2013年3月托福考试备考：托福阅读精选词汇（十二）
托福阅读词汇选集（12）
squirt—— To issue forth in a thin forceful stream or jet; spurt 喷=spurt out v. 喷出
staggering—— Causing great astonishment, amazement, or dismay; overwhelming 令人大为吃惊、惊讶或沮丧的;使束手无策的=overwhelming
spur—— To incite or stimulate 刺激,鞭策=stimulate
speculate about—— To assume to be true without conclusive evidence 推测=hypothesize To assert as a hypothesis 假设
spinal——Of, relating to, or situated near the spine or spinal cord; vertebral 脊柱的=backbone
spark—— To set in motion; activate 发动;触发=bring about 引起;致使;造成;达成
spawn—— To give rise to; engender 造成;使产生=create
solemn—— Deeply earnest, serious, and sober 庄严的,极认真的,严肃的=serious
slope——declivity A downward slope, as of a hill 斜坡
smother—— To suffocate (another) 使窒息=eliminate To get rid of; remove 消灭;消除
snap—— To pull apart or break with a snapping sound 折断=break
signify—— To denote; mean 表示…的意思=denote
simultaneously——同时存在[发生]地=concurrently 同时发生的,并存的;合作的
skepticism—— A doubting or questioning attitude or state of mind; dubiety 怀疑态度=doubt
shield—— To protect or defend with or as if with a shield; guard 保护、防卫=protect
secrete—— To conceal in a hiding place; cache 躲藏=produce
scarce—— Hard to find; absent or rare 难得的;缺少的或罕见的=rare
scores—— A composition written for a musical comedy 配乐=musical compositions 音乐作品
scent—— A perfume 香水=perfume
scale—— To climb up or over; ascend 攀登=climb
sanitation—— Formulation and application of measures designed to protect public health.
卫生措施=health
tremendous—— Extremely large in amount, extent, or degree; enormous 巨大的=huge, greatly
trend—— A general tendency or inclination 趋向=tendency
trap—— A contrivance for catching and holding animals, as a concealed pit or a clamp like device that springs shut suddenly 陷阱=entomb To place in or as if in a tomb or grave 埋葬
trace—— A visible mark, such as a footprint, made or left by the passage of a person, an animal, or a thing 痕迹=imprint, residue The remainder of something after removal of parts or a part 残留物
textile—— A cloth, especially one manufactured by weaving or knitting; a fabric 纺织品=cloth, fabric
terrestrial—— Of, relating to, or composed of land 陆地的=land
terrain—— An area of land; ground 地区;地带=land
tedium—— The quality or condition of being tedious; tediousness or boredom 单调乏味=tiresome