| Term | Definition |
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| hibernal | ADJ. /冬天的/wintry. Bears prepare for their long ______ sleep by overeating. |
| hibernate | V. /冬眠/sleep throughout the winter. Bears are one of the many species of animals that _____________ . (______ion, N. |
| hierarchy | N. /分级，排序了的/arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks. To be low man on the totem pole is to have an inferior place in the _________. |
| hilarity | N. /狂欢，欢闹/boisterous mirth. This _________ is improper on this solemn day of mourning. |
| hindrance | N. /障碍物/block; obstacle. Stalled cars along the high¬way are a ________ to traffic that tow trucks should remove without delay. hinder,V. |
| histrionic | ADJ. /戏剧性的/theatrical. He was proud of his _______ ability and wanted to play the role of Hamlet. |
| hoard | V. /储藏/stockpile; accumulate for future use. Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage, many people are tempted to ______food. also N. |
| hoary | ADJ. /灰白的/white with age. The man was hoary and wrin¬kled when he was 70. |
| hoax | N. /伎俩；小聪明/trick; practical joke. Embarrassed by the ______, he reddened and left the room. alsoV. |
| holster | N. /手枪套/pistol case. Even when he was not in uniform, he carried a _______ and pistol under his arm. |
| homage | N. /敬意/honor; tribute. In her speech she tried to pay _______ to a great man. |
| homogeneous | ADJ. /同类的/of the same kind. Because the student body at Elite Prep was so ___________, Sara and James decided to send their daughter to a school that offered greater cultural diversity. |
| hone | V. /磨尖/sharpen. To make shaving easier, he ___________d his razor with great care. |
| hoodwink | V. /欺骗，迷惑，蛊惑/deceive; delude. Having been ___________ once by the fast-talking salesman, he was extremely cau¬tious when he went to purchase a used car. |
| horde | N. /拥挤/crowd. Just before Christmas the stores are filled with ___________s of shoppers. |
| horticultural | ADJ. /园艺的/pertaining to cultivation of gardens. When he bought his house, he began to look for flowers and decorative shrubs, and began to read books dealing with ___________ matters. |
| hostility | N. /不友好，敌意/unfriendliness; hatred. A child who has been the sole object of his parents' affection often feels ________ toward a new baby in the family, resenting the newcomer who has taken his place. |
| hovel | N. /小屋/shack; small, wretched house. He wondered how poor people could stand living in such a _____ |
| hover | V. /逗留；盘旋；等待/hang about; wait nearby. The police helicopter ________d above the accident. |
| hue | N. /色调/color; aspect. The aviary contained birds of every possible ______. |
| hue and cry | N.a noisy expression of public anger or disapproval: |
| humane | ADJ. /仁慈/marked by kindness or consideration. It is ironic that the _______ Society sometimes must show its compassion toward mistreated animals by killing them to put them out of their misery. |
| humdrum | ADJ. /单调的/dull; monotonous. We lead such a ________ life/existence. |
| humid | ADJ. /潮湿的/damp. She could not stand the _______ climate and moved to a drier area. |
| humility | N. /谦逊/humbleness of spirit. He spoke with a ________ and lack of pride that impressed his listeners. |
| hurtle | V. /冲击；碰撞；急冲/crash; rush. The runaway train _____d toward dis¬aster. |
| husband | V. /节约/use sparingly; conserve; save. Marathon run¬ners must husband their energy so that they can keep going for the entire distance. |
| hybrid | N. /混合的，混血的/mongrel; mixed breed. Mendel's formula explains the appearance of hybrids and pure species in breeding. alsoADJ. |
| hydrophobia | N. /恐水症；狂犬病/rabies; fear of water. A dog that bites a human being must be observed for symptoms of hydropho¬bia. |
| hyperbole | N. /夸张/exaggeration; overstatement. As far as I'm concerned, Apple's claims about the new computer are pure _______: no machine is that good! |
| hypercritical | ADJ. /及其夸张/excessively exacting. You are hypercriti¬cal in your demands for perfection; we all make mistakes. |
| hypochondriac | N. /无病呻吟；忧郁症/person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness. The doctor prescribed chocolate pills for his patient who was a hypochondriac. |
