【原创精析】2021 届高考英语提分必备—读后续写素材精析与积累（三） 词汇拓展篇 contagious [ kən'teidʒəs ] A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. 新冠肺炎的接触传染性很强。 The Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia is highly contagious. *pneumonia n. [njuːˈməʊniə] A feeling or attitude that is contagious spreads quickly among a group of people. (figurative) 他的热情富有感染力。 His enthusiasm is contagious (=spread quickly to other people) impoverished [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt] extremely poor; without money 这项政策的目的是把投资吸引到贫困地区。 The goal of this policy is to attract investment to the impoverished areas 一贫如洗的人 poor people poverty-stricken people waddle [ˈwɒdl] to walk with short steps, swing from side to side, like a duck I remember watching geese waddle around our back yeard. 傍晚时分，鸭子们摇摇摆摆地来到前门进食 In the evenings, ducks waddle up to the front door to be fed. · strangle [ kən'teidʒəs ] to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe. 他用自己的围巾把她勒死了。 He strangled her (to death) with his own scarf. I felt as if the air had been strangled out of me. 这个国家的经济困境正在抑制其科研发展。 The economic depression in this country is strangling its scientific research. smother [ˈsmʌðə(r)] If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out. 女孩的父母在试图闷熄火苗时也被烧伤了。 The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames. gloomy [ˈɡluːmi] nearly dark, pr badly lit in a way that makes you feel sad =depressing 从阴森森的房间里走出一个老人. An old man walks out the gloomy room. If people are gloomy, they are unhappy and have no hope. 米勒对这位严肃的美国剧作家的命运感到忧伤。 Miller is gloomy about the fate of the serious playwright in America. collapse [kəˈlæps] If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。 The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. If you collapse, you suddenly faint or fall down because you are very ill or weak. 他在家中进行了一段时间的剧烈运动后倒下了。 He collapsed following a vigorous exercise session at his home spring When a person or animal springs, they jump upward or forward suddenly or quickly. 他跳了起来，从咖啡桌上抓起他的钥匙。 He sprang to his feet, grabbing his keys off the coffee table. 狮子吼了一声，跳了起来。 The lion roared once and sprang. gaze [ɡeɪz] If you gaze at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time 她诧异地注视着他。 She gazed at him in amazement. 他一连几小时坐在那里茫然地看着前面。 He sat for hours just gazing into space. howl [haʊl] to make a loud cry when you are in pain, angry, sorrow etc. 他倒下后像受伤的动物一样嚎叫。 He howled like a wounded animal after collapsing on the street. 狂风在房子四周呼啸。 The wind was howling around the house. 风在吼，雨太大，他拖着承重的步伐回家了。 The wind howling, rain pouring down, he dragged his feet home. stink [stɪŋk] stank stunk v. to have a strong, unpleasant smell 这儿有股烟味。 It stinks of smoke here 他嘴里有股大蒜味。 His breath stank of garlic. bang [bæŋ] v. to hit sth. In a way that makes a loud sound 他愤怒地敲门。 He banged on the door angrily 出去时不要砰地一声关门。 Don’t bang the door when you go out. choke [tʃəʊk] v. to be unable to breathe because the passage to your lung is blocker 他几乎被浓烟呛死。 He almost choked to death in the thick smoke. 路上交通堵塞。 The roads were choked with traffic. shrug [ʃrʌɡ] to raise your shoulders and then drop them to show that you do not know or care about sth. 我不知道。”安娜耸耸肩膀，应了一句。 ‘I don't know,’ Anna replied, shrugging her shoulders. shrug sth off/aside 不把…当回事；对…满不在乎； 她受了伤，却继续进行比赛。 Shrugging off her injury, she played on. alight [əˈlaɪt] If something is alight, it is burning. 一支香烟把干草点燃了。 A cigarette set the dry grass alight. If a bird or insect alights somewhere, it lands there. 一只鸟在松树的树枝上。 A bird alighted on a branch of the pine tree. grit one’s teeth 我咬紧牙关跑完了 1 万米，最后拿了第八名。也是我个人最佳成绩。 I gritted my teeth and finished eighth in the 10000 meter run. It was my personal best. · twists and turns The road through the mountains has many twists and turns. It's hard to follow all the twists and turns of the plot. · malicious [məˈlɪʃəs] having or showing hatred and a desire to harm sb or hurt their feelings 恶毒的流言飞语 / 谎言 / 谣言 malicious gossip/lies/rumours 他用棒球棒恶意损毁了一辆汽车。 He maliciously damaged a car with a baseball bat. flutter [ˈflʌtə(r)] to move lightly and quickly; when a bird or an insect flutters its wings, or its wings flutter , the wings move lightly and quickly up and down 旗帜在微风中飘扬。 Flags fluttered in the breeze. 他的眼神让我心里扑通扑通直跳。 The look in his eyes made my heart flutter. snarl [snɑːl] to speak in an angry or bad-tempered way “滚开！”他吼道。 ‘Get out of here!’ he snarled. When an animal snarls, it mak