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barron词汇 R
2830. rabid
释义: like a fanatic; furious
例句: He was a rabid follower of the Dodgers and watched them play whenever he could go to the ball park.
2831. raconteur
释义: story-teller
例句: My father was a gifted raconteur with an unlimited supply of anecdotes.
2832. ragamuffin
释义: person wearing tattered clothes
例句: He felt sorry for the ragamuffin who was begging for food and gave him money to buy a meal.
2833. rail
释义: scold; rant
例句: You may rail at him all you want; you will never change him.
2834. raiment
释义: clothing
例句: "How can I go to the ball?" asked Cinderella. "I have no raiment fit to wear."
2835. rakish
释义: stylish; sporty
例句: He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle.
2836. ramble
释义: wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)
例句: Listening to the teacher ramble, Judy wondered whether he'd ever get to his point.
2837. ramification
释义: branching out; subdivision
例句: We must examine all the ramifications of this problem.
2838. ramify
释义: divide into branches or subdivisions
例句: When the plant begins to ramify, it is advisable to nip off most of the new branches.
2839. ramp
释义: slope; inclined plane
例句: The house was built with ramps instead of stairs in order to enable the man in the wheelchair to move easily from room to room and floor to floor.
2840. rampant
释义: rearing up on hind legs; unrestrained
例句: The rampant weeds in the garden killed all the flowers that had been planted in the spring.
2841. rampart
释义: defensive mound on earth
例句: "From the ramparts we watched" as the fighting continued.
2842. ramshackle
释义: rickety; falling apart
例句: The boys propped up the ramshackle clubhouse with a couple of boards.
2843. rancid
释义: having the odor of stale fat
例句: A rancid odor filled the ship's galley and nauseated the crew.
2844. rancor
释义: bitterness; hatred
例句: Let us forget out rancor and cooperate in this new endeavor.
2845. random
释义: without definite purpose, plan, or aim; haphazard
例句: Although the sponsor of the raffle claimed all winners were chosen at random, people had their suspicions when the grand prize went to the sponsor's brother-in-law.
2846. rankle
释义: irritate; fester
例句: The memory of having been jilted rankled him for years.
2847. rant
释义: rave; speak bombastically
例句: As we heard him rant on the platform, we could not understand his strange popularity with many people.
2848. rapacious
释义: excessively grasping; plundering
例句: Hawks and other rapacious birds prey on variety of small animals.
2849. rapport
释义: emotional closeness; harmony
例句: In team teaching, it is important that all teachers in the group have good rapport with one another.
2850. rarefied
释义: made less dense [of a gas]
例句: The mountain climbers had difficulty breathing in the rarefied atmosphere.
2851. raspy
释义: grating; harsh
例句: The sergeant's raspy voice grated on the recruits' ears.
2852. ratify
释义: approve formally; verify
例句: Before the treaty could go into effect, it had to be ratified by the president.
2853. ratiocination
释义: reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises
例句: While Watson was a man of average intelligence, Holmes was a genius, whose gift for ratiocination made him a superb detective.
2854. rationalization
释义: bringing into conformity with reason
例句: All attempts at rationalization at this time are doomed to failure; tempers and emotions run too high for intelligent thought to prevail.
2855. rationalize
释义: reason; justify an improper act
例句: Do not try to rationalize your behavior by blaming your companions.
2856. raucous
释义: harsh and shrill
例句: His raucous laughter irritated me and grated on my ears.
2857. ravage
释义: plunder; despoil
例句: The marauding army ravaged the countryside.
2858. rave
释义: overwhelmingly favorable review
例句: Though critic John Simon seldom has a good word to say about contemporary plays, his review of All in the Timing was a total rave.
2859. ravel
释义: fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle
例句: A sigle thread pulled loose, and the entire scarf started to ravel.
2860. ravenous
释义: extremely hungry
例句: The revenous dog upset several garbage pails in its search for food.
2861. ravine
释义: narrow valley with steep sides
例句: Steeper than a gully, less precipitous than a canyon, a ravine is, like them, the product of years of erosion.
2862. raze
释义: destroy completely
例句: The owners intend to raze the hotel and erect an office building on the site.
2863. reactionary
释义: recoiling from progress; retrograde
例句: His program was reactionary since it sought to abolish many of the social reforms instituted by the previous administration.
2864. realm
释义: kingdom; sphere
例句: The realm of possibilities for the new invention was endless.
2865. reaper
释义: one who harvests grain
例句: Death, the Grim Reaper, cuts down men and women, just as a farmer cuts down the ripened grain.
