Unit 4 Natural Disasters 词汇积累知识清单-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

UNIT 4 Natural Disasters disaster[dr'za:stə(r) ] n. 灾难；灾害 a natural disaster 自然灾害 例：People began to wonder how long the disaster would last. 人们开始疑惑，这场灾难还会持续多久。 tornado[tɔːˈneɪdəʊ] n. (pl. -oes or -os)龙卷风；旋风 drought[draʊt] n. 旱灾；久旱 例：During the drought the river dried up. 旱灾期间，河流都干涸了。 The drought was universal that year.那年到处是干旱。 landslide['lændslaid] n. (landfall)(山地或悬崖的）崩塌；滑坡 例：Their house was buried by a landslide. 发生了山体滑坡，他们的房子被埋了。 slide [slaid] /vi. &vt. (slid, slid/slid/)(使）滑行；滑动 ►v.(slid，slid)(使)滑动，(使)滑行 ►n.滑，滑动；幻灯片：The book slid off my knee.书从我膝盖上滑落了。 Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin？当你看到有人被香蕉皮滑倒，你会感到滑稽可笑吗？ 例：The boys slid down the slope. 男孩们从斜坡上滑下来。 He carefully slid the top off the box. 他小心地将箱盖挪开。 slide away 溜走 slide off 滑落 tsunami[tsu:'na:mi]n. 海啸 flood[flʌd] n. 洪水；大量ni. 淹没；大量涌入水；淹没vt. 使灌满水；淹没 ►n.①[C]&[U]洪水；水灾：Four people nearly drowned in the flood.有四人差点在洪水中淹死。 Have you ever experienced a flood？你曾经历过洪水吗？ ②[C](流出或发出的)一大阵；一大批；大量：What a flood of rain！好一阵大雨！ He received a flood of letters on his birthday.生日那天他收到了一大堆信。 A simple click can even bring us a flood of music，movies and PC games.甚至简单一击，就能带来大量的音乐，电影和游戏。 ►vt.淹没；使泛滥；(洪水般地)涌进；充满：Heavy rainfalls flooded the village.大雨淹了这个村庄。 As soon as he advertised，the company was flooded with demands for the little，cubic­shaped radios.他一做广告后，公司就接到了大量定购这种小型立方体收音机的订单。 ►vi.为水所淹；泛滥；(洪水般地)涌进；涌出：The river used to flood every year.这条河过去年年泛滥。 例：Many houses were washed away by the floods. 很多房子水冲走了。 He received a flood of grateful letters. 他收到量感谢信。 When we visited my old family home, memory came flooding back. 我们参观我的故居时，回忆涌上了心头。（辽宁） Heavy rainfalls flooded the village. 大雨淹没了这村庄。 【高考真题】 Ask the tourists from around the world that flood into Yellowstone National Park what they most hope to see, and their answer is often the same: a grizzly bear. 询问涌入黄石国家公园的世界各地的游客他们最希望看到什么，他们的回答通常是一样的: 一只灰熊。(2023年全国甲卷 阅读) volcanic eruption[vɒlˈkænɪk ɪ'rʌpʃ(ə)n]火山喷发 magnitude['mægnitju:d] n. (地）震级；重大 例：We did not realize