高中英语熟词生义汇编

研究分析近五年高考英语阅读理解和完形填空题型的各地真题及模拟考试题， 我们不难发现，几乎每份试卷都会有意识地考查一些常见词汇或短语的熟词生义。为此，本平台对这一语用现象进行梳理汇编，以期对大家高考有所裨益。

A

absolute a.确凿的;明确的

There is absolute proof.

The laws of physics are absolute.

accommodate v.给(某人)帮忙;照顾到;考虑到;顺应

I have accommodate a great deal, giving many interviews.

Our plan tried to accommodate the special needs of minority groups.

We need to accommodate to the new schedule.

acknowledge vt.(微笑、挥手)致意

Look! Sam is acknowledging us on the platform.

actor n.行动者;作用物

admit v.招收;容纳

Li Lei was admitted into Anhui University last year.

The hall can hold 300 people.

address n.演说;演讲

Stop interrupting me. I’m preparing an address.

address v.解决

How to address the issue ?

advance v.进步;进展

Practise more, and your performance will advance.

advance n.预付款;涨幅

advance a.事先的;预先的

advance money to sb.预付给某人钱款

advise v.告知;通知

The doctor will advise which medicines are safe to take.

age vi.变老

My Dad has devoted himself to our family and aged a lot.

air n.感觉;神态

The hall has an air of luxury.

She looked at him with a friendly air.

air seal空气隔离层

allergic a. 对...厌恶的

Jenny was allergic to house chores.

allow vt.承认

We must allow that he is a good teacher.

amount to等同于

Wasting time amounts to killing oneself.

appeal v.上诉;申诉

Sun Yang planned to appeal against the decision.

apply vt.竭尽(所能)

We applied our minds to finding a solution to the problem.

apply v.涂抹;敷;施

Apply the cream to your face and neck.

Apply icing eyes and nose.

apply oneself努力学习;勤奋工作

You would pass your exams if you apply yourself.

apply oneself/sth. to doing sth.绞尽脑汁做某事

We applied ourselves to improving the environment.

We applied our minds to improving the environment.

apply to适用于

The tax which applies to soft drinks containing over 5g of sugar per 100ml, was introduced to help reduce childhood obesity.

appreciate v.意识到

We must appreciate the danger ahead.

approach vt.接洽;处理

Several companies have approached us for the product.

We'd better approach the problem soon.

arguably可以说是;可谓是

Jack is arguably the best student in our school.

arise from因...引起

Accidents can arise from carelessness.

arm v.准备

She armed herself for the meeting with all the latest statistics.

article n.条款

Do you agree to all the articles in the contract(合同)?

arrest v.终止;阻止

They failed to arrest the company’s decline.

assume v.担任

James assumed the captain of the basketball team.

attach to迷恋

attack vt.全力应付

Let's attack the crisis together!

attend to照顾;照料

I have some urgent business to attend to.

A nurse attends to him.

available a.(某人)有空的

Professor Wang is not available now.

award vt.判得;授予

He was awarded damages of 1,000 yuan.

The engineer was awarded a gold cup.

B

babyhood n.初期

This industry is still in its babyhood.

back v.支持

My parents back my plan.

a baggy T-short宽松的T恤衫

balance v.权衡;余额

Before we make a choice, we’d better balance its advantages and disadvantages.

My balance runs short.

bar n.障碍

Poor health is a bar to a happy life.

beat the crowds避开高峰期

behavior n.性能;特点

The mobile phone is well know for its nice behaviors.

belong vi.适应;合得来

I don't belong among these people.

bend n.拐弯处

at an eastern bend in the Thames在泰晤士河向东拐弯处

beside prep.和...相比

Your dish tastes delicious beside mine.

blanket v.以厚层覆盖; a.完全的

Snow soon blanketed the frozen ground.

She gave me a blanket refusal.

be blown away 被震撼到

bore v.挖;凿;钻

The drill can bore through the wall.

brand v.被说成;丑化;污蔑

I was branded as a liar and cheat.

browse v.翻阅;刷(信息)

I am browsing TikTok.

build n.身材;体型

The athlete has a fine build.

burning a.炽热的;强烈的

She is burning to receive the offer.

bus v.用公共汽车运送;清理餐桌

He bussed to the city.

After the dinner, Jim bussed the tables.

by extension相应地;延伸地

C

good candidates最佳人选

capital a.根本的;真正的

Our capital task is to carry out our plan.

catering n.餐饮服务

celebrate v.赞扬;称颂

The government celebrated him for his heroic deed.

challenge v.盘问;查问

We were challenged by police at the border.

charge v.猛攻;冲;赋予;充满

We charged at the enemy in the dark.

