codelistto calculate an answer or amount by using a machine:
Compute the ratio of the object's height to its weight.
codelistthe ability to remain standing, especially because your weight is equally distributed (= spread):
lose your balance The toddler wobbled and lost his balance (= started to fall sideways).
keep your balance She had to hold onto the railings to keep her balance (= to stop herself from falling).
maintain balance These canals inside the ear are responsible for helping the body maintain balance.
codelistthe quality of being difficult to bend, cut, or break:
These alloys are characterized by their extreme hardness.
Most international golf players own 40 or 50 different balls of varying hardness, weight, and bounciness.
When you describe a rock’s
hardness, you describe how
tough it is. Diamonds are the
hardest mineral
codelista chemical element that is a light, silver-coloured metal, used especially for making cooking equipment and aircraft parts:
The car's lightweight chassis is made from aluminium.
an aluminium saucepan
We take all our aluminium cans for recycling.
codelista very large animal with short legs and thick, dark grey skin that lives near or in water in Africa:
A baby hippopotamus is able to walk, run, and swim five minutes after being born.
The common hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus are the only living members of the family Hippopotamidae.
Hippopotamuses have small legs because the water in which they live reduces the weight burden.
We encountered a thirsty hippo at the watering hole.
Many charismatic species such as elephant and buffalo live in the park, as well as crocodile and hippopotamus in the Mara River.
迈克尔·菲利普斯超重。
He wants to lose a lot of weight because he is not happy with how he looks.
他想减肥，因为他对自己的外表不满意。
8-19. Losing Weight 减肥 查看 编辑
人们取笑她。
"Lose weight," people said to her.
“减肥，”人们对她说。
她去看医生了。
The doctor told her to lose weight.
医生叫她减肥。
She did not want to lose weight.
她不想减肥。
Her doctor explained why she had to lose weight.
她的医生解释了她为什么要减肥。
她不想死。
She decided to lose weight.
她决定减肥。
7-13. Her Love of Food 她对食物的热爱 查看 编辑
他每天锻炼。
He lifted weights.
他举重。
有一天他照了照镜子。
He promised himself to lose weight.
他答应自己要减肥。
他买了一张健身房会员卡。
He lost weight.
他体重减轻了。
7-12. Exercising 锻炼 查看 编辑
他询问他们的情况。
He records their height and weight.
他记录他们的身高和体重。
6-35. Things to Do as a Secretary 做秘书要做的事 查看 编辑