61. barium [ˋbɛrɪəm] n. [U] 鋇
She had to drink something with barium in it before her stomach X-ray.
她在照胃部 X 光之前,必須喝下一種含有鋇的液體。
62. bark [bɑrk] n. [C] 三桅帆船;輕舟
One of the masts of the bark was broken in the storm.
那艘三桅帆船有一根桅杆在暴風雨中折斷。
They let their bark float downstream.
他們讓輕舟順流而下。
63. barley [ˋbɑrlɪ] n. [U] 大麥
The grain of barley is used as food and in making beer and whiskey.
大麥穀粒可作為食物,也可用來釀啤酒和威士忌。
64. barometer [bəˋrɑmətɚ] n. [C]
(1)氣壓計;晴雨表
(2)(比喻)情勢指標;變化的風向標
When the reading of the barometer goes down, it is going to be hot and humid.
當氣壓計的讀數下降時,天氣就會變熱變濕。
Interest rates are an important economic barometer.
利率是一項重要的經濟指標。
65. baron [ˋbærən] n. [C]
(1)男爵;
(2)大亨,鉅子
He was named a baron last year.
他去年被冊封為男爵。
A baron’s wife is a baroness.
男爵的妻子稱作「男爵夫人」。
Jane Fonda married a news media baron.
珍芳達嫁給了一位新聞業鉅子。
an oil baron 石油大王
He’s a press baron.
他是一位報業巨頭。
66. baroness [ˋbærənɪs] n. [C] 男爵夫人;女男爵
Two peers—one of them a baroness—were killed in the car accident.
兩位貴族——其中一人是女男爵——在車禍中喪生。
The baroness came to visit us.
那位男爵夫人來拜訪我們。
67. baroque [bəˋrok] a. 巴洛克風格的;過度雕琢的
That baroque palace was built in the seventeenth century.
那座巴洛克宮殿建於十七世紀。
I enjoy listening to baroque music written in the eighteenth century.
我喜歡聽十八世紀的巴洛克音樂。
68. barracks [ˋbærəks] n. [C] 軍營,營房(單複數同形)
He was confined to the barracks for striking an officer.
他因毆打軍官而被禁足於營房中。
This barracks is old.(單數)
這間營房很老舊。
These barracks are very old.(複數)
這些營房非常老舊。
69. barrage [bəˋrɑʒ] n. [C] 密集砲火;連珠砲般的攻勢(亦可作比喻)
A barrage has stopped the advance of the enemy troops.
一陣密集砲火已阻止敵軍推進。
Our army fired a barrage at the enemy.
我方軍隊向敵人發動密集砲擊。
70. barren [ˋbærən] a.
(1)貧瘠的;不毛的(土地)
(2)不育的(動物、人)
(3)不結果的(植物)
(4)無益的,徒然的
(5)不含某事物的(置於名詞之後)
No crops can grow on this barren land.
這片不毛之地無法耕種。
Barren soil 貧瘠的土壤
The old hen is barren.
那隻老母雞已不再下蛋。
You should get rid of these barren apple trees.
你該砍掉這些不結果的蘋果樹。
a barren flower 無性繁殖的花
I don’t think this barren discussion can lead us anywhere.
我不認為這場空談能導致任何成果。
His writing is barren of insight.
他的文章缺乏洞察力。
a hill barren of trees
光禿無樹的小山丘
71. barricade [ˋbærəˌked, ˋbærɪˌked]
n. [C](1)路障;障礙物;拒馬;防禦工事
vt.(2)設置障礙物;設防;阻隔
The police put up a barricade to keep the demonstrators away.
警方設置路障以防止示威者接近。
The protesters blocked the road with barricades.
抗議者用路障堵住了道路。
The police barricaded the streets.
警方在街道上設置了障礙物。
The road was barricaded with huge stones.
那條道路被巨石封住了。
74. barring [ˋbɑrɪŋ] prep. 除…之外;如果沒有…的話
Barring accidents, he’ll arrive on Tuesday.
除非發生意外,他將於星期二抵達。
73. barrio [ˋbɑrio] n. [C] 鄰里地區;(尤指)西語裔社區
A barrio often refers to a part of an American town or city where many Spanish-speaking people live.
Barrio 常指美國城市中大量講西班牙語者所居住的地區。
74. barrister [ˋbærɪstɚ] n. [C](英國等國的)律師;出庭辯護律師
The company has hired a famous barrister to fight the case.
那家公司已聘請一位著名律師來處理此案。
75. barter [ˋbɑrtɚ]
vt. 以物易物;以貨換貨
n. [U] 物物交換
They bartered farm products for fertilizers.
他們用農產品換取肥料。
76. basalt [ˋbæsɔlt, bəˋsɔlt] n. [U] 玄武岩
Basalt is formed when liquid lava from a volcano becomes solid.
玄武岩是在火山岩漿冷卻凝固後形成的。
77. base [bes] a.
(1)卑鄙的;惡劣的;卑賤的
(2)劣質的;不純的
Cheating is base conduct.
作弊是一種卑劣的行為。
He is base enough to do such a thing.
他竟惡劣到能做出這種事。
Base behavior 卑鄙的行為
This building is constructed with base materials.
這棟建築使用的是劣質材料。
78. bash [bæʃ]
vt.(1)猛擊;痛毆
n. [C](2)重擊
I bashed him on the head.
我狠狠敲了他的頭。
I gave him a bash on the head.
我朝他的頭狠狠一擊。
79. bashful [ˋbæʃfəl] a. 害羞的;靦腆的
She is too bashful to speak in public.
她太害羞,不敢在公眾場合講話。
80. basilica [bəˋsɪlɪkə, bəˋzɪlɪkə] n. [C] (天主教的)大教堂
Michelangelo was already in his seventies when he designed the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in 1547.
米開朗基羅在設計聖彼得大教堂圓頂時,年已七旬(1547 年)。
選字:base
名詞和動詞是這個字比較常見的用法,讓我們複習一下
n. 基礎、基地、根據地 The army returned to the base.
v. 建立於……的基礎上 His theory is based on facts.
當形容詞用時,是卑劣、低下的意思
- base-born:出身卑微的(常見於古典文學或莎士比亞語境)
- base coin / base metal:劣幣;非貴金屬,或貶低的象徵
