?[Tn, Tn.pr]~ sth (in/with?sth)cover sth completely 完全覆蓋某物:The countryside was?blanketed with snow/fog.鄉村被雪[]覆蓋著.

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; 糞肥

8. all told

with everything or everyone taken into account:in all總計

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

另外一個蠻有趣的意思:賺差價 pocket the difference

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

10.anathema

a·nath·e·ma/ ?`n?θ?m? /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

這里表示“輸電”

12.be very much the exception

13 to date= up to now 迄今為止

14.as yet 迄今為止

15. perennial

lasting for a long time 長久的; 持久的 eg:?a perennial subject of interest永恒的主題.

16. spring

v to happen or appear somewhere suddenly or unexpectedly:

17.rebate

n?amount by which a debt, tax, etc can be reduced; discount or partial refund (債﹑ 稅等的)可減免的款額; 折扣; 部分退款

18.glut

~ sth (with sth)supply sth with much more than is needed 超量供應某事物

19.shale

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

#`shale-oiln[U] oil extracted from shale 頁巖油.

20.starkly

stark

stark(COMPLETELY)/stɑ?k/US/stɑ?rk/

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?/?stɑ?.kli/?US/?stɑ?r-/

adverb

very obviously and clearly:

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

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