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tippler
meaning: someone who regularly drinks alcohol 酒徒plunge sb/sth into sth
meaning: to suddenly put someone or something in a particular state or situation
使(某人或某物)突然陷入(某种状态或情形)
The city was plunged into total darkness when the entire electrical system failed.
整个供电系统瘫痪后,全城陷入一片黑暗。impregnable
meaning: strong and impossible to change or influence
无法改变的
her impregnable obstinacy
她那顽固不化的倔强repose
meaning: a calm or relaxed statevoluminous
meaning: a voluminous document is long and detailed
(文件)长篇的pant
meaning: to breathe very loudly with your mouth open, for example when you have been running or exercising
(跑步或锻炼后)大口喘气,喘粗气
Louisa banged the door shut and leaned against it, panting.
路易莎砰的一声把门关上,背靠着门,喘着粗气。stately
a stately ceremony
庄重的仪式islet
meaning: a small islandcoil
meaning: a length of something that forms rings or curls 卷;盘;匝
a coil of rope 一卷绳子
something that has a long curved shape 圈;环
a coil of black smock 黑烟圈be overcome with
meaning: to be extremely strongly affected by sth
受到...的极大影响
Her parents were overcome with grief at the funeral.
在葬礼上她的父母悲痛欲绝。asunder
meaning: into pieces;apart
families rent/torn asunder by the revolution
这场革命所拆散的家庭。