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cosy adj. A house or room that is cosy is comfortable and warm. 表示屋子或者房间很温暖舒适 Downstairs there's a breakfast room and guests can relax in the cosy bar. If you are cosy, you are comfortable and warm. 表示人感觉很温暖舒服 They like to make sure their guests are comfortable and cosy. You use cosy to describe activities that are pleasant and friendly, and involve people who know each other well. 表示活动很友善怡人,让人互相认识 ...a cosy chat between friends... |
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peculiar adj. If you describe someone or something as peculiar, you think that they are strange or unusual, sometimes in an unpleasant way. 形容人指某人比较怪异。 Mr Kennet has a rather peculiar sense of humour... If something is peculiar to a particular thing, person, or situation, it belongs or relates only to that thing, person, or situation. 表示情形是某人或者某物专属的 The problem is by no means peculiar to America. |
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merge v. If one thing merges with another, or is merged with another, they combine or come together to make one whole thing. You can also say that two things merge, or are merged. 表示两物合二为一 Bank of America merged with a rival bank... If one sound, colour, or object merges into another, the first changes so gradually into the second that you do not notice the change. A merges into B,表示A到B的变化非常缓慢。导致难以察觉。 Like a chameleon, he could merge unobtrusively into the background... |
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Stealthy adj. Stealthy actions or movements are performed quietly and carefully, so that no one will notice what you are doing. 表示动作安静小心,不让别人注意 I would creep in and with stealthy footsteps explore the second-floor... |
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rare adj. Something that is rare is not common and is therefore interesting or valuable. 因为不常见而有趣,有价值的。 ...the black-necked crane, one of the rarest species in the world... An event or situation that is rare does not occur very often. 较少发生的事情 ...on those rare occasions when he did eat alone... You use rare to emphasize an extremely good or remarkable quality. 强调某物质量很好 Ferris has a rare ability to record her observations on paper... |