barron词汇 M |
barron词汇 M
2097. macabre
释义: gruesome; grisly
例句: The city morgue is a macabre spot for the uninitiated.
2098. mace
释义: ceremonial staff; clublike medieval weapon
例句: The Grand Marshal of the parade raised his mace to signal that it was time for the procession to begin.
2099. macerate
释义: soften by soaking in liquid; waste away
例句: The strawberries had been soaking in the champagn for so long that they had begun to macerate: they literally fell apart at the touch of a spoon.
2100. machiavellian
释义: crafty; double-dealing
例句: I do not think he will be a good embassador because he is not accustomed to the machiavellian maneuverings of foreign diplomats.
2101. machinations
释义: schemes
例句: I can see through your wily machinations.
2102. maculated
释义: spotted; stained
例句: Instead of writing that Gorbachev had a birthmark on his forehead, the pompous young poet sang of the former premier's maculated brow.
2103. madrigal
释义: pastoral song
例句: His program of folk songs included several madrigals which he sang to the accompaniment of a lute.
2104. maelstrom
释义: whirlpool
例句: The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom.
2105. magisterial
释义: authoritative; imperious
例句: The learned doctor laid down the law to his patient in a magisterial tone of voice.
2106. magnanimity
释义: generosity
例句: Noted for his magnanimity, philanthropist Eugene Lang donated millions to charity.
2107. magnate
释义: person of prominence or influence
例句: The steel magnate decided to devote more time to city politics.
2108. magniloquent
释义: boastful, pompous
例句: In their stories of the trial, the reporters ridiculed the magniloquent speeches of the defense attorney.
2109. magnitude
释义: greatness; extent
例句: It is difficult to comprehend the magnitude of his crime.
2110. maim
释义: mutilate; injure
例句: The hospital could not take care of all who had been mangled or maimed in the railroad accident.
2111. maladroit
释义: clumsy; bungling
例句: In his usual maladroit way, he managed to upset the cart and spill the food.
2112. malaise
释义: uneasiness; distress
例句: She felt a sudden vague malaise when she heard sounds at the door.
2113. malapropism
释义: comic misuse of a word
例句: When Mrs. Malaprop criticizes Lydia for being "as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile," she confuses "allegory" and "allegator" in a typical malapropism.
2114. malcontent
释义: person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs
例句: He was one of the few malcontents in the Congress; he constantly voiced his objections to the Presidential program.
2115. malediction
释义: curse
例句: The witch uttered maledictions against her captors.
2116. malefactor
释义: criminal
例句: We must try to bring these malefactors to justice.
2117. malevolent
释义: wishing evil
例句: We must thwart his malevolent schemes.
2118. malfeasance
释义: wrongdoing
例句: The authorities did not discover the campaign manager's malfeasance until after he had spent most of the money he had embezzled.
2119. malicious
释义: dictated by hatred or spite
例句: The malicious neighbor spread the gossip.
2120. malign
释义: speak evil of; defame
例句: Because of her hatred of the family, she maligns all who are friendly to them.
2121. malignant
释义: having an evil influence; virulent
例句: This is a malignant disease; we must have to use drastic measures to stop its spread.
2122. malingerer
释义: one who feigns illness to escape duty
例句: The captain ordered the sergeant to punish all malingerers and force them to work.
2123. malleable
释义: capable of being shaped by pounding
例句: Gold is a malleable metal.
2124. malodorous
释义: foul-smelling
例句: The component heap was most malodorous in summer.
2125. mammal
释义: vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young
例句: Many people regard the whale as a fish and do not realize that it is a mammal.
2126. mammoth
释义: gigantic
例句: The mammoth corporations of the twentieth century are a mixed blessing
2127. manacle
释义: restrain; handcuff
例句: The police immediately manacled the prisoner so he could not escape.
2128. mandate
释义: order; charge
例句: In his inaugural address, the President stated that he had a mandate from the people to seek an end to social evils such as poverty and poor housing.
2129. mandatory
释义: obligatory
例句: These instructions are mandatory; any violation will be severely punished.
2130. mangy
释义: shabby; wretched
例句: We finally thew out the mangy rug that the dog had destroyed.
2131. maniacal
释义: raving mad
例句: His maniacal laughter frightened us.
2132. manifest
释义: understandable; clear
例句: His evil intentions were manifest and yet we could not stop him.
2133. manifestation
释义: outward demonstration; indication
例句: Mozart's early attraction to the harsichord was the first manifestation of his pronounced musical bent.
2134. manifesto
释义: declaration; statement of policy
例句: The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels proclaimed the principles of modern communism.
