Monument: (n.)L.6

The jets from Washington National Airport that normally fly around the president monument like hungry gulls are ,for the

moment ,represented by the one that fell.

A building or sth. That preserves the memory of a person or event.

a) 纪念碑,石碑；墓碑；纪念物,纪念像,纪念门,纪念馆；遗迹；遗址；遗物；不朽的功业[著作](等)；标石,界石；〔古语〕纪录；标记

? 例句：A monument was erected to the memory of that great scientist.树立了一块纪念碑纪念那位伟大的科学家。 ? Syn: Tombstone, Gravestone, Headstone.

Moon-flooded: (adj.)L.2

I sat up ,and in the moon-flooded cabin was my grandfather

standing beside me.

Moonlight: (n.)L.4

I will build it out of music by moonlight ,and stain it with my own heart′

s blood.

a) N: 1.月光

? 例句：Her spectacles glinted in the moonlight.

她的眼镜在月光下反着光。

2.(通常为躲债而)潜逃

? 例句: When I called to get the money she owed me, I found she’d done a moonlight flit.

我打电话向她催债时，发现她已经逃走了。

3. 参与夜袭的人

4.月光下的活动

Mop: (v.)L.5

While he was at it ,he decided ,he might as well mop

the floor.

To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop.

a) N: 墩布,拖把；类似拖把的东西

? 例句：She bought a new white mop.

她买了一个白色的新拖把。

b) Vt: 拿墩布拖；擦(泪、汗等)

? 词组：Mop up：做扫尾工作,擦,抹,痛击,吃完

? 例句：A worker mopped the floor this morning.

今天早晨一个工人用拖把擦洗了地板。

? Syn: Wash, Wipe, Clean, Dust.

Mortgage: (n.)L.13 （过去式：mortgaged过去分词：mortgaged现在分词：mortgaging复数：mortgages）

Banks wouldn′t give them mortgage ,so they had to keep on renting.

An agreement to borrow money from a bank in order to buy a house , with the house belonging to the lender until the money is repaid.

a) N:【法律】抵押贷款；抵押权；抵押契据；受押人对抵押品的权利。 on mortgage (拿房屋等)作抵押。

? 例句：The bank refused to accept any mortgage on land.

银行拒绝接受任何土地抵押。

b) Vt:抵押；把…许给。 mortgage oneself [one's life] to the revolutionary cause 献身革命事业。

? 例句: His business is failing; he's mortgaged all his assets to try to save it.

他的企业在亏损, 他抵押了所有资产企图挽救它。

? Syn: Advance，Credit，Finance.

Moscow :(n.)L.15 莫斯科〔俄罗斯首都〕

Atomic clocks at some 50 timekeeping stations around the world form Washington to Paris to Moscow allow

? 例句：I have stayed in Moscow for a long time.

Motion: (n.)L.14 （过去式：motioned过去分词：motioned现在分词：motioning复数：motions）

I reminded him not to push the SEND button until I confirmed vertical motion.

The act or process of changing position or place.

a) N:1.运动,动,移动 : (天体的)运行；2.(车、船等的)动摇(机器的)开动,运转；【机械工程】机械装置,机制。3.动作,举动；手势；眼色；姿态；〔pl.〕(个人或团体的)行动,举动,活动

4.(议会中的)提议,动议；动机,意向；刺激；【法律】申请,请求。5.大便；〔pl.〕排泄物6.【音乐】(旋律、曲调的)变移。

? 例句：The object is no longer in cyclical motion.

这物体已不再循环运动。

b) Vt:1.(向…)打手势, 示意

? 例句：The teacher motioned the boy to study.

老师示意那个孩子去学习。

? Syn: Movement, Action, Activity, Shift.

Mouse: (n.)L.2 （过去式：moused过去分词：moused现在分词：mousing复数：mice）

a) N:.1.老鼠2.鼠标3.羞怯[胆小]的人

? 例句：A mouse is a small animal.老鼠是一种小动物。 He is a strange little mouse, never said anything.

