New Concept English Book 1 Lesson 3 Sorry, sir.

 

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umbrella   /ʌmˈbrelə/ DJ    /ʌm'brɛlə/ KK

• noun
  • an object with a folding circular frame of metal rods covered with material, that you use to protect yourself from the rain or from hot sun 傘；雨傘；陽傘
    • I put up my umbrella. 我撑開傘。
    • colourful beach umbrellas 五彩繽紛的海灘遮陽傘
    • See also:
      ;  
    • Variant:
      brolly British English, informal
  • a thing that contains or includes many different parts or elements 綜合體；總體；整體
    • Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of a single authority. 許多原本分散的團體現在正在單一的權威領導下運作。
    • an umbrella organization/group/fund 綜合機構／團體／基金
    • ‘Contact sports’ is an umbrella term for a variety of different sports. “接觸性運動”是多種不同體育運動的總稱。
  • a country or system that protects people 保護國（或體系）；保護傘；庇護 written
    • For decades the United States with its nuclear weapons was the umbrella for the western world. 幾十年來，擁有核武器的美國是西方世界的保護傘。

 

cloakroom   /ˈkləʊkruːm/ DJ    /-rʊm/ DJ    /ˈkloʊk-/ DJ US    /'klokˈrum; -ˈrum/ KK US

• noun
  • a room in a public building where people can leave coats, bags, etc. for a time 衣帽間；衣帽寄放處 especially British English
    • Variant:
      checkroom British English usually;   coat check British English usually;   coatroom British English usually
  • a room in a public building where there are toilets 廁所；衞生間；洗手間 British English
    • the ladies' cloakroom 女洗手間

New Concept English Book 1 Lesson 1 Excuse me!

  

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handbag   /ˈhændbæɡ/ DJ    /'hændˈbæg/ KK

• a small bag for money, keys, etc., carried especially by women 小手提包；（尤指）坤包 noun
  • See also:
    ;   ;  
  • Variant:
    purse American English

pardon   /ˈpɑːdn/ DJ    /ˈpɑːrdn/ DJ US    /'pɑrdṇ/ KK US

• exclamation
  • used to ask somebody to repeat something because you did not hear it or did not understand it （用於請求別人重複某事）什麼，請再說一遍
    • ‘You're very quiet today.’ ‘Pardon?’ ‘I said you're very quiet today.’ “你今天話很少啊。”“什麼？”“我說你今天話很少。”
    • Variant:
      pardon me
  • used by some people to say ‘sorry’ when they have accidentally made a rude noise, or said or done something wrong 抱歉；對不起
    • Variant:
      pardon me
• noun
  • an official decision not to punish somebody for a crime, or to say that somebody is not guilty of a crime 赦免；特赦 countable
    • to ask/grant/receive a pardon 請求／准予／獲得赦免
    • a royal/presidential pardon 皇家／總統特赦
    • Variant:
      free pardon British English, law
  • the action of forgiving somebody for something 原諒；寬恕 uncountable formal ~ (for sth)
    • He asked her pardon for having deceived her. 他欺騙了她，向她請求原諒。
  • See also:
    ;  
• verb
  • to officially allow somebody who has been found guilty of a crime to leave prison and/or avoid punishment 赦免；特赦 VN
    • She was pardoned after serving ten years of a life sentence. 她被判終身監禁服刑十年後被赦免了。
  • to forgive somebody for something they have said or done (used in many expressions when you want to be polite) 原諒（表示禮貌時常用的詞語） ~ sb (for sth/for doing sth)
    • See also:
      Synonym
    • Pardon my ignorance, but what is a ‘duplex’? 請原諒我無知，duplex 是什麼呢？ VN
    • The place was,if you'll pardon the expression, a dump. 那個地方，請恕我直言，簡直是個垃圾場。
    • You could be pardoned for thinking(= it is easy to understand why people think)that education is not the government's priority. 人們認為政府沒有優先考慮教育，這是不難理解的。 British English
    • Pardon me for interrupting you. 對不起，打擾您了。
    • Pardon my asking, but is that your husband? 請原諒我多問，那位是您的先生嗎？ VN -ing
  • Idiom:
    pardon me spoken
    • used to ask somebody to repeat something because you did not hear it or do not understand it （用於請別人重複某事）什麼，請再說一次 especially American English
    • used by some people to say ‘sorry’ when they have accidentally made a rude noise or done something wrong （為偶爾的冒失響聲或過失表示歉意）對不起
    • See also:
  • Idiom:
    pardon me for doing something
    • used to show that you are upset or offended by the way that somebody has spoken to you （對別人的說話方式表示煩惱或生氣）原諒我不得不做某事
      • ‘Oh, just shut up!’ ‘Well, pardon me for breathing!’ “你給我閉嘴！”“唔，不能不讓人呼吸吧！”

drill   /drɪl/ DJ    /drɪl/ KK

• noun
  • a tool or machine with a pointed end for making holes 鑽；鑽頭；鑽床；鑽機 countable
    • an electric drill 電鑽
    • a pneumatic drill 風鑽
    • a hand drill 手鑽
    • a dentist's drill 牙鑽
    • a drill bit(= the pointed part at the end of the drill) 鑽頭
    • See also:
  • a way of learning something by means of repeated exercises 練習；訓練 countable uncountable
    • tense drills 動詞時態練習
  • a practice of what to do in an emergency, for example if there is a fire （應對緊急情況的）演習 countable uncountable
    • There'll be a fire drill sometime this morning. 今天上午某個時候有消防演習。
  • military training in marching, the use of weapons, etc. 軍事訓練；操練 uncountable
    • rifle drill 步槍操練
  • the correct or usual way to do something 正確的步驟；常規；程序 singular old-fashioned British English
    • What's the drill for claiming expenses? 報銷費用的手續是什麼？
    • Alternate:
      the drill
  • strong cotton fabric 粗斜紋布 uncountable
  • a machine for planting seeds in rows 條播機 countable
• verb
  • to make a hole in something, using a drill 鑽（孔）；打（眼）
    • Drill a series of holes in the frame. 在構架上鑽一串孔。 VN
    • They're drilling for oil off the Irish coast. 他們在愛爾蘭沿海鑽井探油。 V
    • He drilled through the wall by mistake. 他誤將牆壁鑽穿了。
  • to teach somebody to do something by making them repeat it a lot of times 培訓；訓練 ~ sb (in sth)
    • The children were drilled to leave the classroom quickly when the fire bell rang. 孩子們接受了如何在火警拉響時迅速離開教室的訓練。 VN to inf.
    • a well-drilled team 訓練有素的隊伍 VN
  • to train soldiers to perform military actions 作…演習；操練 VN
    • The soldiers were being drilled outside the barracks. 士兵們在營房外操練。
  • Phrasal:
    drill something into somebody
    • to make somebody remember or learn something by repeating it often 反複訓練某人；向某人反複灌輸
      • It was drilled into us at an early age never to drop litter. 我們從小就被叮囑絕不能亂扔垃圾。