2135. manifold
释义: numerous; varied
例句: I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate your manifold kindnesses.
2136. manipulate
释义: operate with the hands; control or change by artful means
例句: How do you manipulate these puppets?
2137. mannered
释义: affected; not natural
例句: Attempting to copy the style of his wealthy neighbors, Gatsby adopted a mannered, artificial way of speech.
2138. manumit
释义: emancipate; free from bondage
例句: Enlightened slave owners were willing to manumit their slaves and thus put an end to the evil slavery in the country.
2139. marital
释义: pertaining to marriage
例句: After the publication of his book on marital affairs, he was often consulted by married people on the verge of divorce.
2140. maritime
释义: bordering on the sea; nautical
例句: The maritime Provinces depend on the sea for their wealth.
2141. marked
释义: noticeable; targeted for vengeance
例句: He walked with a marked limp, a souvenir of an old IRA attack. As British ambassador, he knew he was a marked man.
2142. marred
释义: damaged; disfigured
例句: She had to refinish the marred surface of the table.
2143. marshal
释义: put in order
例句: At a debate tournament, extemporaneous speakers have only a minute or two to marshal their thoughts before addressing their audience.
2144. marsupial
释义: one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch
例句: The most common marsupial in North America is the opposum.
2145. martial
释义: warlike
例句: The sound of marital music was always inspiring to the young poet.
2146. martinet
释义: strict disciplinarian
例句: The commanding officer was a martinet who observed each regulation to the ltter.
2147. masochist
释义: person who enjoys his own pain
例句: The masochist begs, "Hit me." The sadist smiles and says, "I won't."
2148. masticate
释义: chew
例句: We must masticate our food carefully and slowly in order to avoid digestive disorders.
2149. materialism
释义: preoccupation with physical comforts and things
例句: By its nature, materialism is opposed to idealism, for where the materialist emphasizes the needs of the body, the idealist emphasizes the needs of the soul.
2150. maternal
释义: motherly
例句: Many animals display maternal instincts only while their offspring are young and helpless.
2151. matriarch
释义: woman who rules a family or larger social group
例句: The matriarch ruled her gypsy tribe with a firm hand.
2152. martrix
释义: point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die
例句: Some historians claim the Nile Valley was the matrix of the Western civilization.
2153. maudlin
释义: effusively sentimental
例句: I do not like such maudlin pictures. I call them tearjerkers.
2154. maul
释义: handle roughly
例句: The rock star was mauled by his overexcited fans.
2155. mausoleum
释义: monumental tomb
例句: His body was placed in the family mausolem.
2156. mauve
释义: pale purple
例句: The mauve tint in the lilac bush was another indication that spring had finally arrived.
2157. maverick
释义: rebel; nonconformist
例句: To the masculine literary establishment, George Sand with her insistence on wearing trousers and smoking cigars was clearly a maverick who fought her proper womanly role.
2158. mawkish
释义: sickening; insipid
例句: Your mawkish sighs fill me with disgust.
2159. maxim
释义: proverb; a truth pithily stated
例句: Aesop's fables illustrate moral maxims.
2160. mayhem
释义: injury to the body
例句: The riot was marked not only by mayhem, with its attendant loss of life and limb, but also by arson and pillage.
2161. meager
释义: scanty; inadequate
例句: His salary was far too meager for him to afford to buy a new car.
2162. mealymouthed
释义: indirect speech; hypocritical; evasive
例句: Rather than tell Jill directly what he disliked, Jack made a few mealymouthed comments and tried to change the subject.
2163. meander
释义: to wind or turn in its course
例句: It is difficult to sail up this stream because of the way it meanders through the countryside.
2164. meddlesome
释义: interfering
例句: He felt his marriage was suffering because of his meddlesome mother-in-law.
2165. mediate
释义: settle a dispute through the services of an outsider
例句: Let us mediate out differences rather than engage in a costly strike.
2166. mediocre
释义: ordinary; commonplace
例句: We were disappointed because he gave a rather mediocre performance in this role.
2167. meditation
释义: reflection; thought
例句: She reached her decision only after much meditation.
2168. medley
释义: mixture
例句: The band played a medley of Gershwin tunes.
2169. meek
释义: submissive; patient and long-suffering
例句: Mr. Barrett never expected his meek daughter would dare to defy him by eloping with her suitor.
2170. megalomania
释义: mania for doing grandiose things
例句: Developers who spend millions trying to build the world's tallest skyscraper suffer from megalomania.
