distort
Don't believe in the news, the media has distorted the reality!
trolley
He took a trolley on State Street.
obstacle
Most competition cars will only roll over if they hit an obstacle.
drastically
As a result, services have been drastically reduced.
parallel
parallel planes
chamber
A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings.
propulsion
Driven by jet propulsion.
plantation
They also own about 40 hectares of coffee plantation.
cenozoic
The Phanerozoic is divided into three eras —starting with the earliest, these are the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic.
horizontal
The vertical line meets the horizontal one here.
superiority
We have air superiority.
cosmic(al) n.cosmos
The temperature of cosmic background is about 2.7K.
buffalo
The Indians hallow the buffalo.
kerosene
In the past, many family used kerosene lamps.
beam
A light beam.
spectacular
The Hukou Waterfall is very spectacular.
census
China's population census will be held very ten years.
manufacturer
TOYOTA is a Japanese car manufacturer.
liberal
Liberal Party
compaction
Compaction procedure can make your files become small.
segment
code segment
duration
The storm was of short duration
don
You have to don apron when you are cooking.
There is Don Fernando, do you see him?
thrust
He thrust me aside.
partly
The city will be partly rainy tomorrow.
shed
There is a shed used to store things such as garden tools.
The sun shed light and heat everyday.
monumental
The relativity is Einstein's monumental work.
alpine
Alpine means existing in or relating to mountains, especially the ones in Switzerland.
The Alps
prosperous
We hope our country become more and more prosperous.
sieve
When you sieve a substance, you put it through a sieve.
Illinois
Illinois is a Mid east partial state of U.S.A.
odd
odd is a number that can't be divided by two exactly.
insulate
Warm clothes can insulate against cold.
democratic
A democratic country means the leaders are chosen by people.
commission
They commissioned an architect to design the new library.
raft
Raft is a simple ship can float on the river.
immense
The Atlantic Ocean is immense
withstand
I can't withstand any attack.
fertilize
Fertilizing is to help crops grow stronger.
confederacy
A organization that unit many states or countries called confederacy.
deform
Chinese woman's feet are deformed by small shoes in the old time.
lomas
Just a name.
transition
China must make transition in education.
tundra
tundra is a whole name of the places that don't grow trees.
slope
A slope is put on the ground but it has an angle with the horizontal line.
dramatic
dramatic thing just likes a drama which always gives people surprise.
shrubs
Shrubs are the small trees that you can't pick out the trunk or the branches.
herbs
Many herbs are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
rapid
The world is changing rapidly everyday!
semiarid
Semiarid place has little rain the whole year.
steppe
Steppe has the similar meaning as savanna.
desert
The eastern part of the Sahara desert
subtropics
China is a country lies on the subtropic, which has warm wether and four seasons.
tropics
Center of the earth(0 latitude).
deciduous
Deciduous leaves(fallen leaves).
broadleaf
Evergreen broadleaf tree(Maybe the leaves of the tree are big?).
birch
A kind fo tree.
Himalayas
Himalayas has the highest mountain in the world.
twisted
He is a twisted man that he take a umbrella even under the big sun!
latitude - longitude
Latitude is the marked line on the earth from south to north.
high-velocity
A object that runs so fast.
prone
somebody is prone to get cold means he is easy to get cold.
frost
Frost is an enemy of plants, it actually is the frozen water.
soil
the earth which can grow crops.
cessation
An interruption.
smother
The victim was smothered to death(dead because of lacking of air).
avalanche
Big sound can cause a avalanche on the snow mountain.
creep
Snakes creep on the earth.
seedling
Seedling is a small tree just likes a child the new life.
presence
You have to be in presence at the meeting tomorrow.
ultraviolet
The ozone layer reduces the penetration of ultraviolet radiation.
elevation
elevation is the vertical hight of the sea level.
browsing
I had a browse through the books on her shelf.
You can find out that some animal almost browses ever time.
grazing
A big area to can let you keep cattle, goats or cows.
ibex
Ibex is a wild goat lives in the Alps.
mature
A person that is fully grown and developed.
adjacent
next to or near to something.
mosses
mosses are the plant always grow on the rocks, trees or damp surface.
cushion
you can sit on the cushion so that the ground won't make you feel cold.
microhabitat
some habitat
snowdrift
a heap of snow or the snow drift with wind.
rigor n.
strict
tentacle
The snail has two tentacles on its head!
exert
Use your power!
rival
competitor
blacksmith
Someone works with iron.
intact
not be broken
subsequently
following
probe
to find out something, like a secret
mutual
each other
fraction
small amount of something
excavation
to dig ground to find ancient objects.
incubation
a bird come out from a egg.
homo
two men love each other. slang
chondrule
A stone come from outer space.
journeyman
A trained worker who works for someone else but he/she is not excellent.
assert
to say firmly something is true.
groove
cutting line
Saturn
A planet that named as the god of agriculture.
predominant
main, influential, splendid
locomotive
a railway engine
silicate
Something likes Na2SiO3 K2SiO3
restless
can't calm down
cascade
small waterfall
potassium
K in chemistry
removal n.
remove
trample
crush on something
backbone
A bone go back on the middle of your body.
Oceania
The continent on the Pacific ocean.
soluble
something can be melted in chemistry
venture
take risk
bombard
attack sp. using large weapon, bombs, etc.
coarse
rough surface
intricate
complex
tongue
the long and sensitive thing in the mouth.
cobalt
Co in chemistry
literally
words on the paper's surface
extraction
obtain something. from something
Eurasia
Europe and Asia
phonograph
A machine to record your voice.
voyager
someone who makes long and dangerous journeys, especially on the sea.
slush
melted snow
oxide
a substance contains Oxygen
reindeer
a large deer with long wide antlers, that lives in cold northern areas
termite
white ant
progressively
day by day
intelligence
the ability to learn, understand, and think about things
chiefly
main
territorial
related to land that is owned or controlled by a particular country.
moderate
not very large or very small, very cold or very hot, very fast or very slow.
ward
rooms in hospital
dwell
settle down