The room was charged with hatred.

chart vt.记载;记录

The film charts the birth of the Wild Network.

check v.阻止;抑制

Please check your anger.

We should check the spread of the Covid-19.

choice a.优质的;经斟酌的

They served choice beef for lunch.

She summed up the situation in a few choice phrases.

choke v.抑制;克制

High prices have choked off people’s demand.

civil a.有礼貌的

She greeted me civilly.

clean adv.彻底地;完全地

I clean forgot to call him.

clear v. (天气)转晴

The sky cleared after the storm.

click n.吸气音

The rare clicks of some southern African languages.

climate n.思潮;风气

I like the academic climate in our class.

clock v.测速;速度达到;注意到

The police clocked Mary driving over 100 miles an hour.

He clocked 10.09 seconds in the 100-meter final.

I clocked her in the driving mirror.

coach v.指导;辅导

She has coached many young singers.

coat n.涂料层/v.覆盖;涂有

coating n.覆盖层;涂层

come under fire受到攻击;受到批评

command v.博得;赢得

He commanded a lot of support from his colleagues.

condition n.(长期)疾病

Depression is a serious medical condition.

conditioned a.有条件的

Race walkers are conditioned athletes.

considering prep.鉴于;考虑到

consume v.充斥;毁灭

Cary was consumed with guilt.

A big fire consumed the hotel.

contain v.抑制;克制

The government tried to contain the epidemic.

The old man was unable to contain his excitement.

Be careful. The coronavirus has not been completely contained.

contemporary n.同时代人

context n.背景;环境

We are facing a new educational context.

contract v.收缩;萎缩;感染

Her muscles contracted slightly.

The film industry has contracted.

Mary contracted AIDS last year.

contribute v.撰稿

contribute to 参与;导致

We hope everyone will contribute to the discussion.

counter this trend抵制这种趋势

cook up a storm

掀起美食风暴;用心调制;制造混乱

blow up a storm吹上天

date up a storm疯狂恋爱

eat up a storm吃得很饱

talk up a storm夸夸其谈

work up a storm忙得天翻地覆

cook up a story编造故事

count vt.视为

I count Bob as my friend.

course n.一道菜

The main course was beef.

cover v.够付(...的费用)

Can 2,000 yuan cover the trip to Nanjing ?

bar crawls串酒吧活动

credit v.归功于

My success is credited to my parents.

cross a.生气的

The class tutor was cross with the monitor.  

currency n.回报;奖励

D

dash v.催促

Dad dashed me to get up and made a revision for the exam.

dawn v.开始明白

Slowly the truth dawned.

deal with论及

Her poems often deal with the subject of death.

deposit v.放置

He deposited the book on the deask.

discharge v.出院;释放;解雇

dismiss v.拒绝

The chairman tends to disimiss suggestions.

divorce v.分离;脱离

Never divorce theory from practice.

do v.进展

Things are doing well.

dominant a.占优势的;强有力的

drive n.干劲;热情

drive vt.迫使;驱使

E

embarrass v.阻碍;为难

What embarrassed your personal development ?

embrace vt.涉及;包括

This course embraces psychology and literature.

employ v.使用;利用

The have employed wise strategies to avoid the disaster.

engage v.吸引

The movie engaged my interest.

engineer v.策划;设计

enter v.报名;参加

enter a competition参加比赛

enter into感受到

I entered into the spirit of the occasion immediatly I reached China.

enter on/upon开始着手;开始从事

I entered on my teaching career in 1999.

entertain v.怀有;抱有

She entertains a doubt about the theory.

entry n.参赛作品

escape v.被忘记;被忽视

Her name escapes me.

It might have escaped your notice, she went away at the meeting.

even a.平坦的;平局的;平稳的;整齐的

It’s an even game.

The two players are pretty even.

He spoke in an even voice.

example n.警告

Let this be an example to all of us.

excite v.激起;引发

His speech excited our curiosity.

explode v.大发雷霆;勃然大怒

Charles exploded with rage.

exploit v.利用

Let’s exploit every opportunity to become a better person.

F

fever n.狂热;兴奋

He waited in a fever of impatience.

find n.发现物

fine v.&n.罚款

She was fined for speeding.

fix v.收拾(某人);操作(某事)

Jim has made a big mistake, so I’ll fix him.

