《死亡诗社》词汇表

1. fervent: having or showing very strong feelings about sth.热情的，热切的，热烈的 ~belief热诚的

信念

2. replacement: a person or thing that will take the place of sb./sth.接替者，代替物；替换，更换

3. thrilling: 令人激动的；令人毛骨悚然的；震颤的

4. sinus: one of the spaces in the bones of your face that are connected to your nose鼻窦 ~infection鼻窦

感染

5. vaporizer: a device that vaporizes substances, esp. for medicinal inhalation喷雾器

6. stiff: not relaxed or friendly; formal拘谨的，一本正经的；僵硬的；不易弯曲的；难以应付的

7. slick: clever at persuading people but perhaps not completely honest圆滑的，花言巧语的

8. travesty: a grotesque misrepresentation or imitation滑稽模仿；歪曲，嘲弄

9. decadence: behavior, attitudes, etc. that show low moral standards堕落；颓废 decadent a. 堕落的

10. excrement: the solid waste material that you get rid of when you go to the toilet粪便 faeces【同义】

11. flunk: to fail (an examination, etc.)通不过（考试等）

12. bootlick: 巴结，奉承

13. valedictorian: N. Amer. A person who gives a farewell address, esp. the highest-ranking member of a

graduating class【北美】致告别辞的毕业生代表

14. trig: colloq. trigonometry【口】三角学

15. trigonometry三角学

16. rich: (of an incident or assertion, etc.) highly amusing or ridiculous; outrageous（事情或声明等）滑稽可

笑的，荒唐的

17. phalanx: a set of people etc. forming a compact mass, or banded for a common purpose密集的人群；（为

共同目标）聚集在一起的人群

18. pubescence: the time when puberty begins青春期开始时期

19. daring: adventurous, bold; prepared to take risks冒险的；大胆的

20. fester: to become infected（指伤口）化脓；to become more unpleasant because you do not deal with it

successfully变得更难堪或痛苦

21. weakling: a feeble person or animal瘦弱的人；弱小的动物

22. hymnal: a hymn-book赞美诗集

23. stanza: a group of lines in a repeated pattern that form a unit in some types of poem诗节

24. invincible: unconquerable; that cannot be defeated不可征服的；不能战胜的

25. iota: the smallest possible amount极少量

26. daffodil: a tall yellow flower that grows in the spring黄水仙

27. alum: (colloq.) short for alumnus, a former student of a school【口】校友

28. hash: a hot dish of meat mixed together with potato and fried肉末土豆泥煎饼

29. second: to support sb’s suggestion or idea at a meeting so that it can then be discussed and voted on附和

30. jerk: a fool; a stupid person【俚语】蠢人，笨蛋

31. metre: the arrangement of strong and weak stresses in lines of poetry that produces the rhythm（诗歌等

的）韵律

32. bandstand: a covered outdoor platform for a band to play on, usu. in a park室外音乐台（通常在公园）