Unit 5 单词讲义-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit5单词讲义 termite 词性：名词 中文意思：白蚁 英文释义：a small insect that eats wood or other materials, especially one that constructs nests of a honeycomb structure 词源：来自葡萄牙语"termite"，意为"木工"，因为白蚁会破坏木材。 例句：The termite has a voracious appetite for wood. 固定搭配：termite mound（白蚁丘） 近义词：white ant mound 词性：名词 中文意思：土堆，小山 英文释义：a small hill or pile of earth, sand, etc. 词源：来自古英语"mund"，意为"堆积"。 例句：The archaeologists discovered an ancient burial mound. 固定搭配：mound spring（泉眼） 近义词：hill, knoll, rise algae 词性：名词 中文意思：藻类 英文释义：any of various simple plants, such as seaweed, growing in water or moist soil and having no true flowers or leaves. 词源：来自拉丁语"alga"，意为"海藻"。 例句：Algae are the base of the food chain in many aquatic ecosystems. 固定搭配：seaweed algae（海草藻类） 近义词：seaweed, marine plant take ... for granted 词性：短语动词 中文意思：认为...理所当然，对...不予重视 英文释义：to consider something to be normal and not surprising, and therefore not worth thanking or appreciating. 词源：该短语由动词"take"和介词短语"for granted"组成，表示将某事物视为理所当然。 例句：I took my health for granted until I got sick. 固定搭配：take it for granted（认为...理所当然） 近义词：assume, presume, suppose tile 词性：名词/动词 中文意思：瓦片，瓷砖；铺瓦，贴瓷砖 英文释义：a thin, flat piece of baked clay used for covering roofs, walls, floors, etc.; to cover (a surface) with tiles. 词源：来自拉丁语"tegula"，意为"平板"。 例句：She bought some new tiles for the bathroom floor. 固定搭配：tile roof（瓦片屋顶） architect 词性：名词/动词 中文意思：建筑师；设计，构思 英文释义：a person who designs buildings or other structures；to plan or design (something) in a careful and skillful way 词源：来源于拉丁语 "architectus"，意为"首席建筑师"或"主要设计者" 例句：He is an architect who designed the city's most famous buildings.（他是一位设计了这座城市最著名的建筑的建筑师。） 固定搭配：building architect（建筑设计师），city architect（城市规划师） 近义词：designer, planner, creator mimic 词性：动词/名词 中文意思：模仿，模拟；效仿者，嘲弄的对象 英文释义：to copy the actions or speech of (someone), often in order to make people laugh; a person or thing that copies the behavior of another 词源：来源于拉丁语 "mimicus"，意为"模仿者"或"演员" 例句：The comedian's jokes were based on mimicking the way people speak.（这个喜剧演员的笑话是基于模仿人们说话的方式。