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| www.iselong.com 日期：2006-03-06 10:35
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to make a breach in
breach <> solder
solder <> breach
breezeway n. 有屋顶的通路
a roofed often open passage connecting two buildings (as a house and garage) or halves of a building
breezeway : building:: stairway : floor
brevity n.简短,简洁
shortness or conciseness of expression
brevity : aphorism :: distortion : caricature
exaggeration : caricature :: brevity : epigram
bribe v. & n. 贿赂，收买
to induce or influence by or as if by bribery
bribe : incorruptible :: affect : insensible
bridle v. 限制,阻止
to restrain, check, or control with or as if with a bridle
bridled <> without restraint
brisk a. 敏锐的,凛冽的,活泼的
keenly alert : LIVELY
ponderous <> lively/vibrant/briskly
bristle n. 硬毛 v. 气势汹汹，直立,发怒,充满
to take on an aggressive attitude or appearance (as in response to a slight)
bristle <> cower
brittle a. 易碎的,脆弱的,易坏的
easily broken, cracked, or snapped
manifest : perceive :: brittle : break
broach v. ①开瓶 ②提出(问题)
to open for the first time
broach <> close off
bromide n. 溴化物（镇静药用），平庸的人或物
a commonplace or hackneyed statement or notion
equivocation : misleading :: bromide : hackneyed
browbeat vt. (用神情、言词) 威吓; 严词厉色地斥责
instigator：incite::bully : browbeat
bruit vt. 散播
to noise abroad : REPORT
bruit <>keep secret
buck n. ①雄鹿 ②美元 v. (马)跳跃，反对,吹牛,闲聊
to refuse assent : BALK
buck <> assent to
bucolic adj. 乡村的，牧羊的
relating to or typical of rural life
palatial : hovel :: city : bucolic
bucolic <> urban
budge vi. 移动,微微一动,放弃
to give way : YIELD
palter:candor::diehard:budge
buffoon n.丑角，缺乏教养之人 a ludicrous figure : CLOWN
ludicrous : buffoon :: dissolute : libertine :: humorous : wag
bully n. 欺凌弱小者,土霸
one habitually cruel to others who are weaker
instigator：incite: bully : browbeat underdog <> bully
bumper n. 缓冲器,满杯,丰收
a device for absorbing shock or preventing damage
protocol : blunder :: bumper : damage
bumptious a. 瞎自夸的,瞎自大的,傲慢的
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