2019/12 单词学习

1. tug   /tʌɡ/

用力拖

（1）verb [intransitive, transitive] to pull with one or more short, quick pulls.

 The woman gently tugged his arm.

2. re‧cluse

re‧cluse /rɪˈkluːs $ ˈrekluːs/ noun [countable]    

someone who chooses to live alone, and does not like seeing or talking to other people.

 She became a recluse after her two sons were murdered.

3. saga  [ˈsɑːɡə]

长篇故事

(1) a long and complicated series of events, or a description of this

e.g. The whole saga began back in May.

(2) a long story about events that happen over many years

saga of

e.g.  a saga of four generations of the Coleman family

4. never once/ not once

used to emphasize that something has never happened

e.g. Not once did they finish a job properly.

 

5. wres‧tling /ˈreslɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]    

a sport in which two people fight by holding each other and trying to make each other fall to the ground

6. deal n.

an agreement or an arrangement, especially in business.

e.g. make a deal

e.g. the difficult business of making a deal on trade and migration