四级词汇真题强化训练_第2页

seize
vt.
1. 抓住;捉住
The police seized an escaping convict.
警察抓住了一个在逃犯。
He seized her hand and shook it heartily.
他拉住她的手高兴地握着。
2. 夺取;攻占
The enemy seized the town after a violent attack.
敌人猛攻后占领了这个城镇。
3. 逮捕;掳获
4. 没收;扣押;查封
The customs officers seized the smuggled heroin.
海关官员没收了走私的海洛因。
5. 抓住(时机等),利用
He seized the chance of a trip to Singapore.
他抓住那次去新加坡旅行的机会。
6. 掌握,理解
7. (疾病)侵袭;(情绪)支配,控制[H][(+by/with)]
He was seized with a slight attack of fever.
他有一点发烧。
He was suddenly seized with panic.
他突然惊恐万分。
8. 【律】依法占有
vi.
1. 抓住,捉住;夺取[(+on/upon)]
We seized on his remark and regarded it as a promise.
我们抓住他的话把它当作是一种承诺。
2. 利用[(+on/upon)]
3. (机器等因受压等)卡住,咬住

earn
vt.
1. 赚得,挣得
How much do you earn a week?
你一周赚多少钱?
2. 博得,赢得
3. 使得到,使赢得
His achievements earned him respect and admiration.
他的成就赢得人们的尊敬和仰慕。

3.B

由于粗心地洗上衣,衣服被缩至小孩的尺寸

compressed
a.
1. 压缩的
2. 【生】扁长形的

shrink
vi.
1. 收缩,缩短,皱缩
This dress material shrinks in the wash.
这种衣料一洗要缩水。
2. 退缩,畏怯
The boy shrank into a corner when the bully threatened to beat him.
恶棍威胁说要揍那男孩,男孩便退缩到一个角落里。
3. 变小,变少,变瘦
When his influence began to shrink, his wealth also decreased.
当他的影响缩小时,他的财富也减少了。
4. 回避,退避[(+from)]
She shrinks from meeting strangers.
她怕见生人。
vt.
1. 使收缩,使皱缩
Hot water shrinks wool.
热水会使羊毛皱缩。
2. 使缩小,使变瘦
Shortage of hands has shrunk our plant's yearly output.
人手不足已使我们厂的年产量减少。
n.
1. 收缩[C]
2. 畏缩[C]
3. 【美】【俚】精神科医师[C]

drop
n.
1. (一)滴[C]
The rain was leaking in large drops through the roof.
雨正大滴大滴地从屋顶漏下来。
2. 点滴,微量[C]
3. 水果糖;糖球[C]
4. 落下;下降;(水)落差[S]
The drop in prices was quite unexpected.
价格的下跌是完全没有料到的。
5. 【美】投信口;丢放东西之处[C]
6. 空投;空投物品;空投的人[C]
They are requesting air drops of foodstuffs to the flooded areas.
他们要求对洪灾地区空投食品。
7. 滴剂[P]