forecast ['fɔːkɑːst]预报
cutting 'kʌtɪŋ] bit [bɪt]钻头
【单词扩充】prediction预报,预言 prognosis预测
【单词搭配】weather forecast天气预报
【单词例句】
A: What does the weather forecast say?
A:天气预报怎么说的?
B: It says that it's a fine day today.
B:天气预报说今天是晴天。
speculate['spekjʊleɪt] 推测
【派生词】speculation推测,投机
【单词扩充】surmise推测
【单词搭配】speculate on /about推测,推断
【单词例句】
A: Can you speculate who stole the wallet?
A:你能否推测出谁偷走了那个钱包?
B:I don't thinkI can do it at the moment.
B:我想我此刻做不到。
blizzard ['blɪzəd] 暴风雪
【单词扩充】storm暴风雪
【单词例句】
Afier the blizzard, we were snowed in for several days.
暴风雪之后,我们几天出不了门。
deteriorate [dɪ'tɪərɪəreɪt] v.变坏恶化
【派生词】deterioration恶化
【单词扩充】worsen恶化
【单词例句】
A: The patient's condition has deteriorated over the last few days.
A:遮几天病人的病情己恶化。
B: Isn't there a better way to cure him?
B:你们没有更好的办法来治愈他吗?
increase [ɪn'kriːs] 增加
【单词扩充】increase增加 boost增加
【单词例句】
A: Five multiplied by three is eighteen.
A:3乘5等于18。
B: You are wrong. The answer is fifieen.
B:你错了,答案是15.
cascade [kæs'keɪd] 瀑布似地落下
【派生词】turbulently汹涌地
【单词扩充】tigerish凶猛的 raging狂暴的
【单词例句】
A: It took place in a turbulent period of history.
A:这件事发生在*不安的历史时期。
B: Yes,I know a little aboutit, too.
B:是的,我也知道一点点。
dust [dʌst] 暴尘旋风
squall [skwɔːl]暴风
【扩】swirl旋涡 vortex旗涡
【单词例句】
A: How does it appear here?
A:它怎么会出现在这儿呢?
B: It might be caught in a broad eddy and carried toward the shore.
B:它有可能是被卷进一个大旋涡,然后带到岸边的。
grid [grɪd]尼坐标方格
sensor ['sensə] n传感器
【派生词】sensory知觉的
【单词扩充】transducer传感器
【单词例句】
A: We can get more information with the sensor.
A:通过这个传感器我们能得到更多的信息。
B: You are really a genius.
B:你真是个天才。
humidity [hjʊ'mɪdɪtɪ] 湿度
meteorologist [,miːtɪə'rɒlədʒɪst] 气象学家
【单词扩充】meteorology气象学 meteorologic气象的,气象学的
【单词例句】
A:A meteorologist will come to give us a lecture next week。
A:下周有一位气象学家来给我们演讲。
B: Do you know who the meteorologist is?
B:你知道这名气象学家是谁吗?
Princeton ['prinstən] 普林斯顿(美国城市名)
New Jersey ['dʒɜːzɪ] 泽西(美国州名)
fluctuate ['flʌktʃʊeɪt; -tjʊ-] 起伏,波动
【派生词】fluctuation波动,起伏
【单词搭配】undulate波动,起伏
【单词例句】
A: The price is higher than last month.
A:价格比上个月又贵了。
B: Yes, the price of this kind of product fluctuates with the season.
B.是的,这种商品的价格随季节而波动。
deviate ['diːvɪeɪt] 偏离
【派生词】deviation偏差,偏离
【单词搭配】deviate from偏离
【单词例句】
A: He never deviates from his regular habits.
A:他从不改变自己通常的习惯。
B : It proves that he might be an obstinate person。
B:这证明他有可能是一个比较固执
的人。