The final was fixed by some members of the committee.

flight n.楼梯的一段

float v.浮现出(想法)

An idea suddenly floated ino my mind.

We floated the idea to my mum of sharing a house.

floor v.把油门踩到底;开快车

Jack floored his car to the airport.

fly the nest长大离家

force a smile强颜欢笑

foreign n.不熟悉的;格格不入的

The poem is foreign to me.

He appears foreign in the group.

freeze v.别动

Freeze ! Drop your arms.

frequent someplace常去某地

fuel v.助力

Chinese culture fuels international fashion trend.

furnishings n.室内陈设品

G

given prep.鉴于;考虑到

make good补偿;赔偿

All the loss has been made good.

govern v.支配;影响

Prices are governed by market demand.

gravity n.严重性

I don’t think you realise the gravity of the situation.

greet vt.对...作出反应

His deeds were greeted with suspicion.

grill v.盘问;追问

They grilled her about where she had been all night.

ground n.理由

What were his grounds for wanting a divorce ?

gulf n.海湾;差异

H

handsome a.大方的;慷慨的

Jim was paid handsomely.

head for朝...走去

She headed for the school library.

heavy a.晦涩难懂的

I found the novel quite heavy.

a high flavour臭味

high summer盛夏

hit home/strike home切中要害;说到点子上

Bob’s words hit home.

Your comments hit home.

hit home to sb.指戳人心

hold v.有效;适用

My promise still holds.

honorable mentions二等奖

house vt.收藏;安置

The museum houses thousands of masterpieces.

I

impress on v.使意识到

He impressed on us the need for immediate action.

industry n.勤勉;努力

His success is due to industry.

inform vt.对...有影响

Rome's Colosseum remains the world's best-known stadium and continues to inform contemporary design.

interests n.利益;股份

introduce vt.了解;尝试

Jack introduced the pleasure of hiking to me.

invent v.捏造;虚构

Jerry will invent excuses.

invite v.招引

The opening window invited the thief.

J

jacket n.毛皮

jam v.塞进;挤进

Five people were jammed into the shabby car.

jar v.刺激

Their loud voices jared on my nerves.

K

keep the law遵守法律

kick n.兴趣;劲头

knock v.批评;攻击

The newspapers are always knocking the England team.

knowingly a.故意地;会意地

He was absent from the meeting knowingly.

He glanced at her knowingly.

L

labour v.潜心地做;辛苦地做

They labored away over a research.

land a job好不容易捞到一份工作

land the trick掌握了技巧

lay a plan制定计划

lecture v训斥;教训批评

The bossy teacher often lectures his students.

lead n.铅

lesson n.训斥

give sb. a lesson训斥某人

let v.出租

I let the house last week.

library n.收藏;收藏量

I have a large library of coins.

lift v.消散

The fog began to lift.

Her depression lifted after enjoying a song.

lose v (钟表)慢

My watch loses 5 minutes.

M

be mad about特别喜欢

make believe假装

The lady makes believe she were a princess.

market vt.推销

We are marketing the device.

match n.匹配;对手

mean 吝啬的;刻薄的;凶巴巴的;出色的;平均的

She is mean with money.

Don’t be so mean to your brother.

It’s mean-looking dog.

He’s a mean tennis player.

The mean temperature is 20 centigrade in the night.

mental register内心流露;内心表达

message n.寓意

Try to figure out the message behind the story.

message v.向...发信息

Brian messaged me the change of our appointment time.

might n.力量;权威

China is a country with strong military might.

mind v.照看;照料;听某人的话

Who is minding the chiledren this evening?

I can mind your luggage while you are away.

Remember: always mind your mother!

the minutes会议记录

miss v.未击中;没接住

He missed 2 goals in the match.

＊give sth. a miss不去做;不理会

I will give badminton a miss tonight.

我今晚不想打羽毛球了。

a miss is as good as a mile错误再小也是错

mix v.交往

Jim doesn’t mix with his classmates.

monitor v.监听

move n.建议;提议

must n.必需品;必备

N

narrowly ad.差点儿没

come near to差一点就

nobody n.小人物

nose vt.缓缓前行

Our car nosed its war along the road.

note v.注意到;留意

Please note that the office will be closed on weekends.

Not on your life.一点也不

novel a.新颖的

We really valued her novel ideas.

O

observe vt.说话

She observed that he she was busy.

occur v.被想到

It did not occur to me that he disagreed with me.

