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barron词汇 H
1592. hackles
释义: hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog
例句: The dog's hackles rose and he began to growl as the sound of footsteps grew louder.
1593. hackneyed
释义: commonplace; trite
例句: The English teacher criticized her story because of its hackneyed and unoriginal plot.
1594. haggard
释义: wasted away; gaunt
例句: After his long illness, he was pale and haggard.
1595. haggle
释义: argue about prices
例句: I prefer to shop in a store that has a one-price policy because, whenever I haggle with a shopkeeper, I am never certain that I paid a fair price for the articles I purchased.
1596. halcyon
释义: calm; peaceful
例句: In those halcyon days, people were not worried about sneak attacks and bombings.
1597. hale
释义: healthy
例句: After a brief illness, he was soon hale.
1598. hallowed
释义: blessed; consecrated
例句: She was laid to rest in hallowed ground.
1599. hallucination
释义: delusion
例句: I think you were frightened by a hallucination that you created in you own mind.
1600. halting
释义: hesitant; faltering
例句: Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a halting fashion as they grope for the right words.
1601. hamper
释义: obstruct
例句: The minority party agreed not to hamper the efforts of the leaders to secure a lasting peace.
1602. hap
释义: chance; luck
例句: In his poem hap, Thomas Hardy objects to the part chance plays in our lives.
1603. haphazard
释义: random; by chance
例句: His haphazard reading left him unaquainted with the authors of the books.
1604. hapless
释义: unfortunate
例句: This hapless creature had never known a moment's pleasure.
1605. harangue
释义: long, passionate, and vehement speech
例句: In her lengthy harangue, the principal berated the offenders.
1606. harass
释义: annoy by repeated attacks
例句: When he could not pay his bills as quickly as he had promised, he was harrassed by his creditors.
1607. harbinger
释义: forerunner
例句: The crocus is an early harbinger of spring.
1608. harbor
释义: provide a refuge for; hide
例句: The church harbored illegal aliens who were political refugees.
1609. hardy
释义: sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather
例句: We asked the gardening expert to recommend particularly hardy plants that could withstand our harsh New England winters.
1610. harping
释义: tiresome dwelling on a subject
例句: After he had reminded me several times about what he had done for me I told him to stop his harping on my indebtedness to him.
1611. harrow
释义: break up ground after plowing; torture
例句: I don't want to harrow you at this time by asking you to recall the details of your unpleasant experience.
1612. harry
释义: harass, annoy, torment; raid
例句: The guerrilla band harried the enemy nightly.
1613. hatch
释义: deck opening; lid covering a deck opening
例句: The latch on the hatch failed to catch, so the hatch remained unlatched.
1614. haughtiness
释义: pride; arrogance
例句: I resent his haughtiness because he is no better than we are.
1615. hazardous
释义: dangerous
例句: Your occupation is too hazardous for insurance companies to consider your application.
1616. hazy
释义: slightly obscure
例句: In hazy weather, you cannot see the top of this mountain.
1617. headlong
释义: hasty; rash
例句: The slave seized the unexpected chance to make a headlong dash across the border to freedom.
1618. headstrong
释义: stubborn; willful; unyielding
例句: Because she refused to marry the man her parents had chosen for her, everyone scolded Minna and called her a foolish, headstrong girl.
1619. heckler
释义: person who verbally harasses others
例句: The heckler kept interrupting the speaker with rude remarks.
1620. hedonism
释义: belief that pleasure is the sole aim in life
例句: hedonism and asceticism are opposing philosophies of human behavior.
1621. heedless
释义: not noticing; disregarding
例句: He drove on, heedless of the warnings that the road was dangerous.
1622. hegemony
释义: dominance, especially of one nation over others
例句: As one Eastern European nation after another declared its independence, commentators marveled at the sudden breakdown of the once monolithic Soviet hegemony.
1623. heinous
释义: atrocious; hatefully bad
例句: Hitler's heinous crimes will never be forgotten.
1624. herbivorous
释义: grain-eating
例句: Some herbivorous animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.
1625. heresy
释义: opinion contrary to popular belief or to accepted religion
例句: He was threatened with excommunication because his remarks were considered to be pure heresy.
1626. heretic
释义: person who maintains opinions contrary to the doctrines of the church
例句: She was punished by the Spanish Inquisition because she was a heretic.
1627. hermetic
释义: sealed by fusion so as to be airtight
例句: After these bandages are sterilized, they are placed in hermetic containers.
1628. hermetic
释义: obscure and mysterious; occult
例句: It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated in the hermetic teachings of the ancient alchemists.
1629. hermitage
释义: home of a hermit
例句: Even in his remote hermitage he could not escape completely from the world.
1630. herpetologist
释义: one who studies reptiles
例句: As a boy, Indiana Jones had a traumatic experience involving snakes; sensibly enough, he studies to be archaeologist, not a herpetologist.
1631. heterodox
释义: unorthodox; unconventional
例句: To those who upheld the belief that the earth did not move, Galileo's theory that the earth circled the sun was disturbingly heterodox.
1632. heterogeneous
释义: dissimilar
例句: In a heterogeneous group, we have an unassorted assemblage, while in a homogeneous group we have people or things that have common traits.
1633. hew
释义: cut to pieces with ax or sword
例句: The cavalry rushed into melee and hewed the enemy with their swords.
1634. heyday
释义: time of greatest success; prime
例句: In their heyday, the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.
1635. hiatus
释义: gap; pause
例句: Except for a brief two-year hiatus, during which she enrolled in the Peace Corps, Ms. Clements has devoted herself to her medical career.