2866. rebate
释义: discount
例句: We offer a rebate of ten percent to those who pay cash.
2867. rebuff
释义: snub; beat back
例句: She rebuffed his invitation so smoothly that he did not realize he had been snubbed.
2868. rebus
释义: puzzle in which pictures stand for words
例句: A coven of witches beside a tree is a possible rebus for the town Coventry.
2869. rebuttal
释义: refutation; response with contrary evidence
例句: The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case, sure that she could answer his arguments in her rebuttal.
2870. recalcitrant
释义: obstinately stubborn
例句: Donkeys are reputed to be the most recalcitrant of animals.
2871. recant
释义: repudiate; withdraw previous statement
例句: Unless you recant your confession, you will be punished severely.
2872. recapitulate
释义: summarize
例句: Let us recapitulate what has been said thus far before going ahead.
2873. receptive
释义: quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions, etc.
例句: Adventure-loving Huck Finn proved a receptive audience for Tom's tales of buried treasure and piracy.
2874. recession
释义: withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
例句: The slow recession of the flood waters created problems for the crews working to restore power to the area.
2875. recidivism
释义: habitual return to crime
例句: Prison reformers in the United States are disturbed by the high rate of recidivism; the number of persons serving second and third terms indicates the failure of the prisons to rehabilitate the inmates.
2876. recipient
释义: receiver
例句: Although he had been the recipient of many favors, he was not grateful to his benefactor.
2877. reciprocal
释义: mutual; exchangeable; interacting
例句: The two nations signed a reciprocal trade agreement.
2878. reciprocate
释义: repay in kind
例句: If they attack us, we shall be compelled to reciprocate and bomb their territory.
2879. recluse
释义: hermit
例句: The recluse lived in a hut in the forest.
2880. reconcile
释义: correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel
例句: Every time we try to reconcile our checkbook with the bank statement, we quarrel. However, despite these monthly lovers' quarrels, we always manage to reconcile.
2881. recondite
释义: abstruse; profound; secret
例句: He read many recondite books in order to obtain the material for the scholarly thesis.
2882. reconnaissance
释义: survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering
例句: If you encounter any enemy soldiers during your reconnaissance, capture them for questioning.
2883. recount
释义: narrate or tell; count over again
例句: About to recount the latest adventure of Sherlock Holmes, Watson lost track of exactly how many cases Holmes had solved and refused to begin his tale until he'd recounted them one by one.
2884. recourse
释义: resorting to help when in trouble
例句: The boy's only recourse was to appeal to his father for aid.
2885. recrimination
释义: countercharges
例句: Loud and angry recriminations were her answer to his accusations.
2886. rectify
释义: correct
例句: I want to rectify my error before it is too late.
2887. rectitude
释义: uprightness
例句: He was renowned for his rectitude and integrity.
2888. recumbent
释义: reclining; lying down completely or in part
例句: The command "AT EASE" does not permit you to take a recumbent position.
2889. recuperate
释义: recover
例句: The doctors were worried because the patient did not recuperate as rapidly as they had expected.
2890. recurrent
释义: occurring again and again
例句: These recurrent attacks disturbed us and we consulted a physician.
2891. redolent
释义: fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor
例句: Even though it is February, the air is redolent of spring.
2892. redoubtable
释义: formidable; causing fear
例句: During the Cold War period, neighboring countries tried not to offend the Russians because they could be redoubtable foes.
2893. redress
释义: remedy; compensation
例句: Do you mean to tell me that I can get no redress for my injuries?
2894. redundant
释义: superfluous; excessively wordy; repetitious
例句: Your composition is redundant; you can easily reduce its length.
2895. reek
释义: emit (odor)
例句: The room reeked with stale tobacco smoke.
2896. refectory
释义: dining hall
例句: In this huge refectory, we can feed the entire student body at one sitting.
2897. refraction
释义: bending of a ray of light
例句: When you look at a stick inserted in water, it looks bent because of the refraction of the light by the water.
2898. refractory
释义: stubborn; unmanageable
例句: The refractory horse was eliminated from the race when he refused to obey the jockey.
2899. refrain
释义: v. abstain from; resist n. chorus
例句: Whenever he heard a song with a lively chorus, Sol could never refrain from joining in on the refrain.
2900. refurbish
释义: renovate; make bright by polishing
例句: The flood left a deposit of mud on everything; it was necessary to refurbish our belongings.
