读《老太太飞了》前要掌握的24个英文单词
The Old Lady flies
拉乌尔·惠特菲尔德在《老太太飞了》中反复使用、又不在英语最常用4000词之内的24个单词。先学会它们，前几章会读得轻松很多。每个单词都附有音标、释义和原书例句。
grin/ˈɡɹɪn/露齿而笑书中出现9次
He grinned, and so did we.
stunt/ˈstənt/表演特技书中出现8次
He’d joy-hopped her, taken a chance on air advertising, smoke writing, stunting.
sore/ˈsɔɹ/悲伤的, 痛的, 引起痛苦的书中出现7次
I saw then that Brooks was getting sore.
cheerfully/ˈtʃɪɹfəɫi/高高兴兴地书中出现6次
It isn’t easy to crash a ship, and get away cheerfully.
wreck/ˈɹɛk/失事, 残骸, 破坏书中出现5次
You don’t expect me to let a new plane drop—and hang on to a rambling wreck?
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/呻吟, 叹息书中出现5次
I groaned.
cockpit/ˈkɑkˌpɪt/驾驶员座舱, 战场书中出现5次
Charlie Ryan crashed on a landing, and both he and his mechanic, riding in the rear cockpit, were badly smashed up.
outfit/ˈaʊtˌfɪt/用具, 配备, 机构书中出现5次
“You’re cutting loose the most popular guy in the outfit—and just because he sticks by his old bus.”
throttle/ˈθɹɑtəɫ/节流阀, 节气阀, 喉咙书中出现4次
We both climbed up on a wing as Russ Healy cut the throttle and eliminated most of the exhaust roar.
glare/ˈɡɫɛɹ/发眩光, 瞪视书中出现4次
Bob Brooks glared at Russ.
prop/ˈpɹɑp/支柱, 支持者, 倚靠人书中出现4次
Just an old lady, that was all she was—an old lady, still turning a prop and taking the air, but pretty far out of date.
loop/ˈɫup/打环, 翻筋斗书中出现4次
“Well, I’ll just take her up there now—and loop you ragged, and then I’ll come down in the tightest spin——”
rear/ˈɹɪɹ/后面的, 背面的, 后方的书中出现4次
Bob Brooks was already seated in the rear cockpit.
hangar/ˈhæŋɝ/棚厂, 飞机库书中出现3次
He could store that ship up at Al Garvin’s hangar.
dummy/ˈdəmi/虚设的, 假的, 名义上的书中出现3次
Probably they were rigging up a couple of dummy guns, or trying to make her look like a D.H.
flyer/ˈfɫaɪɝ/飞鸟, 飞行物, 飞行员书中出现3次
But Russ was that rare sort of creature—a flyer who was sentimental.
rig/ˈɹɪɡ/装配, 装扮, 给船装帆书中出现3次
But her flying wires were right; she was rigged properly for the air.
dove/ˈdəv/dive的过去式书中出现3次
A screaming, wire-whistling shape dove past the D.H.
bust/ˈbəst/使爆裂, 使破产书中出现3次
Russ would be sore, furious—when we flew in and busted things up.
chuckle/ˈtʃəkəɫ/咯咯的笑, 咕咕叫书中出现3次
I chuckled.
taxi/ˈtæksi/滑行书中出现3次
Then we climbed the five ships, and taxied out.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/皱眉书中出现3次
Bob Brooks frowned.
exhaust/ɪɡˈzɔst/排气, 排气装置, 废气书中出现3次
An exhaust roar cut me short.
softly/ˈsɔfɫi/柔和地, 静静地, 温柔地书中出现3次
I swore softly.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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