2019-02-14

一、词汇

1. boar [bɔː] 公猪 sow [səʊ] 母猪

2. pen (临时圈养牲畜的) 圈

A pen is a small area with a fence around it in which farm animals are kept for a short time.

We turned the whole balcony into a pen. 

3. wreck 摧毁

To wreck something means to completely destroy or ruin it. 

例：

He wrecked the garden.

他毁掉了那个花园。

4. runt (同一胎中)最弱小的幼仔

The runt of a group of animals born to the same mother at the same time is the smallest and weakest of them. 

But Isabelle here was the runt of the litter. 

但伊莎贝拉是一窝崽里最瘦弱的

5. in hot water 有麻烦；陷于困境

in hot water recently after allegations of plagiarism

深陷论文剽窃指控风波

6. black ice 黑冰; 路面上一层透明而很难看清楚的薄冰

Black ice is a thin, transparent layer of ice on a road or path that is very difficult to see. 

7. progeny ['prɒdʒənɪ] (人的)后裔; (动物的)后代