2011下半年英語六級詞匯共享，幫助英語六級考試的考生順利通過考試。
舉例. A: What place did you come in in the race? B: Third. I won a bronze.
bronze n. 1.青銅;2.青銅色，古銅色; 3.青銅(藝術(shù))制品，銅牌
舉例. A: The brim of your hat is covering your eyes. B: That is because I don’t want anyone to notice me.
brim n. 1.帽檐;2.(容器的)邊,邊緣; vi. 注滿，充溢
brim over (with) 充滿，洋溢
舉例. A: Slow down, stop walking so fast! B: A brisk walk will be good for your health.
brisk a. 1.輕快的，生氣勃勃的; 2.興隆的，繁忙活躍的; 3.寒冷而清新的
舉例. A: I was on the brink of leaving my job, but decided to stay. B: What changed your mind?
brink n. (懸崖，河流等的)邊緣，邊沿
on the brink of 瀕臨，處于…邊緣
舉例. A: Don’t lean on the glass, it is very brittle. B: Oops, sorry, it is too late.
brittle a. 1.易碎的，易損壞的;2.脆弱的，靠不住的; 3.冷淡的，不友好的; 4.(聲音)尖厲的
舉例. A: My paintbrush is too old to start the decorating. B: I have one with better bristles if you want to borrow it.
bristle n. 短而硬的毛發(fā)，刷子毛; vi. 1.被激怒，怒發(fā)沖冠; 2.毛發(fā)(因驚懼等)直立
bristle with 密集，充滿，被布滿
舉例. A: This is a very complicated question, professor. B: Brood on it for a while and maybe you will find the solution.
舉例. A: Are the hens sitting with their brood? B: No, they seem to have neglected them.
brood vi. 1.(on, over, about)沉思，考慮; 2.孵蛋; n. 1.(雛雞等)一窩; 2.(一個家庭)全體孩子
舉例. A: If you walk up the east side of the mountain you will find a small brook where you can fill your bottles with water. B: Great, I’m really thirsty, but is the water safe to drink?
brook n. 小溪; vt. [常用于否定句或疑問句]容忍，忍受
舉例. A: Where were you this afternoon? B: In the bookshop, just browsing.
browse vi. 1.隨意翻閱，瀏覽; 2. (牛，羊等)吃草
舉例. A: That was a brutal crime. B: Yeah, there seems to be nothing but bad news these days.
brutal a. 1.野獸般的，殘忍的; 2.無情的，冷酷的，難以忍受的
舉例. A: That is a nasty bruise. B: Yeah, I fell down the stairs last week and hit my head.
A: He bruised me with his nasty comments. B: Don’t listen to him then.
bruise n. 1.青腫,挫傷; 2.(水果等的)傷痕，擦痕; vt. 1.打青，使受淤傷; 2.挫傷，傷害(感情等)