2171. melee
释义: fight
例句: The captain tried to ascertain the cause of the melee that had broken out among the crew members.
2172. mellifluous
释义: flowing smoothly; smooth
例句: Italian is a mellifluous language.
2173. memento
释义: token; reminder
例句: Take this book as a memento of your visit.
2174. memorialize
释义: commemorate
例句: Let us memorialize his great contribution by dedicating this library in his honor.
2175. mendacious
释义: lying; false
例句: He was pathological liar, and his friends learned to discount his mendacious stories.
2176. mendicant
释义: beggar
例句: From the moment we left the ship, we were surrounded by mendicants and peddlers.
2177. menial
释义: suitable for sevants; low
例句: I cannot understand why a person of your ability and talent should engage in such menial activities.
2178. mentor
释义: counselor; teacher
例句: During this very trying period, she could not have had a better mentor, for the teacher was sympathetic and understanding.
2179. mercantile
释义: concerning trade
例句: I am more interested in the opportunites available in the mercantile field than I am in those in the legal profession.
2180. mercenary
释义: motivated solely by money or gain
例句: "I'm not in this war because I get my kicks waving flags," said the mercenary soldier. "I'm in it for the dough."
2181. mercurial
释义: fickle; changing
例句: He was of a mercurial temperament and therefore unpredictable.
2182. meretricious
释义: flashy; tawdry; falsely attractive
例句: Her jewels were inexpensive but not meretricious.
2183. merger
释义: combination (of two business corporations)
例句: When the firm's president married the director of financial planning, the office joke was that it wasn't a marriage, it was a merger.
2184. mesmerize
释义: hypnotize
例句: The incessant drone seemed to mesmerize him and place him in a trance.
2185. metallurgical
释义: pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores
例句: During the course of his metallurgical research, the scientist developed a steel alloy of tremendous strength.
2186. metamorphosis
释义: change of form
例句: The metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly is typical of many such changes in animal life.
2187. metaphor
释义: implied comparison
例句: "He soared like an eagle" is an example of a simile; "He is an eagle in flight," is a metaphor.
2188. metaphysical
释义: pertaining to speculative philosophy
例句: The modern poets have gone back to the fanciful poems of the metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century for many of their images.
2189. mete
释义: measure; distribute
例句: He tried to be impartial in his efforts to mete out justice.
2190. meteoric
释义: swift; momentarily brilliant
例句: We all wondered at his meteoric rise to fame.
2191. methodical
释义: systematic
例句: An accountant must be methodical and maintain order among his financial records.
2192. meticulous
释义: excessively careful
例句: He was meticulous in checking his accounts and never made mistakes.
2193. metropolis
释义: large city
例句: Every evening this terminal is filled with the thousands of commuters who are going from this metropolis to their homes in the suburbs.
2194. mettle
释义: courage; spirit
例句: When challenged by the other horses in the race, the thoroughbred proved its mettle by its determination to hold the lead.
2195. miasma
释义: swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence
例句: The smog hung over Victorian London like a dark cloud; noisome, reeking of decay, it was a visible miasma.
2196. microcosm
释义: small world
例句: In the microcosm of our rural village, we find illustrations of all the evils that beset the universe.
2197. migrant
释义: changing its habitat; wandering
例句: These migrant birds return every spring.
2198. migratory
释义: wandering
例句: The return of the migratory birds to the northern sections of this country is a harbinger of spring.
2199. milieu
释义: environment; means of expression
例句: His milieu is watercolors, although he has produced excellent oil paintings and lithographs.
2200. militant
释义: combative; bellicose
例句: Althoughat this time he was advocating a policy of neutrality, one could usually find him adopting a more militant attitude.
2201. militate
释义: work against
例句: Your record of lateness and absence will militate against your chances of promotion.
2202. millenium
释义: thousand-year period; period of happiness and prosperity
例句: I do not expect the milennium to come during my lifetime.
2203. mimicry
释义: imitation
例句: Her gift for mimicry was so great that her friends said that she should be in the theater.
2204. minatory
释义: menacing; threatening
例句: Jabbing a minatory forefinger at Dorothy, the Wicked Witch cried, "I'll get you, and your little dog, too!"
2205. mincing
释义: affectedly dainty
例句: Yum-Yum walked across the stage with mincing steps.
2206. minion
释义: a servile dependent
例句: He was always accompanied by several of his minions because he enjoyed their subservience and flattery.
2207. minuscule
释义: extremely small
例句: Why should I involve myself with a project with so minuscule a chance for success?
2208. minute
释义: extremely small
例句: The twins resembled one another closely; only minute differences set them apart.
