Studio Classroom 2008.02.20

yield / jild / verb

1 [transitive] to produce something useful such as information or evidence:
Knowing about our past does not automatically yield solutions to our current problems.
yield results/benefits: The search for truth is beginning to yield fruitful results.

1a. to make a profit:
The combined investment is expected to yield $5,000 in the first year.
yield a profit/return: This figure could yield a return high enough to provide a healthy pension.

1b. to produce fruit, vegetables, or other foods

high-yielding investment (高利潤的投資)

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tablet (藥片)

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cave / kev / noun [count] (洞穴)

a large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground

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spec·tac·u·lar / spektækjlr / adjective

extremely impressive:
We had a spectacular view of the coastline from the airplane.
The show was a spectacular success.

a. very sudden or extreme, and therefore attracting a lot of attention:
The newspapers charted every moment of his spectacular fall from grace.

– spec·tac·u·lar·ly adverb :
spectacularly beautiful scenery

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limestone (石灰岩)

cement (水泥)

limestone cave (石灰岩洞)

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dis·solve / dzlv / verb

1 [intransitive] if a solid substance dissolves in a liquid, it is mixed into the liquid so that it becomes included in it:
dissolve in: salt dissolves in water

1a. [transitive] to mix a solid substance into a liquid so that it becomes included in it:
dissolve something in something: Dissolve the sugar in one tablespoon of water over low heat.

2 [intransitive or transitive] if a group or organization dissolves, or if someone dissolves it, it stops existing:
The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991.

2a. [transitive often passive] to formally end a legislature

2b. [transitive usually passive] to officially end a marriage or other legal agreement:
Their marriage was dissolved in 1938.

3 [intransitive or transitive] to disappear or stop existing, or to make something do this, especially a feeling:
After four days, her hopes of finding Ben began to dissolve.

dissolve into phrasal verb [transitive]

dissolve into something if you dissolve into something such as tears or laughter, you begin to cry or laugh in an uncontrolled way

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below 和 under 的不同 以及 above 和 over 的不同：

above (特別指在某東西上, 更精準)

over (在...之上, 涵蓋範圍廣)

below (特別指在某東西之下)
under (涵蓋下方所有面積)

above our heads
over our heads

underground

below ground

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sta·lac·tite / stlæktat / noun [count] (鐘乳石)

a long pointed piece of rock that hangs down from the roof of a CAVE, formed by chemicals in water drops that have fallen over many years

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chan·de·lier / ændlr / noun [count] (吊燈)

a large light that hangs from a ceiling and has branches for holding electric lights or CANDLES

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fren·zy / frenzi / noun (= crazy)

1 [count or uncount] a state of uncontrolled activity or emotion:
The next speaker whipped the crowd up into a frenzy.
She was in a frenzy of rage.

2 [count] a period of great energy and activity:
Her arrival always triggers a media frenzy.

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cham·ber / tembr / noun

1 [count] a large room in a public building, especially one used for meetings:
the council chamber of city hall
a debating chamber

1a. a room used for a particular purpose:
Tutankhamun's burial chamber
a torture chamber

1b. an old word for a private room or a bedroom:
the master's chamber

1c. chambers [plural] the offices used by judges

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