A brilliant idea occurred to him when he wanted to give it up.

operate v.见效

The medicine operated immediately.

good offices斡旋

Through Bob’s good offices, I landed the job.

be onto something了解、掌握某事

out of place格格不入

outgoing a.即将离职的

outstanding a.未完成的

own v.承认

She owned that she was absent from the office.

P

pack up收拾行李

pair A with B将A与B配对

part v.分手

passage n.通道

passage n.(法律、规章制度等的)通过

In 1934, with the passage of the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act,....

passport n.路径

The passport to success is hard work.

pattern n.典范

Our monitor set the pattern for us to follow.

pay v.收益;划算;创收

It’s hard to make farming pay.

Crime doesn’t pay.

It would probably pay you to hire an account.

It pays you to keep up to date.

与时俱进是有利的。

personality n.(娱乐、体育界)名人;风云人物

Allen Guo is a sports personality in China.

pick n.精华

The New Theater presents the pick of the UK's touring shows.

picture v.想象;描绘;回忆

I can still picture the house I grew up in.

pilot v.试点;试行

The new policy can be piloted in Shanghai first.

a pilot program试点项目

place v.放置

plane n.水平

She has reached a higher plane of achievement.

plant n.工厂

please v.取悦

policy n.保险单

pool v.集中

The students work individually and the pool their ideas in groups of six.

position n.立场;观点

possess v.支配;控制

pound v.猛击

pour into涌入

practise empathy共情

Wales' premier comedy club

威尔士首屈一指的喜剧俱乐部

press v.劝说;逼问

If pressed, he will admit.

press n.媒体

The press didn't support his idea.

pressure vt.迫使

He hopes that his work will help pressure big companies to reduce their plastic footprint.

private a.内向的;不爱交流的

progress v.(时间上)流逝

As the evening progressed, the weather became colder.

project v.规划;预测;投影;发送(声音)

project oneself as把自己打造成...人设

Lucy wants to project herself as a strong woman.

promise v.有望

He promises to be the best athlete in the school.

promising a.有前途的;有希望的

He was the most promising actor in China.

The weather doesn’t look promising.

天气看起来不好。

puzzle n.智力游戏

pyramid-selling传销

Q

question vt.怀疑;质问

No one has questioned his ability.

R

rail vi.怒斥

He railed at what I had did.

raise v.谈及;引发;与...取得联系

The book raises many important questions.

The lecture raised many smiles and applauds.

We managed to raise him on his mobile phone.

raise the bar 提高标准

rate vt.评价;对...很看好

Movie reviewers would not rate it highly.

reach out to sb.愿意帮助某人;愿意接纳某人

read n.读物;读书

reason vt.推断

He reasoned that the housing price would rise.

refresh v.提醒;使想起

I had to refresh my memory by looking at my notes.

regular n.常客;老主顾

relate to 理解并同情;体恤

I was ever a child, so I can relate to your feelings.

religion n.特别的兴趣;至高无上的追求

For him, poetry is a religion.

remember v.给...小费

Do remember the waiter after meals.

remote a.疏远的

repair v.弥补

It was too late to repair the damage I have caused.

rest v.托着;支撑着;被搁置

Rest your head on my shoulder.

His chin rested on his hands.

The matter can’t rest there.

review v.回顾

It’s time to review our failures.

run v.开设;持续;处于有效期;发生;变得

The college runs summer courses.

Her last musical ran for six months on Broadway.

The permit(许可证) runs for three months.

The TV programm are running a few minutes behind schedule.

The river ran dry.

＊run a story刊登文章

＊can’t afford to run a car 养不起车

＊run late 晚点

All the trains are running late.

S

You said it.我同意你的意见。

the salt of the earth诚实、正派的人

save sb. a seat给某人留个座位

say v.提示;表明

His ID says he is 18.

make a scene吵架

Score clothes from your friends

从朋友那里征集衣服

screen v.保护;遮挡;筛查

Dark glasses screen his eyes from the sun.

We should be regularly screened for cancers.

seat vt.容纳...人;供...座位

Rome's Colosseum was 157 feet tall and had 80 entrances, seating 50,000 people.

second v.附和;赞成

We all second this proposal.

security blanket安全保障

Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third admit that it's not really necessary and they're keeping it as a security blanket.

see v.(某段时间/某地)经历

This stadium has seen many thrilling games.

The next years saw bad harvests.

seeing that conj.鉴于;考虑到

see the light开窍;豁然开朗

seize v.掌握;把握

I can’t seize the meaning of what you said.

set out阐述;说明

Please set out the situation in that area.

settled into the city

适应了这座城市

shadow v.