2901. refute
释义: disprove
例句: The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to refute the false testimony of the prosecution's only witness.
2902. regal
释义: royal
例句: Prince Albert had a regal manner.
2903. regale
释义: entertain
例句: John regaled us with tales of his adventures in Africa.
2904. regatta
释义: boat or yacht race
例句: Many boating enthusiasts followed the regatta in their own yachts.
2905. regeneration
释义: spiritual rebirth
例句: Modern penologists strive for the regeneration of the prisoners.
2906. regicide
释义: murder of a king or queen
例句: The beheading of Mary Queen of Scots was an act of regicide.
2907. regime
释义: method or system of government
例句: When a Frenchman mentions the Old Regime, he refers to the government existing before the revolution.
2908. regimen
释义: prescribed diet and habits
例句: I doubt whether the results warrant our living under such a strict regimen.
2909. rehabilitate
释义: restore to proper condition
例句: We must rehabilitate those whom we send to prison.
2910. reimburse
释义: repay
例句: Let me know what you have spent and I will reimburse you.
2911. reiterate
释义: repeat
例句: He reiterated the warning to make sure everyone understood it.
2912. rejoinder
释义: retort; comeback; reply
例句: When someone has been rude to me, I find it particularly satisfying to come up with a quick rejoinder.
2913. rejuvenate
释义: make young again
例句: The charlatan claimed that his elixir would rejuvenate the aged and weary.
2914. relegate
释义: banish; consign to inferior position
例句: If we relegate these experts to minor posts because of their political persuasions, we shall lose their valuable services.
2915. relent
释义: give in
例句: When her stern father would not relent and allow her to marry Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett eloped with her suitor.
2916. relevant
释义: pertinent; referring to the case in hand
例句: Teri was impressed by how relevant Virginia Woolf's remarks were to her as a woman writer; it was as if Woolf had been writing with Teri's situation in mind.
2917. relic
释义: surviving remnant; memento
例句: Egypt's Department of Antiquities prohibits tourists from taking mummies and other ancient relics out of the country.
2918. relinquish
释义: abandon
例句: I will relinquish my claims to this property if you promise to retain my employees.
2919. relish
释义: savor; enjoy
例句: I relish a good joke as much as anyone else.
2920. remediable
释义: reparable
例句: Let us be grateful that the damage is remediable.
2921. reminiscence
释义: recollection
例句: Her reminiscences of her experiences are so fascinating that she ought to write a book.
2922. remiss
释义: negligent
例句: He was accused of being remiss in his duty when the prisoner escaped.
2923. remission
释义: temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of a debt; forgiveness or pardon
例句: Though Senator Tsongas had been treated for cancer, his symptoms were in remission, and he was considered fit to handle the strains of a Presidential race.
2924. remnant
释义: remainder
例句: I suggest that you wait until the store places the remnants of these goods on sale.
2925. remonstrance
释义: protest; objection
例句: The authorities were deaf to the pastor's remonstrances about the lack of police protection in the area.
2926. remorse
释义: guilt; self-reproach
例句: The murderer felt no remorse for his crime.
2927. remunerative
释义: compensating; rewarding
例句: I find my new work so renumerative that I may not return to my previous employment.
2928. rend
释义: split; tear apart
例句: In his grief, he tried to rend his garments.
2929. render
释义: deliver; provide; represent
例句: He rendered aid to the needy and indigent.
2930. rendezvous
释义: meeting place
例句: The two fleets met at the rendezvous at the appointed time.
2931. rendition
释义: translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc.
例句: The audience cheered enthusiastically as she completed her rendition of the aria.
2932. renegade
释义: deserter; traitor
例句: Because he had abandoned his post and joined forces with the Indians, his fellow officers considered the hero of Dances with Wolves a renegade.
2933. renege
释义: deny; go back on
例句: He reneged on paying off his debt.
2934. renounce
释义: abandon; disown; repudiate
例句: Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch, Joan of Arc refused to renounce her belief that her voices came from God.
2935. renovate
释义: restore to good condition; renew
例句: They claim that they can renovate worn shoes so that they look like new ones.
2936. renown
释义: fame
例句: For many years an unheralded researcher, Barbara McClintock gained international renown when she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.
2937. rent
释义: tear or rip; split
例句: The conflict over abortion threatens to split our nation, creating a rent in the social fabric that will be difficult to mend.
2938. reparable
释义: capable of being repaired
例句: Fortunately, the damages we suffered in the accident were reparable and our car looks brand new.
