3011. storm:/stɔːrm/ n. 风暴;暴风雨;和风暴有关的恶劣天气【The weather forecast is for severe storms tonight. 天气预报说今晚会有强暴风雨。// Twenty people were killed when the storm struck the Midwest. 风暴袭击中西部时,有20人遇难。】;(群情迸发的)浪潮;(愤怒的)迸发,爆发【The governor found himself at the center of a political storm. 州长发现自己处于一场政治风暴的中心。// Government plans for hospital closures provoked a storm of protest. 政府关闭医院的计划引发了一场抗议浪潮。】;v. 突袭;攻占【An angry crowd stormed the embassy. 愤怒的人群突袭了大使馆。】;气呼呼地疾走;闯;冲【Alan stormed out of the room 艾伦怒气冲冲地走出房间】;怒吼;大发雷霆【‘What difference does it make?’ she stormed. “这有什么区别?”她怒吼道。】
3012. stout:/staʊt/ adj. (人)肥胖的;肥壮的【a short, stout man 矮胖的男人 】;粗壮结实的;厚实牢固的【a stout pair of shoes 一双厚实耐穿的鞋】;顽强的;坚毅的;不屈不挠的【He put up a stout defence in court. 他在法庭上进行了顽强的辩护。】
3013. stoop:/stuːp/ v. 俯身,弯腰【We had to stoop to pass through the low entrance. 我们不得不弯腰穿过低矮的入口。// Dave stooped down to tie his shoes. 戴夫弯下腰系鞋带。】;n. 驼背,弓背【Mr Hamilton was an odd, quiet man who walked with a stoop. 汉密尔顿先生是一个古怪、安静且走起路来有些驼背的人。】;门廊,门阶
3014. straighten:/ˈstreɪtn/ v. (使)变直,(使)挺直,弄直,变正【Can you straighten your leg? 你能把腿伸直吗?// The road bends here then straightens out. 公路在这儿拐弯,然后就直了。】;挺直,端正(身体)【Straighten up slowly, then repeat the exercise ten times. 慢慢挺直身体,然后把这个动作重复十次。】
3015. straightforward:/ˌstreɪtˈfɔːrwəd/ adj. 容易理解的,简单的;易懂的;不复杂的【Installing the program is relatively straightforward. 安装该程序相对简单。// For someone who can't read, shopping is by no means a straightforward matter. 对于不识字的人来说,购物绝不是一件简单的事。】;(人或行为) 坦诚的;坦率的;率直的【Jack is tough, but always straightforward and fair. 杰克很强硬,但总是很坦率、公正。】
3016. strait:/streɪt/ n. (尤用于地名) 海峡;(联结两大水域的)水道【the Bering Strait 白令海峡】;straits (尤指财务问题导致的)窘境,困境【So many companies are in such difficult straits that their prices have come right down. 许多公司财务状况极为窘迫,导致其股价直线下跌。】
3017. strange:/streɪndʒ/ adj. 奇怪的;奇特的;异常的【Does Geoff's behaviour seem strange to you? 你会不会觉得杰夫的行为很奇怪?// She felt there was something strange about Dexter's voice. 她觉得德克斯特的声音有些奇怪。// It's strange that we've never met before. 真奇怪,我们以前从未见过面。// For some strange reason, I slept like a baby despite the noise. 出于某种奇怪的原因,尽管有噪音,我还是像个婴儿一样好睡。// Strange as it may seem, I actually prefer cold weather. 虽然看起来很奇怪,但实际上我更喜欢寒冷的天气。// That's strange. I was sure Jude was right here a second ago. 很诡异,我肯定Jude刚才还在这里。 // The strange thing is all four victims had red hair. 奇怪的是,四名受害者都是红头发。】;陌生的;不熟悉的【As a child, she'd been taught never to speak to strange men. 小时候,她就被教导不要和陌生人说话。// I was just 20, a young girl in a strange city. 那时我才20岁,一个在陌生城市的年轻女孩。// It was all strange to him, but he'd soon learn his way around. 这一切对他来说都很陌生,但他很快就学会了如何应对。】
3018. stray:/streɪ/ v. 迷路;偏离;走失【Three of the soldiers strayed into enemy territory. 三名士兵误入敌方。// They got lost when they strayed too far from the path. 他们偏离小路太远,迷了路。】;偏离正题;走神;离题【This meeting is beginning to stray from the point. 这次会议开始偏离主题了。// My mind kept straying back to our last talk together. 我老走神,一再回想起我们上次在一起交谈的情景。】
3019. strand:/strænd/ n. (线、绳、金属线、毛发等的)股,缕【He reached out and brushed a strand of hair away from her face. 他伸出手,拨开她脸上的一缕头发。】;(观点、计划、故事等的)部分,方面【Plato draws all the strands of the argument together. 柏拉图把这一论点的各个方面都归拢到了一起。】
3020. strangle:/ˈstræŋɡəl/ v. 扼死;勒死;掐死【The victim had been strangled with a belt. 受害者是被皮带勒死的。】;抑制;压制;扼杀【Mills argues that high taxation strangles the economy. 米尔斯认为高税收抑制了经济。】
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