中英慣用短語:
  •   介詞詞組(介詞同其後的名詞或名詞詞組, 如in the night、 after breakfast).   preposition and the noun or noun phrase that follows it, eg in the night, after breakfast
  • n.  從事接洽的人, 塗縫鏝, 刨接縫的長刨, 接合者, 接合物, 接續器, 抹子, 長刨, 三角犁, 接縫刨, 接合器, 管子工, 接工具, 電纜焊接工, 接合人   jointer
  •   從句, 從屬分句(通常以詞引導, 其作用相當於名詞、 形容詞或副詞, 如 She answered the phone when it rang 句中的 when it rang 即是). Cf 參看 co-ordinate clause (co-ordinate1).   clause, usu introduced by a conjunction, that functions like a noun, adjective or adverb, eg when it rang in She answered the phone when it rang
  • n.  從背面用鈎眼扣扣住的衣裙   is hooked at the back
  • v.  他下的賭註續獲勝纔輓回了損失.   He retrieved his losses by betting on a succession of winners
  • adj.  他們有把握不遲到. With `it' as an indefinite subject or object only certain can be used *it作不定主語或不定賓語時, 衹可用certain與之用   they weren't late.
  • adj.  他們長得很像、 說話很像、 想法都很像--他們倆完全是一個類型.   they're very much of a kind
  • n.  他像發珠炮似的破口大駡.   He let out a volley of oaths
  • adj.  他匆忙從我身邊走過, 停都沒停.   He hurried past me without stopping
  • v.  他衹要一動, 傷口就帶整個胳膊都疼.   Whenever he moved, the wound sent pains all along his arm
  • v.  他嗔怪隊裏沒要他, 日生著悶氣.   He's been sulking for days about being left out of the team
  • v.  他睏得那副樣子, 汽車朝那房子開去時發出的聲音都沒能使他清醒.   In his sleepy state, the sound of a car driving up to the house scarcely impinged on his consciousness
  • adj.  他小氣極了, 自己的那份錢也不付.   He's too perishing mean to pay his share
  • adj.  他很怕羞, 話都不敢跟她說.   He was too shy to speak to her
  • adj.  他快速連發三槍.   He fired three shots in quick succession
  •   他把油漆胡亂往上一甩, 滴下來的也懶得抹一抹.   He sloshed the paint on without bothering to catch the drips