2939. reparation
释义: amends; compensation
例句: At the peace conference, the defeated country promised to pay reparations to the victors.
2940. repartee
释义: clever reply
例句: He was famous for his witty repartee and his sarcasm.
2941. repeal
释义: revoke; annul
例句: What would the effect on our society be if we decriminalized drug use by repealing the laws against the possession and sale of narcotics?
2942. repellent
释义: driving away; unattractive
例句: Mosquitoes find the odor so repellent that they leave any spot where this liquid has been sprayed.
2943. repercussion
释义: rebound; reverberation; reaction
例句: I am afraid that this event will have serious repercussions.
2944. repertoire
释义: list of works of music, drama, etc., a performer is prepared to present
例句: The opera company decided to include Madame Butterfly in its repertoire for the following season.
2945. repine
释义: fret; complain
例句: There is no sense repining over the work you have left undone.
2946. replenish
释义: fill up again
例句: Before she could take another backpacking trip, Carla had to replenish her stock of freeze-dried foods.
2947. replete
释义: filled to capacity; abundantly supplied
例句: The book is replete with humorous situations.
2948. replica
释义: copy
例句: Are you going to hang this replica of the Declaration of Independence in the classroom or in the auditorium?
2949. replicate
释义: reproduce; duplicate
例句: To the chagrin of the scientists, they were unable to replicate the results of their controversial experiment.
2950. repository
释义: storehouse
例句: Libraries are repositories of the world's best thoughts.
2951. reprehensible
释义: deserving blame
例句: Your vicious conduct in this situation is reprehensible.
2952. repress
释义: restrain; crush; oppress
例句: Anne's parents tried to curb her impetuosity without repressing her boundless high spirits.
2953. reprieve
释义: temporary stay
例句: During the twenty-four-hour reprieve, the lawyers sought to make the stay of execution permanent.
2954. reprimand
释义: reprove severely
例句: I am afraid that my parents will reprimand me when I show them my report card.
2955. reprisal
释义: retaliation
例句: I am confident that we are ready for any reprisals the enemy may undertake.
2956. reprise
释义: recurrent action; musical repetition; repeat performance
例句: At Waterloo, it was not the effect of any one skirmish that exhausted Colonel Audly; rather it was the cumulative effect of the constant reprises that left him spent.
2957. reproach
释义: blame; censure
例句: I want my work to be above reproach and without error
2958. reprobate
释义: person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency
例句: I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is the reprobate you say he is.
2959. reprobation
释义: severe disapproval
例句: The students showed their reprobation of his act by refusing to talk with him.
2960. reprove
释义: censure; rebuke
例句: The principal reproved the students when they became unruly in the auditorium.
2961. repudiate
释义: disown; disavow
例句: He announced that he would repudiate all debts incurred by his wife.
2962. repugnance
释义: loathing
例句: She looked at the snake with repugnance.
2963. repulsion
释义: act of driving back; distaste
例句: The repulsion of the enemy forces was not accomplished bloodlessly; many of the defenders were wounded in driving the enemy back.
2964. reputable
释义: respectable
例句: If you want to buy antiques, look for a reputable dealer; far too many dealers today pass off fakes as genuine antiques.
2965. reputed
释义: supposed
例句: He is the reputed father of the child.
2966. requiem
释义: mass for the dead; dirge
例句: They played Mozart's Requiem at the funeral.
2967. requisite
释义: necessary requirement
例句: Many colleges state that a student must offer three years of a language as a requisite for admission.
2968. requite
释义: repay; revenge
例句: The wretch requited his benefactors by betraying them.
2969. rescind
释义: cancel
例句: Because of public resentment, the king had to rescind his order.
2970. reserve
释义: self-control; formal but distant manner
例句: Although some girls were attracted by Mark's reserve, Judy was put off by it, for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness.
2971. residue
释义: remainder; balance
例句: In his will, he requested that after payment of debts, taxes, and funeral expenses, the residue be given to his wife.
2972. resignation
释义: patient submissiveness; statement that one is quitting a job
例句: If Bob Cratchit had not accepted Scrooge's bullying with timid resignation, he might have gotten up the nerve to hand in his resignation.
2973. resilient
释义: elastic; having the power of springing back
例句: Highly resilient, steel makes excellent bedsprings.
2974. resolution
释义: determination
例句: Nothing could shake his resolution to succeed despite all difficulties.
2975. resolve
释义: determination
例句: Nothing could shake his resolve that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
2976. resolve
释义: decide; settle; solve
例句: Homes resolved to travel to Bohemia to resolve the dispute between Irene Adler and the King.
