每日听写10.2初级 听写讲解 by咚咚锵

reason    /ˈriː.zən/

动词英文释义： to try to understand and to make judgments based on 

practical facts推理，推断；判断

举个例子：

Newton reasoned there must be a force such as gravity.

牛顿推断出这一定是由于某种力的缘故，比如重力。

名词英文释义1：the cause of an event or situation or something that

 provides an excuse or explanation原因；理由；解释

举个例子：

The reason for the disaster was engine failure, not human error.

这次灾难的原因是发动机故障，而非人为错误。

英文释义2：the ability of a healthy mind to think and make judgments, 

especially based on practical facts（尤指基于实际情况的）判断力，理性，理智

举个例子：

Humans believe that we are the only animals to have the power of 

reason.

我们人类认为自己是唯一具有理性思考能力的动物。

be endowed with sth

 英文释义：to have a particular quality or feature天生具备，生来具有（某种特性或品质）

举个例子：

Some lucky people are endowed with both brains and beauty.

一些幸运之人生来就智慧和美貌并存。

swallow /ˈswɑː.loʊ/

名词英文释义1：a small bird with pointed wings and a tail with two points that flies quickly and catches insects to eat as it flies燕子

英文释义2：an act of using the muscles of your throat, or the amount of something you move into your stomach from your mouth by using the muscles of your throat吞，咽，吞咽

举个例子：

He gave a swallow, then began speaking.

他咽了一下口水，然后开始说话。

动词英文释义1：to cause food, drink, pills, etc. to move from your mouth 

into your stomach by using the muscles of your throat吞咽，吞下，咽下

举个例子：

My throat is so sore that it really hurts when I swallow.

我的喉咙很痛，吞咽起来很难受。

英文释义2：If something large swallows (up) another thing, it makes it disappear or stop existing separately by making it part of itself.吞掉；吞没

举个例子：

An increasing amount of the countryside is being swallowed (up) by the town.

越来越多的乡村被城镇吞没。

英文释义3：to use or take away a large part of something valuable大量使用，大量夺走（贵重之物）

举个例子：

Taxes have swallowed up nearly half of my pay increase.

我的加薪有近一半都被税收抵消了。

英文释义4：to accept something without question or without expressing

 disagreement轻信；全盘接受

举个例子：

Not surprisingly, this excuse was too much for them to swallow.

不出所料，他们无法接受这个借口。

英文释义5：to not express or show something不表露，不表现，抑制住

举个例子：

She swallowed her disappointment, saying, "That's OK, it doesn't matter."

她抑制住自己的失望说：“没事，没关系。”

Commodious  /kəˈmoʊ.di.əs/

英文释义：used to describe a room or house that has a lot of space（房间或房子）宽敞的，大的

wigwam /ˈwɪɡ.wæm/

英文释义：a cone-shaped tent made and lived in, especially in the past, by Native Americans in the eastern US（尤指过去美国东部印第安人居住的）尖顶棚屋，简陋小屋

immortal /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/

形容词英文释义1：living or lasting for ever永生的；永存的

英文释义2：very special and famous and therefore likely to be remembered for a long time不朽的，流芳百世的

名词英文释义：someone who is so famous that they are remembered for a long time after they are dead不朽的人物

everlasting /ˌev.ɚˈlæs.tɪŋ/

英文释义：lasting forever or for a long time永久的；永恒的