A: A burglar broke into our house last night and stole the TV. B: My goodness, did the police catch him?
burglar n. 竊賊,破門(mén)盜竊者
A: John’s sudden death was tragic. B: I know, I would like to go to the burial to show my respect to his family.
burial n. 葬,掩埋,葬禮
A: As a child I always wanted to sleep on the top bunk. B: Me too, but so did my brother so we always argued.
A: Hey, will you do a bunk today? B: No, I am afraid that the teacher will find out.
bunk n.1.(車(chē),船等依壁而設(shè)的)鋪位; 2.空話,廢話
do a bunk 匆忙逃走
A: Why do you always wear your hair in a bun? B: Because I think it is very elegant.
bun n. 1.圓形的小面包或點(diǎn)心; 2.(女子的)圓發(fā)髻
A: Typical bureaucracy, always too many forms to fill in. B: Be patient, you can not change the whole system straight away.
bureaucracy n. 1.官僚主義,官僚作風(fēng); 2.政府機(jī)構(gòu),官僚
A: He bust into the room and started shouting at me. B: Well, you should have locked the door.
bust vt. 打破,打碎; vi. 爆裂,壞掉; n. 1.胸像,半身像; 2.胸部,胸圍
A: Did you spot where the rabbit just went? B: Yeah, into his burrow by the tree.
burrow vt. 1.挖掘(洞穴); 2鉆進(jìn); vi. 1.挖洞;2.翻尋; n. 地洞
A: I hate going into the city at the weekend. B: I agree, too much bustle and people.
bustle vi. 鬧哄哄地忙亂,奔忙; n. 1.忙亂,喧擾; 2.裙撐,襯墊
A: The local government wants to build a bypass to direct traffic away from our town. B: That will be bad for business in the town. What do the locals think about it?
bypass n. 1.(繞過(guò)市鎮(zhèn)的)旁道,迂回道; 2.分流術(shù),旁通管; vt. 1.繞過(guò),繞…走; 2.越過(guò),置…于不顧
A: There is a wonderful atmosphere at this party. B: Yes, there is a great buzz.
A: What is that annoying noise? B: My alarm clock buzzing. I forgot to switch it off.
buzz vi. 1.發(fā)出嗡嗡聲; 2.(around, about)忙亂,急行; 3.發(fā)出嘈雜的談話聲; n. 1.嗡嗡聲; 2.嘈雜的談話聲
A: Could you please put your cigarette butt into the ashtray rather than on the floor? B: Sorry, I did not realize it would bother you.
butt n. 1.笑柄;2.煙蒂;3.槍托; 4.大酒桶,大水桶; 5.臀部; v. 用頭撞或頂
butt in 插嘴,插手,干涉