2977. resonant
释义: echoing; resounding; deep and full in sound
例句: The deep, resonant voice of the actor James Earl Jones makes him particulary effective when he appears on stage.
2978. respiration
释义: breathing; exhalation
例句: The doctor found that the patient's years of smoking had adversely affected both his lung capacity and his rate of respiration.
2979. respite
释义: delay in punishment; interval of relief; rest
例句: The judge granted the condemned man a respite to enable his attorneys to file an appeal.
2980. resplendent
释义: brilliant; lustrous
例句: The toreador wore a resplendent costume called a suit of lights.
2981. responsiveness
释义: state of reacting readily to appeals, order, etc.
例句: The audience cheered and applauded, delighting the performers by its responsiveness.
2982. restitution
释义: reparation; indemnification
例句: He offered to make restitution for the window broken by his son.
2983. restive
释义: restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control
例句: Waiting impatiently in the line to see Santa Claus, even the best-behaved children grow restive and start to fidget.
2984. restraint
释义: controlling force
例句: She dreamt of living an independent life, free of all restraints.
2985. resumption
释义: taking up again; recommencement
例句: During the summer break, Don had not realized how much he missed university life: at the resumption of classes, however, he felt marked excitement and pleasure.
2986. resurgent
释义: rising again after defeat, etc.
例句: The resurgent nation surprised everyone by its quick recovery after total defeat.
2987. resuscitate
释义: revive
例句: The lifeguard tried to resuscitate the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.
2988. retain
释义: keep; employ
例句: Fighting to retain his seat in Congress, Senator Foghorn retained a new manager to head his reelection campaign.
2989. retaliate
释义: repay in kind (usually for bad treatment)
例句: Fear that we will retaliate immediately deters our foe from attacking us.
2990. retentive
释义: holding; having a good memory
例句: The pupil did not need to spend much time in study as he had a retentive mind.
2991. reticent
释义: reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence
例句: Hughes preferred reticent employees to loquacious ones, noting that the formers' dislike of idle chatter might ensure their discretion about his affairs.
2992. retinue
释义: following; attendants
例句: The queen's retinue followed her down the aisle.
2993. retiring
释义: modest; shy
例句: Given Susan't retiring personality, no one expected her to take up public speaking; surprisingly enough, she became a star of the school debate team.
2994. retort
释义: quick, sharp reply
例句: Even when it was advisable for her to keep her mouth shut, she was always ready with a retort.
2995. retraction
释义: withdrawal
例句: He dropped his libel suit after the newspaper published a retraction of its statement.
2996. retrench
释义: cut down; economize
例句: If they were to be able to send their children to college, they would have to retrench.
2997. retribution
释义: vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses
例句: The evangelist maintained that an angry deity would exact retribution from the sinners.
2998. retrieve
释义: recover; find and bring in
例句: The dog was intelligent and quickly learned to retrieve the game killed by the hunter.
2999. retroactive
释义: taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)
例句: Because the new pension law was retroactive to the first of the year, even though Martha had retired in February she was eligible for the pension.
3000. retrograde
释义: go backwards; degenerate
例句: Instead of advancing, our civilization seems to have retrograded in ethics and culture.
3001. retrospective
释义: looking back on the past
例句: It is only when we become retrospective that we can appreciate the tremendous advances made during this century.
3002. revelry
释义: boisterous merrymaking
例句: New Year's Eve is a night of revelry.
3003. reverberate
释义: echo; resound
例句: The entire valley reverberated with the sound of the church bells.
3004. reverent
释义: respectful
例句: His reverent attitude was appropriate in a house of worship.
3005. reverie
释义: daydream; musing
例句: He was awakened from his reverie by the teacher's question.
3006. revile
释义: slander; vilify
例句: He was avoided by all who feared that he would revile and abuse them if they displeased him.
3007. revoke
释义: cancel; retract
例句: Repeat offenders who continue to drive under the influence of alcohol face having their driver's licenses permanently revoked.
3008. revulsion
释义: sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction
例句: Many people in this country who admired dictatorships underwent a revulsion when they realized what Hitler and Mussolini were trying to do.
3009. rhapsodize
释义: to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
例句: She greatly enjoyed her Hawaiian vacation and rhapsodized about it for weeks.
3010. rhetoric
释义: art of effective communication; insincere or grandiloquent language
例句: All writers, by necessity, must be skilled in rhetoric.
