[词汇]（6）

water                    v. 浇水

terribly                 adv. 非常

dry                      adj. 干燥的，干的

nuisance                 n. 讨厌的东西或人

mean(meant/meant)        v. 意味着，意思是

surprise                 n. 惊奇，意外的事

★water   v. 浇水

① v. 浇（洒）水；供水；喂水

The garden is very dry, I’m going to water it tomorrow morning.

Tim is watering his lovely little dog.  蒂姆正在给他那只可爱的小狗喂水。

② v. 充满水；充满泪水；流口水

He felt sad and his eyes watered a little.  他感到难过，眼睛有点儿湿润了。

Ice cream always makes his mouth water.  冰淇淋总能让他馋得淌口水。

③ v. 搀水冲淡；加水稀释

Someone had been watering the milk.  有人往牛奶里搀了水。

He always waters drinks and sells them to tourists.

他总是在饮料里搀水并将之卖给游客们。

④ n. 水

★nuisance   n. 讨厌的东西或人

It’s terribly dry. What a nuisance!

★mean(meant/meant)   v. 意味着，意思是

① v. 意味着，即

It’s raining! That means you don’t need to water the garden.

It means that…  那就意味着……

② v.（词语）表示……意思

The green light means ‘Go on’.  绿灯的意思是“继续向前”。

What does…mean?  意思是什么？

What does ‘perfume’mean in English?

③ v. 意指；意欲

What I mean is that we’ll have to go back and look for it.

我的意思是：我们必须回去寻找它。

He didn’t mean to hurt you.  他的本意并不是想伤害你。

meaning  n. 意思，意义

What’s your meaning?  你是什么意思？