A: What type of tree is that?
B: I think it is a maple
maple n. 槭樹，楓樹，槭木
A: I really dislike Stephanie.
B: Don’t try to mar me with your negative impressions of her before I even meet her.
mar vt. 破壞，毀壞
A: I’m getting a new fireplace installed.
B: Is it the marble one you had your eye on?
marble n. 1. 大理石;2. (用玻璃、石頭等制成的)彈子;3. [pl.]彈子游戲
A: The mare is expecting her foal in three weeks.
B: Oh! I thought a mare was a male horse, silly me!
mare n. 母馬，母驢
A: Did you do well in the exam, Sir?
B: Yes, you only made some marginal errors.
marginal a. 1. 微小的，少量的，不重要的;2. 僅以微弱多數(shù)票獲勝的;3. 記(或引)在頁(yè)邊的，有旁注的
A: Have you ever smoked marijuana?
B: No, I have never tried drugs.
marijuana n. 大麻，大麻煙
A: What is your marital status?
B: I am married.
marital a. 婚姻的，夫妻的
A: I’m going to visit the maritime museum this afternoon.
B: I assume that it is the one by the sea.
maritime a. 1. 海的，海事的，航海的;2. 近海的，海的
A: It rained so much. My garden is like a marsh.
B: Don’t worry, it will dry out soon.
marsh n. 沼澤，濕地
A: I was a marshal in the army for 11 years.
B: Gosh, that is a high rank, you must have worked hard to get there.
marshal n. 1. 元帥，指揮官;2. (某些群眾活動(dòng)的)總指揮，司儀;3. (美國(guó)的)執(zhí)法官，警察局長(zhǎng)，消防隊(duì)長(zhǎng)
vt. 整理，排列，集結(jié)
A: I read that the ancient Romans were martial people.
B: I’m not sure if they were inclined to war.
martial a. 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的，軍事的，武術(shù)的
A: The sunset is amazing.
B: Yes, I am sitting here marveling at it right now.
marvel vi. (at) 驚嘆，贊佩
vt. 對(duì)……感到驚異
n. 令人驚異(或不可思議)的事，奇跡
A: That girl looks particularly masculine.
B: Maybe it is because she lifts weights.
masculine a. 1. 男性的，男子的;2. 男子氣的
A: Shall I mash your potatoes?
B: No, thanks, I like them whole.
mash vt. (up) 把……搗成糊狀
n. 糊狀物
A: The soldiers massacred each other with gunfire during the war.
B: Do you know how many people were killed?
massacre vt. 1. 大規(guī)模屠殺，殘殺;2. 徹底擊敗
n. 1. *，殘殺;2. (比賽等)殘敗
B: I think it is a maple
maple n. 槭樹，楓樹，槭木
A: I really dislike Stephanie.
B: Don’t try to mar me with your negative impressions of her before I even meet her.
mar vt. 破壞，毀壞
A: I’m getting a new fireplace installed.
B: Is it the marble one you had your eye on?
marble n. 1. 大理石;2. (用玻璃、石頭等制成的)彈子;3. [pl.]彈子游戲
A: The mare is expecting her foal in three weeks.
B: Oh! I thought a mare was a male horse, silly me!
mare n. 母馬，母驢
A: Did you do well in the exam, Sir?
B: Yes, you only made some marginal errors.
marginal a. 1. 微小的，少量的，不重要的;2. 僅以微弱多數(shù)票獲勝的;3. 記(或引)在頁(yè)邊的，有旁注的
A: Have you ever smoked marijuana?
B: No, I have never tried drugs.
marijuana n. 大麻，大麻煙
A: What is your marital status?
B: I am married.
marital a. 婚姻的，夫妻的
A: I’m going to visit the maritime museum this afternoon.
B: I assume that it is the one by the sea.
maritime a. 1. 海的，海事的，航海的;2. 近海的，海的
A: It rained so much. My garden is like a marsh.
B: Don’t worry, it will dry out soon.
marsh n. 沼澤，濕地
A: I was a marshal in the army for 11 years.
B: Gosh, that is a high rank, you must have worked hard to get there.
marshal n. 1. 元帥，指揮官;2. (某些群眾活動(dòng)的)總指揮，司儀;3. (美國(guó)的)執(zhí)法官，警察局長(zhǎng)，消防隊(duì)長(zhǎng)
vt. 整理，排列，集結(jié)
A: I read that the ancient Romans were martial people.
B: I’m not sure if they were inclined to war.
martial a. 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的，軍事的，武術(shù)的
A: The sunset is amazing.
B: Yes, I am sitting here marveling at it right now.
marvel vi. (at) 驚嘆，贊佩
vt. 對(duì)……感到驚異
n. 令人驚異(或不可思議)的事，奇跡
A: That girl looks particularly masculine.
B: Maybe it is because she lifts weights.
masculine a. 1. 男性的，男子的;2. 男子氣的
A: Shall I mash your potatoes?
B: No, thanks, I like them whole.
mash vt. (up) 把……搗成糊狀
n. 糊狀物
A: The soldiers massacred each other with gunfire during the war.
B: Do you know how many people were killed?
massacre vt. 1. 大規(guī)模屠殺，殘殺;2. 徹底擊敗
n. 1. *，殘殺;2. (比賽等)殘敗