barron词汇 G |
barron词汇 G
1478. gadfly
释义: animal-biting fly; an irritating person
例句: Like a gadfly, he irritated all the guests at the hotel; within forty eight hours, everyone regarded him as an annoying busybody.
1479. gaffe
释义: social blunder
例句: According to Miss Manners, to call your husband by your lover's name is worse than a mere gaffe; it is a tactical mistake.
1480. gainsay
释义: deny
例句: She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report.
1481. gait
释义: manner of walking or running; speed
例句: The lame man walked with an uneven gait.
1482. galaxy
释义: the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities
例句: The deaths of such famous actors as Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, and Marlene Dietrich demonstrate that the galaxy of Hollywood superstars is rapidly disppearing.
1483. gall
释义: bitterness; nerve
例句: The knowledge of his failure filled him with gall.
1484. gall
释义: annoy; chafe
例句: Their taunts galled him.
1485. galleon
释义: large sailing ship
例句: The Spaniards pinned their hopes on the galleon, the large warship; the British, on the smaller and faster pinnace.
1486. galvanize
释义: stimulate by shock; stir up
例句: The entire nation was galvanized into strong military activity by the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1487. gambit
释义: opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed
例句: The player was afraid to accept his opponent's gambit because he feared a trap which as yet he could not see.
1488. gambol
释义: skip; leap playfully
例句: Watching children gamboling in the park is a pleasant experience
1489. gamely
释义: in a spirited manner; with courage
例句: Because he had fought gamely against a much superior boxer, the crowd gave him a standing ovation when he left the arena.
1490. gamut
释义: entire range
例句: In this performance, the leading lady was able to demonstrate the complete gamut of her acting ability.
1491. gape
释义: open widely
例句: The huge pit gaped before him; if he stumbled, he would fall in.
1492. garbled
释义: mixed up; jumbled; distorted
例句: A favorite party game involves passing a whispered message from one person to another; by the time it reaches the last player, the message has become totally garbled.
1493. gargantuan
释义: huge; enormous
例句: The gargantuan wrestler was terrified of mice.
1494. gargolye
释义: waterspout carved in groteque figures on a building
例句: The gargoyles adorning the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris are amusing in their grotesqueness.
1495. garish
释义: gaudy
例句: She wore a garish rhinestone necklace.
1496. garner
释义: gather; store up
例句: She hoped to garner the world's literature in one library.
1497. garnish
释义: decorate
例句: Parsley was used to garnish the boiled potato.
1498. garrulity
释义: talkativeness
例句: The man who married a dumb wife asked the doctor to make him deaf because of his wife's garrulity after her cure.
1499. garrulous
释义: excessively talkative, especially about unimportant subjects; loquacious; wordy
例句: Many club members avoided the company of the garrulous junior executive because his contant chatter bored them to tears.
1500. gastronomy
释义: science of preparing and serving good food
例句: One of the by-products of his trip to Europe was his interest in gastronomy; he enjoyed preparing and serving foreign dishes to his friends.
1501. gauche
释义: clumsy; boorish
例句: Such remarks are gauche and out of place; you should apologize for making them.
1502. gaudy
释义: flashy; showy
例句: Her gaudy taste in clothes apalled us.
1503. gaunt
释义: lean and angular; barren
例句: His once-round face looked surprisingly gaunt after he had lost weight.
1504. gawk
释义: stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe
例句: The country boy gawked at the skyscrapers and neon lights of the big city.
1505. gazette
释义: official publication
例句: He read the gazettes regularly for announcement of his promotion.
1506. genealogy
释义: record of descent; lineage
例句: He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.
1507. generality
释义: vague statement
例句: This report is filled with generalities; you must be more specific in you statements.
1508. generic
释义: characteristic of an entire class or species
例句: Sue knew so many computer programmers who spent their spare time playing fantasy games that she began to think that playing Dungeon & Dragons was a generic trait.
1509. genesis
释义: beginning; origin
例句: Tracing the genesis of a family is the theme of "Roots."
1510. geniality
释义: cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy
例句: This restaurant is famous and popular because of the geniality of the proprietor, who tries to make everyone happy.
1511. genre
释义: particular variety of art or literature
例句: Both a short story writer and a poet, Langston Hughes proved himself equally skilled in either genre.
1512. genteel
释义: well-bred; elegant
例句: We are looking for a man with a genteel apperance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner.
1513. gentility
释义: those of gentle birth; refinement
例句: Her family was proud of its gentility and elegance.
1514. gentry
释义: people of standing; class of people just below nobility
例句: The local gentry did not welcome the visits of the summer tourists and tried to ignore their presence in the community.