盯梢;实地学习或参观

He was shadowed for a week by the police.

The young teachers shadowed a senior teacher for a month.

shoot n.嫩芽;新枝

shoot v.快速移动;疾驰

a big shot重要人物

free shots免费的酒水

the shoulder season (相对于淡旺季的)平季

slight vt.冷落;轻视

She felt slighted at the party.

slip v.变差;退步

Keeping a diary will make sure nothing slips by you.

slip n.差错;纰漏

small fry

无足轻重的人/物/事

However, that was small fry compared with the city's Circus Maximus.

snake v.蜿蜒前行

side dish配菜

somebody pron.大人物

something of a可以说是一个

the life of soul关键人物

safe and sound安然无恙的

We arrived home safe and sound.

soup kitchen施食处(为穷人免费提供食物)

spare v.免除;饶恕

They killed the men but spared the kids.

spread v.抹;敷;感染

Spread the mixture in the cake tin and bake for 30 minuts.

His confidence spread throughout the team.

spring v.涌出;跳起

squeeze in 挤出时间见某人/做某事

Squeezing in phone calls can be a challenge.

stage v.举办;举行;上演

stamp v.跺脚

stand n.摊点;看台;立场

stand v.位于;忍受;处于(某状态);停靠;维持不变;很可能

My offer still stands.我的报价仍然有效。

Stir the mixture and let it stand for 20 minutes.

搅拌混合物，让其搁置20分钟。

You stand to make a lot from this deal.

你很可能会从这笔生意中大赚一笔

standing n.声望;地位;排名

start-up n.新兴企业(尤指互联网公司)

station v.驻扎

steal v.快速偷偷地

He stole out of the room so as not to wake up the baby.

step up to the plate承担责任;做出回应

You are 18 years old now. It is time that you should step up to the plate.

stomach vt.忍受

I can't stomach what she said and did.

straightforward a.简单的;易懂的

It’s quite straightforward to understand the theory.

stretch v.大量使用;消耗

The earthquake stretched resources.

strength n.强项;优势

strike v.突然想到

A great idea struck me when I left the spot.

strike sb. as strange使某人感到震惊

His comment struck me as strange.

style hair/set hair做头发

subject n.实验对象

subject a.受...影响的;服从于;取决于

We need male subjects between ages of 18 and 28 for the experiment..

Flights are subject to delaybecause of the fog.

The article is ready to publish, subject to your approval.

succeed v.继承

Jack will succeed his father as boss of the group.

support v.证实;资助

The evidence supported the witness’s story.

Two companies are supporting the project.

sweat v.焦虑;不安

The final exam really made me sweat.

sympathy n.赞同;支持

Thank you for your sympathy for me.

T

take it out on sb.向某人出气

take on与...竞争;与...战斗

To land the job, you have to take on other candidates.

take on a new place换地方

tell v.起作用;起效果

Good training will always tell.

that said即便如此

ticket n.罚单

tie v.打成平局

touch n.风格;润色

touch down着陆;降落

train n.路径

The phone ringing interrupted my train of thought.

电话铃声打断了我的思路。

trip v.绊倒;吞吞吐吐

She tripped and fell.

Chris tripped on the "-ld," a pronunciation difficulty for him.

twist n.扭摆舞(舞蹈的一种)

twist the truth歪曲真相

U

undertake v.承诺

I can’t undertake that you will make a profit.

uniform a.相同的;一致的

The walls were a uniform gray.

V

vain a.虚荣的

She’s too vain to wear school uniforms.

value v.重视;珍视

I value him as a friend.

The area is valued for its vineyards.

W

walks of life 各行各业

wander v.走神;开小差

It’s easy to let your mind wonder if you are sleepy.

buy way too much买太多

Even worse, I had unthinkingly bought way too much.

weather v.褪色;变色

weather the storm经受住风暴的考验

weigh v.权衡

I weighed the benefits and risks of the plan.

weight n.分量;重要性

Never ignore the weight of an expert’s opinion.

welfare n.待遇

I found animal welfare was among the hardest to bear.

well v.流出,涌出

Tears were welling up im her eyes.

He’s well able to take care of himself.

＊can/could well 容易地;轻易地

She could well afford a house.

＊may/might well 极可能

＊may/might as well 倒不如

be well on in很晚

It was well on in the evening when we arrived at the village.

will n.遗嘱;毅力

winter images冬景

workshop n.研讨班

wicked a.顽皮的;淘气的