bruise [bruːz] blue l-r-m-n
a blue, brown or purple mark that appears on the skin after sb has fallen, been hit, etc
to develope a bruise or to cause someone or something to have a bruise
to affect sb badly and make them feel unhappy and less confident
n. 青肿;擦伤；挫伤
v 使受瘀伤；使受挫伤;(感情等)易受伤害

例句
Her feelings bruise easily.
她的感情易受伤害。
He fell from his bike and bruised his knee.
他从自行车上跌下,擦伤了膝盖。
His sarcastic comment bruised her feelings.
他的挖苦话伤了她的感情。

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And people, they would rip off your shirt to see if you had a bruise from a recoiling rifle.
人们会扯掉你的衬衣,看你胸口是否有步枪后作力造成的瘀伤.

obliterate letter literate

literate ['litərit]
able to read and write
having knowledge of a particular subject, or a particular type of knowledge:
an educated person
a person who can read and write
adj. 能读写的，有文化修养的
n. 能读写的人；有文化修养的人

obliterate [ə'blitəreit] ob=ab=away
to remove all sign of something, either by destroying it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen:
to make an idea or feeling disappear completely:
vt. 消灭；涂去；冲刷；忘掉

例句
He obliterated the blackboard before break.
他在下课之前擦干净了黑板。
The heavy rain obliterated all footprints.
大雨冲掉了所有的脚印。
Anne was eager to obliterate her error.
安妮极想忘却她的错误。

趣味单词

eager meager

meager ['mi:ɡə]
having little flesh : thin
a meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you need
lacking desirable qualities
deficient in quality or quantity
adj. 贫乏的；瘦的；食物质量差的；粗劣的
(文学作品、思想)不丰富的；不完备的；枯竭的；不详尽的

例句
He could not support his family on his meager salary.
他靠微薄的工资无法养家。

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He was born in relatively meager and humble circumstances in Kentucky, not what, about 80 miles from where Abraham Lincoln was born, in even meagerer circumstances.
他出生在肯塔基州一个,相对贫寒的家庭,不过不是约80英里外林肯出生的,那个更穷苦的地方