Word List 17-6
1.magnificent adj.富丽堂皇的，宏伟的，极好的
【记】词根记忆：magni(大)+fic(做)+ent--做得够大--宏伟的
【例】The National Day parade was a magnificent spectacle.
国庆阅兵的场面十分壮观。

2.sever v.切断，割开
【例】The traveler severed a branch from the trunk for a stick.
旅游者从树干上砍下一根树枝做手杖。

3.cease v．停止，结束
【例】The King's troops never ceased their attacks on the city.
国王的军队从未停止过对这座城市的攻击。

4.bruise n．（人体、水果或植物等碰撞后产生的）青肿或伤痕；（感情等方面的）挫伤 v.使（皮肉）青肿，碰伤（水果、植物等）;碾碎，捣烂（水果等）：挫伤（感情等）
【例】The men were getting bruised from tackling each other and being hit with equipment.
男人们在相互扭打时被设备撞到，受了伤。(1997)

5.flame n．火焰，火舌；闪光 v.焚烧; 发光；闪耀
【记】词根记忆：flam（燃烧；火焰）+e--火焰
【例】Gigantic waves of flame that covered entire neighborhoods and filled the skies over southern California with ash have killed at least 13 people.
巨大的火焰笼罩了整个街区，烟尘布满了南加州的天空，造成至少13人丧生。
in flames: Twenty residents are told to leave their homes as a disused mill in Bradford goes up in flames.
布拉德福镇上一处废弃的工厂着火，20名居民被要求撤离。

6.apart adv.相隔，相距；离开，离去；拆开
【记】联想记忆：a(表加强)+part(分开)--拆开
【例】In such an atmosphere, the partners grow further and further apart, both love and liking disappearing.
在这种氛围中，夫妻之间的隔阂越来越大，爱和情都消失无踪。(2001)
apart from...Apart from his affiliations with the FBI, Disney was more or less the genuine article.
撇开他和美国联邦调查局的关系不说，迪斯尼或多或少也算一个真诚的人。(2002)
【用】apart常与from搭配，除接名词表示“远离某人或某物”之外，还可以组成词组apart from，意思是“且莫说，撇开…不说”。

7.swathe vt．把…裹在，把…围在
【例】Bertha was swathed in a red silk dress that fitted where it touched.
伯莎穿着一件十分合身的红色丝裙。

8.flash v．（使）闪光，（使）闪烁；突发，闪现；飞驴，掠过 n.闪光；闪现；闪光灯
【记】网络上好看的flash动画
【例】A new type of speed camera that does not flash and requires no film is being tested in west London.
一款新式的无闪光、无需胶片的高速相机正在伦敦西区进行测试。