| hypocritical | ADJ. /伪善；欺骗/pretending to be virtuous; deceiving. Believing Eddie to be interested only in his own advance¬ment, Greg resented his hypocritical posing as a friend. hypocrisy, N. |
| hypothetical | ADJ. /基于假设的，设想的，假想的/based on assumptions or hypotheses; supposed. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard, Stan¬ford, and Brown. Which one would you choose to attend? Remember, this is only a hypothetical situation. hypothe¬SiS, N. |
| ichthyology | N. /鱼类学/study of fish. Jacques Cousteau's pro¬grams about sea life have advanced the cause of ________. |
| icon | N. /偶像，象征；图标/religious image; idol. The ________s on the walls of the church were painted in the 13th century. |
| iconoclastic | ADJ. /打破旧习/attacking cherished traditions. Deeply ________, Jean Genet deliberately set out to shock con¬ventional theatergoers with his radical plays. |
| ideology | N. /意识形态/system of ideas of a group. For people who had grown up believing in the communist ________, it was hard to adjust to capitalism. |
| idiom | N. /习语；成语/expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style. The phrase "to lose one's marbles" is an ________: if I say that Joe's lost his marbles, I'm not asking you to find some for him. I'm telling you ________atically that he's crazy. |
| idiosyncrasy | N. /特性，特质；古怪的，离心的/individual trait, usually odd in nature; eccentricity. One of Richard Nixon's little ________ies was his liking for ketchup on cottage cheese. One of Hannibal Lecter's little idiosyncrasies was his liking for human flesh. idiosyncratic,ADJ. |
| idolatry | N. /过度崇拜/worship of idols; excessive admiration. Such ________ of singers of country music is typical of the exces¬sive enthusiasm of youth. |
| ignite | V. /点燃/kindle; light. When Desi crooned, "Baby, light my fire," literal-minded Lucy looked around for some paper to ________. |
| ignoble | ADJ. /不高贵的；不光彩的/of lowly origin; unworthy. This plan is inspired by ________ motives and I must, therefore, oppose it. |
| ignominy | N. /丢脸；抹黑；耻辱/deep disgrace; shame or dishonor. To lose the Ping-Pong match to a trained chimpanzee! How could Rollo stand the ________ of his defeat? |
| illicit | ADJ. /非法的/illegal. The defense attorney maintained that his client had never performed any ________ action. |
| illimitable | ADJ. /无限/infinite. Man, having explored the far corners of the earth, is now reaching out into ________ space. |
| illuminate | V. /照亮；明朗；澄清/brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten. Just as a lamp can ________ a dark room, a perceptive comment can ________ a knotty problem. |
| illusion | N. /幻觉/misleading vision. It is easy to create an optical ________ in which lines of equal length appear different. |
| illusory | ADJ. /虚幻的，不真实的/deceptive; not real. Unfortunately, the costs of running the lemonade stand were so high that Tom's profits proved ________. |
| imbalance | N. /不平衡，不成比例/lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion. To correct racial ________ in the schools, school boards have bussed black children into white neighborhoods and white children into black ones. |
| imbibe | V. /吸收/drink in. The dry soil ________d the rain quickly. |
| hindmost | ADJ.further behind |
| hinterlands | N.back country |
| hireling | N.one who serves for hire |
| hirsute | ADJ.hairy |
| holocaust | N.destruction by fire |
| homeostasis | N.tendency of a system to maintain relative stability |
| homespun | ADJ.domestic;made at home. |
| homily | N.sermon;serious warning.His speeches were always ___________ies,advising his listener to repent and reform. |
| hortatory | ADJ.encouraging;exhortive |
| hubbub | N.confused uproar. |
| hubris | N.arrogance;excessive self conceit |
| hummock | N.small hill |
| humus | N.substance formed by decaying vegetable matter |
| husbandry | N.frugality;thrift; / farming ;agriculture |
| idyllic | ADJ.charmingly carefree;simple |
| igneous | ADJ.produced by fire;volcanic. |
| imbecility | N.weakness of mind |
| imbroglio | N.complicated situation;painful or complex misunderstanding |
| imbue | V.saturate, fill |
| hieroglyphic | N.picture writing. |
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