3011. ribald
释义: wanton; profane
例句: He sang a ribald song that offended many of the more prudish listeners.
3012. rider
释义: amendment or clause added to a legislative bill
例句: Senator Foghorn said he would support Senator Filibuster's tax reform bill only if Filibuster agreed to add an antipollution rider to the bill.
3013. rife
释义: abundant; current
例句: In the face of the many rumors of scandal, which are rife at the moment, it is best to remain silent.
3014. rift
释义: opening; break
例句: The plane was lost in the stormy sky until the pilot saw the city through a rift in the clouds.
3015. rig
释义: fix or manipulate
例句: The ward boss was able to rig the election by bribing people to stuff the ballot boxes with ballots marked in his candidate's favor.
3016. rigid
释义: stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending
例句: By living with a man to whom she was not married, George Eliot broke Victorian society's most rigid rule of respectable behavior.
3017. rigor
释义: severity
例句: Many settlers could not stand the rigors of the New England winters.
3018. rile
释义: vex; irritate; muddy
例句: Red had a hair-trigger temper: he was an easy man to rile.
3019. riveting
释义: absorbing; engrossing
例句: The reviewer described Byatt's novel Possession as a riveting tale: absorbed in the story, he had finished it in a single evening.
3020. rivulet
释义: small stream
例句: As the rains continued, the trickle of water running down the hillside grew into a rivulet that threatened to wash away a portion of the slope.
3021. robust
释义: vigorous; strong
例句: The candidate for the football team had a robust physique.
3022. rococo
释义: ornate; highly decorated
例句: The rococo style in furniture and architecture, marked by scrollwork and excessive decoration, flourished during the middle of the eighteenth century.
3023. roil
释义: to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; to disturb
例句: Be careful when you pour not to roil the wine; if you stir up the sediment you'll destroy the flavor.
3024. roseate
释义: rosy; optimistic
例句: I am afraid you will have to alter your roseate views in the light of the distressing news that has just arrived.
3025. roster
释义: list
例句: They print the roster of players in the season's program.
3026. rostrum
释义: platform for speech-making; pulpit
例句: The crowd murmured angrily and indicated that they did not care to listen to the speaker who was approaching the rostrum.
3027. rote
释义: repetition
例句: He recited the passage by rote and gave no indication he understood what he was saying.
3028. rotunda
释义: circular building or hall covered with a dome
例句: His body lay in state in the rotunda of the Capitol.
3029. rotundity
释义: roundness; sonorousness of speech
例句: Washington Irving emphasized the rotundity of the governor by describing his height and circumference.
3030. rousing
释义: lively; stirring
例句: "And now, let's have a rousing welcome for TV's own Roseanne Arnold, who'll lead us in a rousing rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'"
3031. rout
释义: stampede; drive out
例句: The reinforcements were able to rout the enemy
3032. rubble
释义: fragments
例句: Ten years after World War II, some of the rubble left by enemy bombings could still be seen.
3033. rubric
释义: title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol
例句: In ordaining the new priests, the bishop carefully observed all the rubrics for the ordination service.
3034. ruddy
释义: reddish; healthy-looking
例句: His ruddy features indicated that he had spent much time in the open.
3035. rudimentary
释义: not developed; elementary
例句: His dancing was limited to a few rudimentary steps.
3036. rueful
释义: regretful; sorrowful; dejected
例句: The artist has captured the sadness of childhood in his portrait of the boy with the rueful countenance.
3037. ruffian
释义: bully; scoundrel
例句: The ruffians threw stones at the police.
3038. ruminate
释义: chew the cud; ponder
例句: We cannot afford to wait while you ruminate upon these plans.
3039. rummage
释义: ransack; thoroughly search
例句: When we rummaged through the trunks in the attic, we found many souvenirs of our childhood days.
3040. runic
释义: mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet
例句: Tolkien's use of Old English words and inscriptions in the runic alphabet give The Lord of the Rings its atmosphere of antiquity.
3041. ruse
释义: trick; stratagem
例句: You will not be able to fool your friends with such an obvious ruse.
3042. rustic
释义: pertaining to country people; uncouth
例句: The backwoodsman looked out place in his rustic attire.
3043. rusticate
释义: banish to the country; dwell in the country
例句: I like city life so much that I can never understand how people can rusticate in the suburbs.
3044. ruthless
释义: pitiless
例句: The escaped convict was a dangerous and ruthless murderer.
3045. relapse
释义: fall back or sink again
例句: The economy relapsed into a depression from the peak.
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