土木工程专业英语单词1.doc

土木工程专业英语 Lesson 1 Civil Engineering Speciality [,spe?i?liti] n.特性, 特质, 专业, 特殊性 【复数】 specialities A distinguishing mark or feature.一个明显的特性或特质 specialities Special points of consideration; particulars. specialities 详细说明；细目 Chiefly British A specialty.【多用于英国】 专业 Irrigation[,irigei??n] n.灌溉, 冲洗 irrigation irrigat[e], 灌溉+-ion名词后缀 Drainage[dreinid?] n.排水, 排泄, 排水装置, 排水区域, 排出物, 消耗 drainage drain.agen.（名词） The action or a method of draining.排水：排水的行动或方法 A system of drains.排水系统 Something that is drained off.排走物：被排走的东西 Medicine The removal of fluid or purulent material from a wound or body cavity.【医学】 排除：伤口或体腔中液体或脓的排除 Mass [m?s] n.块, 大多数, 质量, 群众, 大量 adj.群众的, 大规模的, 集中的 vt.使集合 vi.聚集 A unified body of matter with no specific shape. 团，块，堆：聚成一体的没有具体形状的物质： a mass of clay.一堆泥土 A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity: 集结，集合：把没有具体形状或数量的整体的各个组成部分看成一个整体： “Take mankind in mass, and for the most part, they seem a mob of unnecessary duplicates”(Herman Melville) “整体而论，大部分的人类不过是一群乌合之众”(赫尔曼·梅尔维尔) A large but nonspecific amount or number: 大量：大而不具体的数量：a mass of bruises. 一大片的青肿 The principal part; the majority:主体，主要部分，大多数： the mass of the continent.内容的主要部分 The physical volume or bulk of a solid body.体积：物质体积或一件固体的体积 Abbr. m Physics The measure of the quantity of matter that a body or an object contains. The mass of the body is not dependent on gravity and therefore is different from but proportional to its weight.缩写 m【物理学】 质量：物体内所包含的物质的量。物体质量不受重力影响，因此与物体的重量不同，但是与其成比例 An area of unified light, shade, or color in a painting.同色的扩散形状：一幅画上统一的光、影或颜色的一大片 masses The body of common people or people of low socioeconomic status. Used with the. masses 大众，庶民：平民或社会经济地位上低下者。常与the 连用 r.（及物动词和不及物动词） massed, massing, masses To gather or be gathered into a mass.（被）聚成团、块或堆 adj.（形容词）Of, relating to, characteristic of, directed at, or attended by a large number of people:以大众为对象的：大众的，以大众为特征的，指向大众的或大众参与的： mass education; mass communication.大众教