专业词汇|26个极品英文单词

agasTOPia

n. admiration^{1 of a particular part of someones body}

名词，指特别迷恋某人身体的某一部分。

bibble

v. to drink often; to eat and/or drink noisily

动词，常常喝酒；吃东西或喝东西时噪音非常大。

cabotage

n. coastal^{2 navigation; the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders}

名词，沿海贸易权；（尤指给外国运输工具的）在某个国家边境航空运输范围内的沿海贸易权，沿海航行权

doodle sack

n. old English word for bagpipe³

名词，风笛的古英语写法。

erinaceous

adj. of, pertaining^{4 to, or re百度竞价推广bling a hedgehog}

形容词，猬的，似猬的，多髦毛的

Although she wont know what it means, never, ever tell your date Erin that she is looking quite erinaceous this evening.

尽管她不会了解的意思是，但永永远远都不要对你说的女友Erin她今晚打扮的像个刺猬一样。

firman

n. in Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate^{5 issued by the sovereign}

名词，在土耳其和一些其它东方国家，由最高统治者（君主）所发出的法令或命令。

gabelle

n. a tax on salt

名词，盐税

halfpace

n. a platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight

名词，站台或楼梯间内楼梯可以精确的转向相反方向更低一层楼梯。

impignorate

v. to pawn^{6 or mortgage something}

动词，典当、抵押某物。

jentacular

adj. pertaining to breakfast

形容词，关于早餐的，附是早餐的。

kakorrhaphiophobia

n. fear of failure

名词，失败恐惧症。

This is the last word that someone with kakorrhaphiophobia would want to encounter in a spelling bee.

在拼字比赛中失败恐惧症是大家最不愿看到的单词。

lamprophony

n. loudness and clarity of enunciation⁷

名词，声音的响亮和明确。

macrosmatic

adj. having a good sense of smell

形容词，嗅觉发达的。

nudiustertian

n. the day before yesterday

名词，前天。

oxter

n. outdated^{8 word meaning armpit}

名词，过时的词，指腋下。

pauciloquent

adj. uttering few words; brief in speech

形容词，微言大义的、说的极少；简短的演讲。

quire

n. two dozen sheets of paper

名词，两打纸张。

ratoon

n. small shoot growing from the root of a plant

名词，（农作物，特别指甘蔗的）截根苗。

salopettes

n. high-waisted skiing pants with shoulder straps⁹

名词，高腰带吊裤带的高腰裤。

tittynope

n. a small quantity of something left over

名词，某物剩下的少量部分。

ulotrichous

adj. having wooly^{10 or crispy hair}

形容词，adj.鬈发人种的，鬈发的

valetudinarian¹¹

n. a sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly^{12 concerned with his or her health}

名词，体弱多病的人，为健康过份担心的人。

winklepicker

n. style of shoe or boot in the 1950s with a sharp and long pointed^{13 toe}

名词，时尚于19世纪50年代的尖头皮鞋或尖头皮靴。

xertz

v. to gulp^{14 down quickly and greedily}

动词，狼吞虎咽地吃。

yarborough

n. hand of cards containing no card above a nine

名词，没超越九点的一手牌。

zoanthropy

n. delusion^{15 of a person who believes himself changed into an animal}

名词，变兽妄想。