1515. genuflect
释义: bend the knee as in worship
例句: A proud denocrat, he refused to genuflect to any man.
1516. germane
释义: pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand
例句: The lawyer objected that the testimony being offered was not germane to the case at hand.
1517. germinal
释义: pertaining to a germ; creative
例句: Such an idea is germinal; I am certain that it will influence thinkers and philosophers for many generations.
1518. germinate
释义: cause to sprout; sprout
例句: After the seeds germinate and develop their permanent leaves, the plants may be removed from the cold frames and transplanted to the garden.
1519. gerontocracy
释义: government ruled by old people
例句: Gulliver visited a gerontocracy in which the young people acted as servants to their elders, all the while dreaming of the day they would be old enough to have servants of their own.
1520. gerrymander
释义: change in voting district lines in order to favor a political party
例句: The illogical pattern of the map of this congressional district is proof that the state legislature gerrymandered this area in order to favor the majority party.
1521. gestate
释义: evolve, as in prenatal growth
例句: While this scheme was being gestated by the conspirators, they maintained complete silence about their intentions.
1522. gesticulation
释义: motion; gesture
例句: Operatic performers are trained to make exaggerated gesticulations because of the large auditoriums in whic they appear.
1523. ghastly
释义: horrible
例句: The murdered man was a ghastly sight.
1524. gibberish
释义: nonsense; babbling
例句: Did you hear that foolish boy spouting gibberish about monsters from outer space?
1525. gibe
释义: mock
例句: As you gibe at their superstitious beliefs, do you realize that you, too, are guilty of similarly foolish thoughts?
1526. giddy
释义: light-hearted; dizzy
例句: He felt his giddy youth was past.
1527. gingerly
释义: very carefully
例句: To separate egg whites, first crack the egg gingerly.
1528. girth
释义: distance around something; circunference
例句: It took an extra-large cummerbund to fit around Andrew Carnegie's considerable girth.
1529. gist
释义: essence
例句: she was asked to give the gist of the essay in two sentence.
1530. glacial
释义: like a glacier; extremely cold
例句: Never a warm person, when offended hugo could seem positively glacial.
1531. glaring
释义: highly conspicuous; harshly bright
例句: glaring spelling or grammatical errors in your resume will unfavorably impress potential employers.
1532. glaze
释义: cover with a thin and shiny surface
例句: The freezing rain glazed the streets and made driving hazardous.
1533. glean
释义: gather leavings
例句: After the crops had been harvested by the machines, the peasants were permitted to glean the wheat left in the fields.
1534. glib
释义: fluent
例句: He is a glib and articulate speaker.
1535. glimmer
释义: shine erratically; twinkle
例句: In the darkness of the cavern, the glowworms hanging from the cavern roof glimmered like distant stars.
1536. gloat
释义: express evil satisfaction; view malevolently
例句: As you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think of the many victims you have defrauded?
1537. gloss over
释义: explain away
例句: No matter how hard he tried to talk around the issue, President Bush could not gloss over the fact that he had raised the taxes after all.
1538. glossary
释义: brief explanation of words used in the text
例句: I have found the glossary in this book very useful; it has eliminated many trips to the dictionary.
1539. glossy
释义: smooth and shining
例句: I want this photograph printed on glossy paper, not matte.
1540. glower
释义: scowl
例句: The angry boy glowered at his father.
1541. glut
释义: overstock; fill to excess
例句: The many manufacturers glutted the market and could not find purchasers for the many articles they had produced.
1542. glutinous
释义: sticky; viscous
例句: Molasses is a glutinous substance.
1543. glutton
释义: someone who eats too much
例句: When Mother saw that Bobby had eaten all the cookies, she called him a little glutton.
1544. gnarled
释义: twisted
例句: The gnarled oak tree had been a landmark for years and was mentioned in several deeds.
1545. gnome
释义: dwarf; underground spirit
例句: In medieval mythology, gnomes were the special guardians and inhabitants of subterranean mines.
1546. goad
释义: urge on
例句: He was goaded by his friends until he yielded to their wishes.
1547. gorge
释义: narrow canyon; steep, rocky cleft
例句: Terrified of heights, George could not bring himself to peer down into the gorge to see the rapids below.
1548. gorge
释义: stuff oneself
例句: The gluttonous guest gorged himself with food as though he had not eaten for days.
1549. gory
释义: bloody
例句: The audience shuddered as they listened to the details of the gory massacre.
1550. gossamer
释义: sheer; like cobwebs
例句: Nylon can be woven into gossaner or thick fabrics.
