Vocabulary: 第八章 论物种的起源
from 狄德罗与自由思考的艺术
- 讲述x2 | Chapter Rank #589to talk about; to narrate; to give an account
- 原始x4 | Chapter Rank #295first; original; primitive; original (document etc)
- 进化论x1 | Chapter Rank #1104theory of evolution; (esp.) Darwinism
- 核心x2 | Chapter Rank #590core; nucleus
- 梦x24 | Chapter Rank #34dream (CL:場|场[chang2]); (bound form) to dream
- 经历x2 | Chapter Rank #591to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段[duan4],次[ci4])
- 记忆x2 | Chapter Rank #592to remember; to recall; memory
- 暴虐x1 | Chapter Rank #1105brutal; tyrannical
- 热浪x1 | Chapter Rank #1106heat wave
- 图瓦x1 | Chapter Rank #1107Tuva, a republic in south-central Siberia, Russia
- 妮x1 | Chapter Rank #1108girl; phonetic "ni" (in female names); Taiwan pr. [ni2]
- 特x2 | Chapter Rank #593special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
- 安x2 | Chapter Rank #594surname An(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1 yu2]); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1 pei2])
- 热x3 | Chapter Rank #403to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent
- 莉x1 | Chapter Rank #1109used in 茉莉[mo4 li4]; used in the transliteration of female names
- 逃离x1 | Chapter Rank #1110to run out; to escape
- 得x5 | Chapter Rank #238to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 要命x1 | Chapter Rank #1111to cause sb's death; extremely; terribly; (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance
- 福x1 | Chapter Rank #1112surname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]good fortune; happiness; luck
- 堡x1 | Chapter Rank #1113used in place namesvillage (used in place names)(bound form) fortress; stronghold; (often used to transliterate -berg, -burg etc in place names); (bound form) burger (abbr. for 漢堡|汉堡[han4 bao3])
- 圣x2 | Chapter Rank #595(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- 曼x1 | Chapter Rank #1114handsome; large; long
- 区x1 | Chapter Rank #1115area; region; district; small; distinguish; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Ou
- 塞夫尔x1 | Chapter Rank #1116
- 河边x1 | Chapter Rank #1117river bank
- 避暑x1 | Chapter Rank #1118to be away for the summer holidays; to spend a holiday at a summer resort; to prevent sunstroke
- 们x3 | Chapter Rank #404plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- 基本x1 | Chapter Rank #1119basic; fundamental; main; elementary
- 离开x2 | Chapter Rank #596to depart; to leave
- 首都x1 | Chapter Rank #1120capital (city); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 回到x3 | Chapter Rank #405to return to
- 德国x2 | Chapter Rank #597Germany
- 宫廷x1 | Chapter Rank #1121court (of king or emperor)
- 进发x1 | Chapter Rank #1122(of a group of people or a convoy of vehicles) to set off
- 沃x3 | Chapter Rank #406fertile; rich; to irrigate; to wash (of river)
- 兰x3 | Chapter Rank #407orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)surname Lan; abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu
- 姐妹x1 | Chapter Rank #1123sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc)
- 她们x1 | Chapter Rank #1124they; them (females)
- 临近x1 | Chapter Rank #1125to approach; to draw near; to be close to (in space or time)
- 维特x1 | Chapter Rank #1126Werther, opera by Jules Massenet; Werther, German masculine given name
- 里x6 | Chapter Rank #203lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 勒x2 | Chapter Rank #598to strap tightly; to bind(literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])
- 弗朗索瓦x1 | Chapter Rank #1127
- 家族x1 | Chapter Rank #1128family; clan
- 庄园x2 | Chapter Rank #599manor; feudal land; villa and park
- 安顿下来x1 | Chapter Rank #1129
- 沉浸x1 | Chapter Rank #1130to soak; to permeate; to immerse
- 工作x7 | Chapter Rank #171to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- 每天x1 | Chapter Rank #1131every day
- 早上x1 | Chapter Rank #1132early morning; CL:個|个[ge4]