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圆环之理
2025-4-11 12:54
off-licence Definition: (noun) A store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere. Synonyms: liquor store, package store Usage: He went into an off-licence to buy a bottle of cider.
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223樓
圆环之理
2025-4-12 21:47
snigger Definition: (verb) Laugh quietly. Synonyms: snicker Usage: The rude tourists snigger at the locals' outdated ways and dress.
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224樓
圆环之理
2025-4-13 13:31
habit-forming Definition: (adjective) Capable of leading to physiological or psychological dependence. Synonyms: addictive Usage: Cocaine is a habit-forming drug.
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225樓
圆环之理
2025-4-14 13:41
unornamented Definition: (adjective) Lacking embellishment or ornamentation. Synonyms: unembellished, plain, spare, bare Usage: Strangers, who saw her for the first time, saw a lady in the prime of her life—a lady plainly dressed in unornamented white.
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226樓
圆环之理
2025-4-15 12:05
blackjack Definition: (noun) A leather-covered bludgeon with a short, flexible shaft or strap, used as a hand weapon. Synonyms: cosh, sap Usage: He was beaten so badly with the blackjack that he suffered several broken bones.
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227樓
圆环之理
2025-4-16 13:42
ethnic Definition: (adjective) Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people. Synonyms: cultural Usage: In my family, holidays are celebrated with lavish meals featuring ethnic foods that remind us of our ancestors' Eastern European roots.
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228樓
圆环之理
2025-4-17 12:52
bristle Definition: (verb) Rise up as in fear. Synonyms: uprise, stand up Usage: The creaking of the house at night makes the hair on the nape of my neck bristle.
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229樓
圆环之理
2025-4-18 12:14
miserly Definition: (adjective) (Used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity. Synonyms: mingy, tight, mean Usage: The necessity of disbursing passage money for all his tribe seemed to disturb him in a manner that was the more striking because otherwise he gave no signs of a miserly disposition.
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230樓
圆环之理
2025-4-19 14:31
outwit Definition: (verb) To get the better of by cunning or ingenuity. Synonyms: outsmart, overreach, circumvent, outfox, beat Usage: She managed to outwit the police and escape to the safe house with the loot.
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