chum n.室友; 好友; 摯友 [be ~s with ┅ 與…是好朋友 a new ~ 新來(lái)的移民 Tom ~med up with me湯姆和我成為好朋友] [chummage (俗)同室;共宿舊囚犯向新囚犯勒索金錢(qián)]
churlish a.粗野的;下賤的;難駕馭的 [ cierlisc, ceorliscceorl CHURL下賤的人;吝嗇鬼]
ciliated a.有纖毛的
circlet n.戒指;小圈
circuitous a.繞行的;迂回的 [circuitus CIRCUIT 巡回;環(huán)游旅行;周?chē)?紆路;電路;姊妹]
circumlocution n.迂回累贅的陳述 [ circumlocution or circumlocutio(CIRCUM-,LOCUTION 說(shuō)話法;語(yǔ)風(fēng)), transl of ] [PERIPHRASIS(修辭)迂說(shuō)法;拐彎抹角的說(shuō)法, 繞圈子的說(shuō)法]
circumspect a.慎重的;小心的 [CIRCUM-, specere spect-ook]
circumvent v.占上風(fēng);智取;規(guī)避 [CIRCUM-, venire come]
citadel n.城堡;要塞 [ civitas -tatis city]
cite v.引用;舉例 [ citareciere set moving]
clairvoyant a.具有洞察力的 [clairvoyance 透視力;異常的洞察力clair CLEAR+voir voy- see
CLAIRAUDIENCE超人的聽(tīng)力] [VOYAGE航行]
clamber v.攀爬 [clamb, obs past tense of CLIMB]
clammy a.粘濕的;病態(tài)的 [clam to daub(涂抹;弄贓)]
clamorous a.吵鬧的 [clamor喧鬧;大聲叫嚷]
clamp n.鉗子;夾住 [16th c: probDu klamp heap(in sense related to CLUMP 叢生,結(jié)塊;笨重的腳步聲]
clandestine a.暗中的;秘密的 [clam secretly]
clarion n.響亮尖銳之聲 [ clario -onis clarus clear]
clarity n.清楚;明了;澄澈 [ claritasclarus clear]
clash n.當(dāng)當(dāng)聲;沖突;猛撞;抵觸 [clack, clang發(fā)鏗鏘聲 crack打開(kāi);破裂;裂縫 crash壓壞;壓碎]
claustrophobia n.幽閉恐懼癥 [ claustrum: CLOISTER修道院;寺廟]
cleanse v.使純潔;使清潔 [ cl'nsian(see CLEAN)]
cleave v.劈裂;開(kāi)辟 [(用斧頭等沿著樹(shù)紋、劈開(kāi)面)劈開(kāi)木材、巖石等>cleavage 劈開(kāi),劈開(kāi)部;分裂]
cleft n.裂口 [ rel to CLEAVE(用斧頭等沿樹(shù)紋、劈開(kāi)面)劈開(kāi),剖開(kāi)]
clemency n.仁慈;和藹 [ clemens -entis clement仁慈的,寬厚的]
cliche n.陳腔濫調(diào);老套 [clicher to stereotype]
climactic a.高潮的 [CLIMAX+-IC, perh after SYNTACTIC文章構(gòu)成法 orCLIMACTERIC危機(jī)的,更年期的]
clinch v.釘牢;揪住 [同CLENCH 咬緊牙關(guān);緊閉嘴巴;緊握拳頭;緊握,抓住某物]
clip v.修剪;包圍 [ klippa, prob imit]
clique n.朋黨;派系 [cliquer CLICK嘀噠聲]
clog v.阻礙 [縛在動(dòng)物等腳上限制其行動(dòng) (防止逃跑) 的圓木 阻礙,妨礙(with)]
cloister n.修道院;寺院 [claudere claus- CLOSE cloistered 住在修道院的,隱居的]
clout n.影響力 [ clut, rel to CLEAT 楔子形的栓;(鞋底等的)止滑片, CLOT結(jié)塊,凝固]