雅思阅读分类词汇--科技
分类: IELTS雅思英语
ubiquitous 普遍存在的= omnipresent (^ omniscient, omnipotent) versatile (人)多才多艺的,(物)通用的à versatility alchemy 炼金术 transmute 变形,变质transmute silver into gold (!) arduous 艰巨的 (=strenuous)an arduous task pitfall 陷阱,未预见之困难 metallurgy 冶金 alloy 合金 aluminum = aluminium (BE)^ calcium, uranium, radium^ copper, brass, bronze electrode 电极 distill 蒸馏 distilled water quartz 石英 phosphorus 磷,磷光物质 inflammable 易燃的 (? flame) combustion 燃烧 (à combustible)spontaneous combustion (white phosphorus) ceramic 陶瓷的 瓷器 (à ceramics) insulate 隔离,绝缘à insulator (<> conductor) fiber 纤维 (BE: fibre)fiber optics (纤维光学) optics 光学 (à optical) retina 视网膜 iris 虹膜 opaque 不透明的v.s. transparent, translucent microprocessor 微处理器^ CPU(Central Processing Unit), chip binary 二进制的 integrate à integrated, integrationintegrated circuit (IC), system integration (SI) buffer 缓冲区buffer storage browser 浏览器 (^ IE, Netscape) hypertext 超文本 envisage 想象,看作 en + vis(see) + ageThe internet can be envisaged as a network of visual telephone links. momentous (极为)重要的v.s. momentary reticular 网状的 Ethernet 以太网 domain 域 domain names cyberlaw 网络法律 “cyber-“: Internet relatedcyberlove, cybercafe, … patent 专利 (à patented)v.s. copyright, ^ pirated software/VCD’s chronological 按时间顺序的 “chron”: time^ chronic, chronicle, chronograph robot 机器人(“肉包它”)à robotics artificial 人造的,做作的artificial satellite/smile cone 圆锥体,锥形物the nose cone of a missile Jupiter 木星^ Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn exorbitant 过度的,过分的,过高的ex(out) + orbit + ant centripetal 向心(力)的<> centrifugal high-rise 高楼 (~ skyscraper) cathedral 大教堂 dome 圆顶 (a hemispherical roof) infrastructure 基础设施<> superstructure sewage 污水,下水道 hydraulic 水力的,水压的 landfill 垃圾掩埋(地) ventilation 通风 thermostat 温控器 thermo(hot) + stat(steady)^ thermos, thermometer, thermonuclear prefabricate 预先制造à prefab (预制的) polytechnic 各种工艺的 理工学校Hong Kong Polytechnic geometric 几何(学)的? geometry, geo(land) + metry(measure) asymmetry 不对称 a(not) + sym(same) + metry(↑)<> symmetry concave 凹的 (<> convex) bilateral 双边的,两方面的<> unilateral paradoxical “似非而是”的? paradox (悖论) empirical 经验的empirical law/formula clockwise 顺时针的 (<> anticlockwise)