2209. minutiae
释义: petty details
例句: She would have liked to ignore the minutiae of daily living.
2210. mirage
释义: unreal reflection; optical illusion
例句: The lost prospector was fooled by a mirage in the desert.
2211. mire
释义: entangle; stick in swampy ground
例句: Their rear wheels became mired in mud.
2212. mirth
释义: merriment; laughter
例句: Sober Malvolio found Sir Toby's mirth improper.
2213. misadventure
释义: mischance; ill luck
例句: The young explorer met death by misadventure.
2214. misanthrope
释义: one who hates mankind
例句: We thought the hermit was a miantrope because he shunned our society.
2215. misapprehension
释义: error; misunderstanding
例句: To avoid msapprehension, I am going to ask all of you to repeat the instructions I have given.
2216. miscellany
释义: mixture of writings on various subjects
例句: This is an interesting miscellany of nineteenth-century prose and poetry.
2217. mischance
释义: ill luck
例句: By mischance, he lost his week's salary.
2218. misconstrue
释义: interpret incorrectly; misjudge
例句: She took the passage seriously rather than humourously because she misconstrued the author's ironic tone.
2219. miscreant
释义: wretch; villain
例句: His kindness to the miscreant amazed all of us who had expected to hear severe punishment pronounced.
2220. misdemeanor
释义: minor crime
例句: The culprit pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor rather than face trial for a felony.
2221. miserly
释义: stingy; mean
例句: The miserly old man hoarded his coins not out of prudence but out of greed.
2222. misgivings
释义: doubts
例句: Hamlet described his misgivings to Horatio but decided to fence with Laertes despite his foreboding of evil.
2223. mishap
释义: accident
例句: With a little care you could have avoided this mishap.
2224. misnomer
释义: wrong name; incorrect designation
例句: His tyrannical conduct proved to all that his nickname, King Eric the Just, was a misnomer.
2225. misogamy
释义: hatred of marriage
例句: He remained a bachelor not because of misogamy but because of ill fate: his fiancee died before the wedding.
2226. misogynist
释义: hater of women
例句: She accused him of being a misogynist because he had been a bachelor all his life.
2227. missile
释义: object to be thrown or projected
例句: Scientists are experimenting with guided missiles.
2228. missive
释义: letter
例句: The ambassador received a missive from the Secretary of State.
2229. mite
释义: very small object or creature; small coin
例句: Gnats are annoying mites that sing.
2230. mitigate
释义: appease
例句: Nothing he did could mitigate her wrath; she was unforgiving.
2231. mnemonic
释义: pertaining to memory
例句: He used mnemonic tricks to master new words.
2232. mobile
释义: movable; not fixed
例句: The mobile blood bank operated by the Red Cross visited our neighborhood today.
2233. mode
释义: prevailing style
例句: She was not used to their lavish mode of living.
2234. modicum
释义: limited quantity
例句: Although his story is based on a modicum of truth, most of the events he describes are fictitious.
2235. modish
释义: fashionable
例句: She always discarded all garments that were no longer modish.
2236. modulation
释义: toning down; changing from one key to another
例句: When we she spoke, it was with quiet modulation of voice.
2237. mogul
释义: powerful person
例句: The oil moguls made great profits when the price of gasoline rose.
2238. molecule
释义: the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance
例句: In chemistry, we study how atoms and molcules react to form new substances.
2239. mollify
释义: soothe
例句: We tried to mollify the hysterical child by promising her many gifts.
2240. mollycoddle
释义: pamper; indulge excessively
例句: Don't mollycoddle the boy, Maud! You'll spoil him.
2241. molt
释义: shed or cast off hair or feathers
例句: The male robin molted in the spring.
2242. molten
释义: melted
例句: The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by molten lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius.
2243. momentous
释义: very important
例句: On this momentous occasion, we must be very solemn.
2244. momentum
释义: quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus
例句: The car lost momentum as it tried to ascend the steep hill.
2245. monarchy
释义: government under a single hereditary ruler with varying degrees of power
例句: England today remains a monarchy.
2246. monastic
释义: related to monks
例句: Wanting to live a religious life, he took his monastic vows.
2247. monetary
释义: pertaining to money
例句: Jane held the family purse strings: she made all monetary decisions affecting the household.
2248. monochromatic
释义: having only one color
例句: Most people who are color blind actually can distinguish several colors; some, however, have a truly monochromatic view of a world all in shades of gray.
2249. monolithic
释义: solidly uniform; unyielding
例句: Knowing the importance of appearing resolute, the patriots sought to present a monolithic front.
