Vocabulary: 第3章 兰·盖伊船长
from 冰上斯芬克斯
- 平息x1 | Chapter Rank #616(of wind etc) to subside; to die down; to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc); to suppress (a rebellion etc)
- 平静x1 | Chapter Rank #617tranquil; undisturbed; serene
- 还x5 | Chapter Rank #132still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elsesurname Huanto pay back; to return
- 快x1 | Chapter Rank #618rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- 风向x1 | Chapter Rank #619wind direction; the way the wind is blowing; fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones); how things are developing; course of events
- 极x1 | Chapter Rank #620extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- 稳定x1 | Chapter Rank #621steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify
- 经常x2 | Chapter Rank #317frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- 如此x2 | Chapter Rank #318like this; so; such
- 将近x1 | Chapter Rank #622almost; nearly; close to
- 十一点x1 | Chapter Rank #623
- 钟x1 | Chapter Rank #624handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)surname Zhonga (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]); clock (CL:座[zuo4]); amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1 dian3 zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3 fen1 zhong1] "five minutes" etc)
- 东方x1 | Chapter Rank #625the East; the Orient; two-character surname Dongfangeast
- 云层x1 | Chapter Rank #626the clouds; cloud layer; cloud bank
- 占x2 | Chapter Rank #319to take possession of; to occupy; to take upto observe; to divine
- 上风x1 | Chapter Rank #627on the up; currently winning; rising (in popularity etc)
- 转x3 | Chapter Rank #226to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actionssee 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
- 群山x1 | Chapter Rank #628mountains; a range of hills
- 另一侧x1 | Chapter Rank #629
- 销声匿迹x1 | Chapter Rank #630to vanish without trace (idiom); to lie low
- 打开x1 | Chapter Rank #631to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- 窗户x1 | Chapter Rank #632window; CL:個|个[ge4],扇[shan4]
- 这时x3 | Chapter Rank #227at this time; at this moment
- 正x1 | Chapter Rank #633first month of the lunar yearstraight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
- 准备x4 | Chapter Rank #160preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- 解开x1 | Chapter Rank #634to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery)
- 掣x1 | Chapter Rank #635to pull; to draw; to pull back; to withdraw; to flash past
- 索x5 | Chapter Rank #133to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolatedsurname Suo; abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia
- 一位x4 | Chapter Rank #161
- 水手x2 | Chapter Rank #320mariner; sailor; seaman
- 艇x2 | Chapter Rank #321(bound form) boat; craft (esp. small or naval)
- 装x2 | Chapter Rank #322adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack
- 一副x1 | Chapter Rank #636
- 桨x1 | Chapter Rank #637oar; paddle; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- 另x4 | Chapter Rank #162other; another; separate; separately
- 尾x1 | Chapter Rank #638horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etctail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish
- 扶住x1 | Chapter Rank #639
- 操舵x1 | Chapter Rank #640to steer (a vessel); to hold the rudder; at the helm
- 库x2 | Chapter Rank #323warehouse; storehouse; (file) library
- 之间x1 | Chapter Rank #641(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- 距离x1 | Chapter Rank #642distance; CL:個|个[ge4]; to be apart from
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #324only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 五十x1 | Chapter Rank #643fifty
- 杜x1 | Chapter Rank #644birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent; to restrictsurname Du
- 瓦x1 | Chapter Rank #645roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
- 兹x1 | Chapter Rank #646used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2](literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
- 绝不会x1 | Chapter Rank #647
- 再x8 | Chapter Rank #72again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 多x4 | Chapter Rank #163many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 靠岸x1 | Chapter Rank #648(of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore; landfall