专四专八

1、cab n.

①vehicle (now usu motorised =taxicab) that may be hired for short journeys出租汽车;计程车

②part of a railway engine for the driver and fireman; part of a bus, lorry, etc for the driver火车机车内供司机所坐之处;(公共汽车、卡车等之)司机室

2、lab n.short for laboratory(尤指化学)实验室

3、crab n. ten-legged shellfish ; its flesh as food 螃蟹，蟹肉

构词有法，扩散记忆! 派生词：crab apple (口)脾气坏的人;crabbed adj.潦草的，难懂的;crabber n.捕蟹人，好抱怨的人; crabby adj. 易怒的，好抱怨的;crablike adj. 似蟹的，似蟹行的; crabwise adj.(常为僵硬或笨拙的方式)横向的，蟹行般的

4、grab v.

①to take hold of with a sudden rough movement, esp. for a bad or selfish purpose攫取;抓住 ②to get quickly and perhaps unfairly抢先，抢占 ③to make a sudden attempt to grab(急速地)抓住;抓牢 ‖ n.a sudden attempt to take hold of something试图抓取;有意抢夺

总频率1次。

【典型例句】 When her uncle died, she grabbed everything she could get her hands on.她的叔叔死后，她把能弄到手的东西全部都据为己有。

【词义辨析】 grab v.急抓，抢;指粗暴地、过急地扑住或抢某物，可表示贪心的意思;snatch v.夺取，抓住;指突然猛力迅速地抓取某物。如:The thief snatched the woman’s bag.那贼抢走了这妇女的提包。grip v.抱紧，握紧，指用手的最大的力量来抓某物。如：The frightened child gripped his mother’s arm.受惊的孩子紧紧抓住他母亲的胳膊。grasp v.紧握，领会，指用手指头、爪等紧紧抓住，用于比喻意义，则指完全了解。如：Did you grasp the main points of the speech?你是否领会了这演讲的要点?

【常用词组】 grab at突然想抓住 / make a grab at 有意抢夺，试图抓取 / up for grabs供人竞购的;待价而沽的

5、stab v.pierce(sth.) or wound (sb.) with a pointed tool or weapon刺，戳 ‖ n.act of stabbing刺，戳【常用词组】 stab at sb.刺向某人 / a stab in the back暗箭伤人，背叛 / stab sb. with…用某物刺某人

6、web n.①a net of thin threads spun by some insects, esp. spiders, to trap other insects蜘蛛网

②a detailed arrangement or network网状组织

总频率4次。

【作者建议】 上网常见的缩写www, 即是worldwideweb之意。

7、rib n.one of the 12 pairs of bones running round the chest of a man or animal, from the spine to where they join at the front肋骨

8、lamb n.young sheep; its flesh as food羔羊，小羊(肉)

9、climb vt & vi go or get up or down; go higher , gain height 攀登;爬上;升 ‖ n. climbing , place (to be ) climbed 攀登;攀登之地

总频率7次。

10、bomb n. hollow metal ball or shell filled with explosive for causing destruction on bursting炸弹 ‖ v. drop bombs on扔下炸弹

总频率1次。

突破拼写，问题解决!

注意以mb结尾的词b不发音comb n.梳子;towb n.坟墓;thumb n.拇指;climb v.爬

11、comb n. 

①piece of metal, rubber, plastic ,etc with teeth for cleaning the hair , making it tidy 梳子 ②red fleshy crest of fowl 鸡冠

总频率8次。

12、tomb n.hole dug in the ground, etc. for a dead body, esp. one with a stone monument over it墓

(穴)坟

构词有法，扩散记忆! 由tomb联想到tombstone n.墓碑

13、dumb adj.①unable to speak 哑的 ②temporarily silent 暂时沉默的 ③stupid ; dull 笨的，愚蠢的

【常用词组】 dumb from birth 生来即哑 / strike dumb 使吓呆，(因恐惧等)说不出话 / dumb show 哑剧

14、plumb n.a mass of lead tied to the end of a string used to find out the depth of water or whether a wall is built exactly upright铅锤，测锤 ‖ v.①to measure with a plumb用铅锤测量 ②to find out the meaning of探测，了解

总频率1次。

15、thumb n.short thick finger set apart from the other four拇指 ‖ v.turn over the pages of (a book); make (a book, pages) worn or dirty by doing this翻动，把书本翻动(旧)

同类联想，扩散记忆! 由thumb联想到index食指;形近词：numb麻木的;dumb哑的

【常用词组】 under sb.'s thumb受…控制 / be all thumbs笨手笨脚的 / bite the thumbs at对…嗤之以鼻

16、crumb n.very small piece of dry food, esp a bit of bread or cake rubbed off or dropped from a large

piece面包屑，糕饼屑

17、job n.① regular paid employment工作，职位 ②a piece of work(一件)工作 ③something hard to do费劲

的事，难做的工作

总频率48次。

辨析异同，应考从容!注意job与work的异同

同：都表示“工作”。

异：work是不可数名词，而job是可数名词。

构词有法，扩散记忆! 派生词：jobber n.股票经纪人;jobbing a.做零工的，干散工的;jobless a.失业的，无职业的;复合词：job centre n.(英国政府的)职业介绍所，就业服务中心;job lot n.成批出售的杂货;job sharing n.两个平均分担一份全职工作

【典型例句】 I'm looking for a new job, one where I get a bit more job satisfaction.

我正在寻找一份新工作，一份能从中得到更大满足感的职业。

【常用词组】 out of a job失业/on the job在上班时，在干活时/make the best of a bad job不利的情况下尽力而为/give something up as a bad job对某事不再抱有希望/just the job正是想要的东西

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