他竟然胆小如鼠, 一句话都没说。

Mph:L.9

My husband exclaimed as pastoral scenery slid by us at 55 mph.

a) =miles per hour 每小时英里数

? 例句：

Mummy: (n.)L.15

By determining its level of carbon-14 ,scientists can tell the age of an Egyptian mummy or of charcoal from an ancient Indian home.

a) N:1.<口>妈妈 2.木乃伊,干尸 3.软弱的男孩(或男人)

? 例句：I′ll have to ask my mummy.我得问问我的妈咪。 They found some gold coins and mummies in the lowest level of the site. 他们在发掘现场的最下层找到一些金币和几具木乃伊。 Musician: (n.)L.4 （复数：musicians）

“The Musicians will play upon their stringed instruments.

a) N:音乐家

? 例句：Even great musicians require constant practice.

即使是伟大的音乐家也需要不断的练习。

? Syn: Performer, Instrumentalist, Conductor, Artiste, Composer.

Mutuality: (n.)L.12

The old emphasis upon superficial difference had to give away to education for mutuality and for citizenship in the human community.

a) N:1.相互关系,相关2.同感；亲密。

? 例句：

? Syn: Sympathy, Empathy, Support, Affinity.

Muzzle: (n.)L.2 （过去式：muzzled过去分词：muzzled现在分词：muzzling复数：muzzles）

Slowly the wolf raised his muzzle.

a) N:.1.(四足动物的)鼻口部 2.(防止动物咬人的)口套 3.枪口, 炮口

? 例句：

b) Vt: 1.给(狗等)戴口套 2.使缄默, 钳制…言论

? 例句：The newspapers were effectively muzzled by strict censorship laws.

严厉的新闻审查法有效地使那些报纸沉默了下来。

? Syn: Silence, Gag, Hush, Quiet, Suppress, Stifle.

Mythology: (n.)L.8 （复数：mythologies）

He gave me a set of books called Greek Myth——mythic——mythologies, that′s it !

a) N:1.神话学 2.神话(总称) 3.虚构的事实；错误的观点

? 例句：He studies Greek and Roman mythology.

他研究希腊和罗马神话。

? Syn: Myths, Folklore, Tradition.

Naive: (adj.)L.8

We don′t expect you to be so childish as to lock me up in my room ,call the police ,or anything so na?ve as that!

a) Adj: 1.幼稚的; 无经验的; 单纯的 2.天真的; 轻信的

? 例句：It's naive of you to believe he'll do what he says.

相信他会言行一致, 你未免太单纯了。

? Syn: Myths, Legends, Folklore, Tradition.

Nanosecond: (n.)L.15

First built in 1948 ,these clocks generally use atoms of cesium , a silvery white metal and are accurate to within a few nanosecond a day.

a) N:十亿分之一秒

? 例句：

Narrative: (n.)L.14 （复数：narratives）

At some point ——I have no idea when ——I put the phone down and started typing again, filing the copy to Washington where Trott assembled all the pieces into a more or less coherent narrative.

a) N: 1.记叙文; 故事 2.叙述, 讲述; 叙述部分 3.叙事技巧

? 例句：His trip through the world made an interesting narrative.

他周游世界的旅行是个很有趣的故事。

b) Adj:叙述的; 叙事体的

? 例句：He was a writer of great narrative power.

他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。

? Syn: Story, Tale, Account, Description, Plot.

Nausea: (n.)L.11

He swallowed hard and choked back the nausea.

a) N:作呕;恶心;反胃

? 例句：Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.

怀孕期常有恶心的现象。

? Syn: Sickness, Vomiting, Queasiness.

Naval: (adj.)L.15

Naval Observatory in Washington ,D.C.

a) Adj:海军的

? 例句：He took part in a great naval battle.

他参加了一次大海战。

? Syn: Marine, Nautical, Maritime, Seafaring, Sailing. Navigator: (n.)L.15 (复数：navigators)

A navigator at sea or in the air ,plotting location by satellite ,relies on a time signal accurate to within a single millionth of second.

a) N:1.(船或飞机的)领航员 2.（飞机、船舶等上的）航行者，航海者，驾驶员

? 例句：

? Syn: Guide, Pilot, Direction-finder, Route-finder.

Necessarily :(adv.)L.1

a) Adv:1.必要地, 必需地 2.必定地; 必然地; 不可避免地

? 例句：A voter must necessarily be no younger than eighteen.

