A: Were you ever bullied in school?
B: Just once, but the teacher found out and put a quick stop to it.
bully n. 恃強(qiáng)欺弱者
vt. 威嚇,欺負(fù)
A: I must buy Time this week, there will be a bumper issue.
B: It must be larger on account of the new year.
bumper n. (汽車上的)保險(xiǎn)杠,緩沖器
a. 特大的,豐盛的
A: Why do you always wear your hair in a bun?
B: Because I think it is very elegant.
bun n. 1. 圓形的小面包或點(diǎn)心;2.(女子的)圓發(fā)髻
A: As a child I always wanted to sleep on the top bunk.
B: Me too, but so did my brother so we always argued.
A: Hey, will you do a bunk today?
B: No, I am afraid that the teacher will find out.
bunk n. 1. (車,船等依壁而設(shè)的)鋪位;2. 空話,廢話
do a bunk 匆忙逃走
A: Typical bureaucracy, always too many forms to fill in.
B: Be patient, you can not change the whole system straight away.
bureaucracy n. 1.官僚主義,官僚作風(fēng);2. 政府機(jī)構(gòu),官僚
A: A burglar broke into our house last night and stole the TV.
B: My goodness, did the police catch him?
burglar n. 竊賊,破門盜竊者
A: John’s sudden death was tragic.
B: I know, I would like to go to the burial to show my respect to his family.
burial n. 葬,掩埋,葬禮
A: Did you spot where the rabbit just went?
B: Yeah, into his burrow by the tree.
burrow vt. 1. 挖掘(洞穴);2. 鉆進(jìn)
vi. 1. 挖洞;2. 翻尋
n. 地洞
A: He bust into the room and started shouting at me.
B: Well, you should have locked the door.
bust vt. 打破,打碎
vi. 爆裂,壞掉
n. 1. 胸像,半身像;2. 胸部,胸圍
A: I hate going into the city at the weekend.
B: I agree, too much bustle and people.
bustle vi. 鬧哄哄地忙亂,奔忙
n. 1. 忙亂,喧擾;2. 裙撐,襯墊
A: Could you please put your cigarette butt into the ashtray rather than on the floor?
B: Sorry, I did not realize it would bother you.
butt n. 1. 笑柄;2. 煙蒂;3. 槍托;4. 大酒桶,大水桶;5. 臀部
v. 用頭撞或頂
butt in 插嘴,插手,干涉
A: There is a wonderful atmosphere at this party.
B: Yes, there is a great buzz.
A: What is that annoying noise?
B: My alarm clock buzzing. I forgot to switch it off.
buzz vi. 1. 發(fā)出嗡嗡聲;2. (around, about)忙亂,急行;3. 發(fā)出嘈雜的談話聲
n. 1. 嗡嗡聲;2. 嘈雜的談話聲
A: The local government wants to build a bypass to direct traffic away from our town.
B: That will be bad for business in the town. What do the locals think about it?
bypass n. 1. (繞過市鎮(zhèn)的)旁道,迂回道;2. 分流術(shù),旁通管
vt. 1. 繞過,繞……走;2. 越過,置……于不顧
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