1551. gouge
释义: tear out
例句: In that fight, all the rules were forgotten; the adversaries bit, kicked, and tried to gouge each other's eyes out.
1552. gourmand
释义: epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
例句: goumands lack self-restraint; if they enjoy a particular cuisine, they eat far too much of it.
1553. gourmet
释义: connoisseur of food and drink
例句: The gourmet stated that this was the best onion soup she had ever tasted.
1554. graduated
释义: arraged by degree (of height, difficulty, etc.)
例句: Margaret loved her graduated set of Russian hollow wooden dolls; she spent hours happily putting the smaller dolls into their larger counterparts.
1555. granary
释义: storehouse for grain
例句: We have reason to be thankful, for our crops were good and our granaries are full.
1556. grandeur
释义: impressiveness; stateliness; majesty
例句: No matter how often he hiked through the mountains, David never failed to be struck by the grandeur of the Sierra Nevada range.
1557. grandiloquent
释义: pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language
例句: The politician could bever speak simply; she was always grandiloquent.
1558. grandiose
释义: imposing; impressive
例句: His grandiose manner impressed those who met him for the first time.
1559. granulate
释义: form into grains
例句: Sugar that has been granulated dissolves more readily than lump sugar.
1560. graphic
释义: pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described
例句: I was particularly impressed by the graphic presentation of the storm.
1561. grapple
释义: wrestle; come to grips with
例句: He grappled with the burglar and overpowered him.
1562. grate
释义: make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
例句: The screams of the quarreling children grated on her nerves.
1563. gratify
释义: please
例句: Her parents were gratified by her success.
1564. gratis
释义: free
例句: The company offered to give one package gratis to every purchaser of one of their products.
1565. gratuitous
释义: given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
例句: Quit making gratuitous comments about my driving; no one asked you for your opinion.
1566. gratuity
释义: tip
例句: Many service employees rely more on gratuities than on salaries for their livelihood.
1567. gravity
释义: seriousness
例句: We could tell we were in serious trouble from the gravity of her expression.
1568. gregarious
释义: sociable
例句: Typically, party-throwers are gregarious; hermits are not.
1569. grievance
释义: cause of complaint
例句: When her supervisor ignored her complaint, she took her grievance to the union.
1570. grill
释义: question severely
例句: In violation of the Miranda law, the police grilled the suspect for several hours before reading him his rights.
1571. grimace
释义: a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc.
例句: Even though he remained silent, his grimace indicated his displeasure.
1572. grisly
释义: ghastly
例句: She shuddered at the grisly sight.
1573. grotesque
释义: fantastic; comically hideous
例句: On Halloween people enjoy wearing groteque costumes.
1574. grotto
释义: small cavern
例句: The Blue Grotto in Capri can be entered only by small boats rowed by natives through a natural opening in the rocks.
1575. grouse
释义: complain; fuss
例句: Students traditionally grouse about the abysmal quality of "mystery meat" and similar dornitory food.
1576. grovel
释义: crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
例句: Even though we have been defeated, we do not have to grovel before our conquerors.
1577. grudging
释义: unwilling; reluctant; stingy
例句: We received only grudging support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid.
1578. gruel
释义: thin, liquid porridge
例句: Our daily allotment of gruel made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable.
1579. grueling
释义: exhausting
例句: The marathon is a grueling race.
1580. gruesome
释义: grisly
例句: People screamed when her gruesome appearance was flashed on the screen.
1581. gruff
释义: rough-mannered
例句: Although he was blunt and gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.
1582. guffaw
释义: boisterous laughter
例句: The loud guffaws that came from the closed room indicated that the members of the committe had not yet settled down to a serious business.
1583. guile
释义: deceit; duplicity
例句: She achieved her high position by guile and treachery.
1584. guileless
释义: without deceit
例句: He is naive, simple, and guileless; he cannot be guilty of fraud.
1585. guise
释义: appearance; costume
例句: In the guise of a plumber, the detective investigated the murder case.
1586. gullible
释义: easily deceived
例句: He preyed upon gullible people, who believed his stories of easy wealth.
1587. gustatory
释义: affecting the sense of taste
例句: The Thai restaurant offered an unusual gustatory experience for those used in a bland cuisine.
1588. gusto
释义: enjoyment; enthusiasm
例句: He accepted the assignment with such gusto that I feel he would have been satisfied with a smaller salary.
1589. gusty
释义: windy
例句: The gusty weather made sailing precarious.
1590. gyroscope
释义: apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.
例句: By using a rotating gyroscope, they were able to stabilize the vessel, counteracting the rolling movements of the sea.
1591. -
释义: apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.
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