日期：2009-01-13 01. Chaos：开天辟地的混沌之神 ＜反＞ cosmos：宇宙， 有序的整体 universe = unanimous ：全体意见一致的 02. TITAN 十二泰坦神 ? titanic 巨大的， 强大的 03. Zeus 主神宙斯 04. The Muses 缪斯，主管文艺和科学等9位女神 05. Pluto 冥界之神，阴间之神； 因为具有... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-01-09 阻碍物： obstacle barricade 本意指路障 impediment (impede 阻碍) hindrance (hinder 阻碍) incumbrance (incumber 阻碍) hurdle 本意指跳栏；引申为阻碍物 词形相近词：curdle v.凝结；curd n.凝乳 cuddle 搂抱；cuddlesome 令人想拥抱的 huddle 挤成一堆 muddle 混... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-01-09 七宗罪(7 Deadly Sins)： gluttony 贪吃 记glut(充斥)＋ton(吨) 能吃一吨的自然是贪吃 lust 淫欲 wrath 愤怒 sloth 懒惰 pride greed envy philosophy 广义的意思除了医学，神学，法学以外的所有学科PHD ；狭义的意思是哲学 JD Jurisprudence Doctor 法学博士 metaphys... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 1. arachnid n. a member of the family Arachnida, which principally includes animals with four pairs of legs and no antennae, such as spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks蛛形纲动物(诸如蜘蛛、蝎子、螨、蜱) My interest in arachnids began when I used to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 pendulous :: hanging; suspended pennate :: having wings or feathers personable :: attractive perspicuous :: plainly expressed pharisaical :: pertaining to the Pharisees; self-righteous; hypocritical physiological :: pertaining to the science of the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 enigmatic :: obscure; puzzling equitable :: fair; impartial erotic :: pertaining to passionate love eugenic :: pertaining to the improvement of race ex officio :: by virtue of ones office explicit :: definite; open febrile :: feverish fiduciary :: p... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 vicarious :: acting as a substitute; done by a deputy vindictive :: revengeful virile :: manly virulent :: extremely poisonous viscid :: sticky; adhesive viscous :: sticky; gluey visionary :: produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical vitriolic ::... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 thermal :: pertaining to heat titanic :: gigantic titular :: nominal holding of title without obligations torpid :: dormant; dull; lethargic tortuous :: winding; full of curves touchy :: sensitive; irascible toxic :: poisonous tractable :: docile tr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 sapient :: wise; shrewd sardonic :: disdainful; sarcastic; cynical saturnine :: gloomy scrupulous :: conscientious; extremely thorough scurrilous :: obscene; indecent sebaceous :: oily; fatty secular :: worldly; not pertaining to church matters; tem... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 puissant :: powerful; strong; potent pulmonary :: pertaining to the lungs punctilious :: laying stress on niceties of conduct or form; precise pungent :: stinging; caustic punitive :: punishing puny :: insignificant; tiny; weak pusillanimous :: cowa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 pert :: impertinent; forward pertinacious :: stubborn; persistent pertinent :: suitable; to the point perverse :: stubborn; intractable pervious :: penetrable pestilential :: causing plague; baneful petulant :: touchy; peevish phlegmatic :: calm; no... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 notorious :: outstandingly bad; unfavorably known noxious :: harmful nugatory :: futile; worthless nutrient :: providing nourishment obdurate :: stubborn obese :: fat oblique :: slanting; deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line obno... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 lunar :: pertaining to the moon lurid :: wild; sensational luscious :: pleasing to taste or smell lustrous :: shining luxuriant :: fertile; abundant; ornate macabre :: gruesome; grisly Machiavellian :: crafty; double-dealing magnanimous :: generous... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 introvert :: inclined to think more about oneself inured :: accustomed; hardened inverse :: opposite inveterate :: deep-rooted; habitual invidious :: designed to create ill will or envy invulnerable :: incapable of injury irascible :: irritable; eas... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 impertinent :: insolent impervious :: not penetrable; not permitting passage through impetuous :: violent; hasty; rash impious :: irreverent implacable :: incapable of being pacified implicit :: understood but not stated impolitic :: not wise impreg... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 fraught :: filled frenetic :: frenzied; frantic frenzied :: madly excited frigid :: intensely cold frolicsome :: prankish; gay froward :: disobedient; perverse; stubborn frowzy :: slovenly; unkempt; dirty fulsome :: disgustingly excessive funereal :... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-30 emaciated :: thin and wasted eminent :: high; lofty enamored :: in love encomiastic :: praising; eulogistic ephemeral :: short-lived; fleeting equable :: tranquil; steady; uniform equivocal :: doubtful; ambiguous errant :: wandering erudite :: learn... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-29 dexterous :: skillful diabolical :: devilish diaphanous :: sheer; transparent digressive :: wandering away from the subject dilatory :: delaying dire :: disastrous discernible :: distinguishable; perceivable discerning :: mentally quick and observan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-29 congenital :: existing at birth conjugal :: pertaining to marriage connubial :: pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state consummate :: complete contentious :: quarrelsome contiguous :: adjacent to; touching upon contingent :: conditional cont... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-29 bootless :: useless bountiful :: generous; showing bounty brazen :: insolent bristling :: rising like bristles; showing irritation brusque :: blunt; abrupt bucolic :: rustic; pastoral bumptious :: self-assertive buxom :: plump; vigorous; jolly cadav... 阅读全文>>