2250. monotheism
释义: belief in one God
例句: Abraham was the first to proclaim his belief in monotheism.
2251. monotony
释义: sameness leading to boredom
例句: He took a clerical job, but soon grew to hate the monotony of his daily routine.
2252. monumental
释义: massive
例句: Writing a dictionary is a monumental task.
2253. moodiness
释义: fits of depression or gloom
例句: We could not discover the cause of her recurrent moodiness.
2254. moratorium
释义: legal delay of payment
例句: If we declare a moratorium and delay collection of debts for six months, I am sure the farmers will be able to meet their bills.
2255. morbid
释义: given to unwholesome thought; gloomy
例句: These morbid speculations are dangerous; we must lighten our spirits by emphasizing more pleasant matters.
2256. mordant
释义: biting; sarcastic; stinging
例句: Actors feared the critic's mordant pen.
2257. mores
释义: customs
例句: The mores of Mexico are those of Spain with some modifications.
2258. moribund
释义: at the point of death
例句: The doctors called the family to the bedside of the moribund patient.
2259. morose
释义: ill-humored; sullen
例句: When we first meet Hamlet, we find him morose and depressed.
2260. mortician
释义: undertaker
例句: The mortician prepared the corpse for burial.
2261. mortify
释义: humiliate; punish the flesh
例句: She was so mortified by her blunder that she ran to her room in tears.
2262. mosaic
释义: picture made of smell, colorful inlaid tiles
例句: The mayor compared the ciry to a beautiful mosaic made up of people of every race and religion on earth.
2263. mote
释义: small speck
例句: The tiniest mote in the eye is very painful.
2264. motif
释义: theme
例句: This simple motif runs throughout the score.
2265. motility
释义: ability to move spontaneously
例句: Certain organisms exhibit remarkable motility; motile spores, for example, may travel for miles before coming to rest.
2266. motley
释义: parti-colored; mixed
例句: The captain had gathered a motley crew to sail the vessel.
2267. mottled
释义: spotted
例句: When he blushed, his face took on a mottled hue.
2268. mountebank
释义: charlatan; boastful pretender
例句: The patent medicine man was a mountebank.
2269. muddle
释义: confuse; mix up
例句: His thoughts were muddled and chaotic.
2270. muggy
释义: warm and damp
例句: August in New York City is often muggy.
2271. mulct
释义: defraud a person of something
例句: The lawyer was accused of trying to mulct the boy of his legacy.
2272. multifarious
释义: varied; greatly diversified
例句: A career woman and mother, she was constantly busy with the multifarious activities of her daily life.
2273. multiform
释义: having many forms
例句: Snowflakes are multiform but always hexagonal.
2274. multilingual
释义: having many languages
例句: Because they are bordered by so many countries, the Swiss people are multilingual.
2275. multiplicity
释义: state of being numerous
例句: He was appalled by the multuplicity of details he had to complete before setting out on his mission.
2276. mundane
释义: worldly as opposed to spiritual
例句: He was concerned only with mundane matters, especially the daily stock market quotations.
2277. munificent
释义: very generous
例句: The munificent gift was presented to the bride by her rich uncle.
2278. murkiness
释义: darkness; gloom
例句: The murkiness and fog of the waterfront that evening depressed me.
2279. muse
释义: ponder
例句: For a moment he mused about the beauty of the scene, but his thought soon changed as he recalled his own personal problems.
2280. musky
释义: having the odor of musk
例句: She left a trace of musky perfume behind her.
2281. muster
释义: gather; assemble
例句: Washington mustered his forces at Trenton.
2282. musty
释义: stale; spoiled by age
例句: The attic was dark and musty.
2283. mutable
释义: changing in form; fickle
例句: His opinion were mutable and easily influenced by anyone who had any powers of persuasion.
2284. muted
释义: silent; muffled; toned down
例句: In the funeral parlor, the mourners' voices had a muted quality.
2285. mutilate
释义: maim
例句: The torturer threatened to mutilate his victim.
2286. mutinous
释义: unruly; rebellious
例句: The captain had to use force to quiet his mutinous crew.
2287. myopic
释义: nearsighted
例句: In thinking only of your present needs and ignoring the future, you are being rather myopic.
2288. myriad
释义: very large number
例句: myriads of mosquitoes from the swamps invaded our village every twilight.
2289. mutter
释义: murmur or grumble
例句: The child muttered at the doll.
2290. millinery
释义: person who makes or sells women's hats
例句: The millinery displayed fashionable hats in the street where many women passed by.
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