1636. hibernal
释义: wintry
例句: Bears prepare for their long hibernal sleep by overeating.
1637. hibernate
释义: sleep throughout the winter
例句: Bears are one of the many species of animals that hibernate.
1638. hierarchy
释义: body divided into ranks
例句: It was difficult to step out of one's place in this hierarchy.
1639. hieroglyphic
释义: picture writing
例句: The discovery of the Rosetta Stone enabled scholars to read the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
1640. hilarity
释义: boisterous mirth
例句: The hilarity is improper on this solemn day of mourning.
1641. hindmost
释义: furthest behind
例句: The coward could always be found in the hindmost lines whenever a battle was being waged.
1642. hindrance
释义: block; obstacle
例句: Stalled cars along the highway are a hindrance to traffic that tow trucks should remove without delay.
1643. hinterlands
释义: back country
例句: They seldom had visitors, living as they did way out in the hinderlands.
1644. hireling
释义: one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously)
例句: In a matter of such importance, I do not wish to deal with hirelings; I must meet with the chief.
1645. hirsute
释义: hairy
例句: He was a hitsute individual with a heavy black beard.
1646. histrionic
释义: theatrical
例句: He was proud of his histrionic ability and wanted to paly the role of Hamlet.
1647. hoard
释义: stockpile; accumulate for future use
例句: Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage, people are tempted to hoard food.
1648. hoary
释义: white with age
例句: The man was hoary and wrinkled when he was 70.
1649. hoax
释义: trick; practical joke
例句: Embarrassed by the hoax, he reddened and left the room.
1650. holocaust
释义: destruction by fire
例句: Citizens of San Francisco remember that the destruction of the city was caused not by the earthquake but by the holocaust that followed.
1651. holster
释义: pistol case
例句: Even when he was not in uniform, he carried a holster and pistol under his arm.
1652. homage
释义: honor; tribute
例句: In her speech she tried to pay homage to a great man.
1653. homeostasis
释义: tendency of a system to maintain relative stability
例句: A breakdown of the body's immune system severely undermines the body's ability to maintain homeostasis.
1654. homespun
释义: domestic; made at home
例句: homespun wit, like homespun cloth, was often coarse and plain.
1655. homily
释义: sermon; serious warning
例句: His speeches were always homilies, advising his listeners to repent and reform.
1656. homogeneous
释义: of the same kind
例句: Many educators try to put pupils of similar abilities in the same class because they believe that his homogeneous grouping is advisable.
1657. hone
释义: sharpen
例句: To make shaving easier, he honed his razor with great care.
1658. hoodwink
释义: deceive; delude
例句: Having been hoodwinked once by the fast-talking salesman, he was extremely cautious when he went to purchase a used car.
1659. horde
释义: crowd
例句: Just before Christmas the stores are filled with hordes of shoppers.
1660. hortatory
释义: encouraging; exhortive
例句: The crowd listened to his hortatory statements with ever-growing excitement; finally they rushed from the hall to carry to his suggestions.
1661. horticultural
释义: pertaining to cultivation of gardens
例句: When he bought his house, he beganto look for flowers and decorative shrubs, and began to read books dealing with horticultural matters.
1662. hovel
释义: shack; small, wretched house
例句: He wondered how poor people could stand living in such a hovel.
1663. hover
释义: hang about; wait nearby
例句: The police helicopter hovered above the accident.
1664. hubbub
释义: confused uproar
例句: The marketplace was a scene of hubbub and excitement.
1665. hubris
释义: arrogance; excessive self-conceit
例句: Filled with hubris, Lear refused to heed his friends' warnings.
1666. hue
释义: color; aspect
例句: The aviary contained birds of every possible hue.
1667. hue
释义: outcry
例句: When her purse was snatched, she raised such a hue and cry that the thief was captured.
1668. humane
释义: kind
例句: His humane and considerate treatment of the unfortunate endeared him to all.
1669. humdrum
释义: dull; monotonous
例句: After years of adventure, he could not settle down to a humdrum existence.
1670. humid
释义: damp
例句: She could not stand the humid climate and moved to a drier area.
1671. humility
释义: humbleness of spirit
例句: He spoke with a humility and lack of pride that impressed his listeners.
1672. hummock
释义: small hill
例句: The ascent of the hummock is not difficult and the view from the hilltop is ample reward tor the effort.
1673. humus
释义: substance formed by decaying vegetable matter
例句: In order to improve his garden, he spread humus over his lawn and flower beds.
1674. hurtle
释义: crash; rush
例句: The runaway train hurtled toward disaster.
1675. husbandry
释义: frugality; thrift; agriculture
例句: He accumulated his small fortune by diligence and husbandry.
1676. hybrid
释义: mongrel; mixed breed
例句: Mendel's formula explains the appearance of hybrids and pure species in breeding.
1677. hydrophobia
释义: fear of water; rabies
例句: A dog that bites a human being must be observed for symptoms of hydrophobia.
1678. hyperbole
释义: exaggeration; overstatement
例句: This salesman is guilty of hyperbole in describing his product; it is wise to discount his claims.
1679. hypercritical
释义: excessively exacting
例句: You are hypercritical in your demands for perfection; we all make mistakes.
1680. hypochondriac
释义: person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness
例句: The doctor prescribed chocolate pills for his patient who was a hypocondriac.
1681. hypocritical
释义: pretending to be virtuous; deceiving
例句: I resent his hypocritical posing as a friend for I know he is interested only in his own advancement.
1682. hypothetical
释义: based on assumptions or hypotheses
例句: Why do we have to consider hypothetical cases when we have actual case histories that we may examine?
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