选民必须在18岁以上。

? Syn: Unavoidably, Essentially, Automatically, Inevitably. Necessary: (adj.)L.3 （复数：necessaries）

With the average cost of prison construction running around $50,000 per bed, it would cost more than $6 billion to build the necessary cells.

a) Adj:1.必要的; 必需的 2.必然的; 不可避免的

? 例句：It took me a year to get the necessary materials together.

我花了一年的时间才把所需要的资料组织好。

b) N:1.必需品

? 例句：He has enough money to obtain the necessaries of life.

他有足够的钱购买生活必需品。

? Syn: Essential, Needed, Required, Compulsory, Obligatory, Indispensable.

Needy：（adj.）L.13

Habitat began buildings house in Americans for needy people who could handle a small down payment about $65 monthy.

a) Adj:贫穷的;贫困的

? 例句：The previously free (= not paid for) distribution of text books will now be confined to students who are needy.

以前免费发放课本， 现在只给贫困学生。

? Syn: Deprived, Disadvantaged, Poor, In need.

Nerve: (n.)L.11 （过去式：nerved过去分词：nerved现在分词：nerving复数：nerves）

As the initial shock began to wear off ,the nerve endings became more sensitive ,causing even greater pain.

a) N:1.神经 2.神经过敏; 神经紧张 3.勇气; 胆量 4.鲁莽；冒失；厚颜

? 例句：

b) vt. & vi：鼓足勇气；振作精

? 例句：

? Syn: Courage, Bravery, Spirit, Bravado, Guts, Daring. Nest: (n.)L.4 （过去式：nested过去分词：nested现在分词：nesting复数：nests）

Form her nest in the oak tree the Nightingale heard him and she looked out through the leaves and wondered.

a) N.：1.(鸟)窝, 巢 2.(某些动物或昆虫的)窝, 穴 3.温床, 庇护所

4.（套叠在一起的）一套物件 5. 藏匿处；秘密窝点

? 例句：The swallows are building a nest under the roof of our house.

燕子正在我们的屋檐下筑巢。

b) Vi：筑巢

? 例句：Most birds nest in a tree.

多数鸟在树上筑巢。

? Syn: Shell, Case, Bubble, Layer, Coat.

Nevertheless: (adv.)L.1

a) adv：仍然, 然而, 不过

? 例句：What you said was true but nevertheless unkind.

你所说的都对, 不过有点不客气。

b) conj：尽管如此, 然而，不过

? 例句：The news may be unexpected ; nevertheless it is true.

这消息也许是出乎意料的, 然而是真实的。

? Syn: Yet, But, However, Nonetheless, On the other hand, All the same, Even so.

Nightingale: (n.)L.4（复数：nightingales）

“Here at least is a true lover ,”said the Nightingale .

a) N:夜莺

? 例句：Nightingales have beautiful plumage.

夜莺长着漂亮的羽毛。

Nip: (v.)L.4 （过去式：nipped过去分词：nipped现在分词：nipping）

But the winter has chilled my veins ,and the frost has nipped my buds ,and the storm has broken my branches ,and I shall have no roses at all this years.

a) vt. & vi：啃咬；掐；咬住；夹住；捏

? 例句：I nipped my finger in the door.

我的手指头让门夹了一下。

b) Vt：伤害;摧残;冻伤

? 例句：The cold weather has nipped the fruit trees.

寒冷的气候冻坏了果树。

c) Vi：1.快走；赶快；快速去（某处）；急忙赶往 2.将…扼杀在萌芽状态；防患于未然3.掐去； 剪掉 4.(比赛或竞赛中)势均力敌；不分上下；并驾齐驱

? 例句：I’ll nip out and buy a newspaper.

我赶紧出门买份报纸。

d) N：1.啃咬；掐 2.寒冷；寒意 3.少量的烈酒

e) Adj：Nip 英[nip] 美[n?p] 〈贬〉日本佬的

? Syn: Pinch, Squeeze.

Nonetheless: (adv.)L.3

a) Adv：虽然如此,但是

? 例句：

? Syn: However, Nevertheless, Even so, On the other hand.

Nontraffic: (adj.)L.3

a)

? 例句：

? Syn: