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windswept   /ˋwɪnd͵swɛpt/      adjective

原句:With its long stretches of windswept beaches marked by history and time,

         the Outer Banks sometimes looks and feels like a place civilization.

意思:被風吹掃的; 暴露在風中的; 迎風的

Ex.1. A windswept place has a lot of wind and not many buildings or trees to

         protect it.

     2. Someone who is windswept looks untidy becayse their clothes and hair

         have been blown around by a strong wind.

lean  /lin/ verb

原句:They can catch giraffes during their weakest momets:while leaning  down to drink water.

意思:1.to move your body so it is closer to or further from someone or

            something,for example by bending at the waist.

            Ex. The other girl leaned forwanrd to hear what was going on.

           2.to stand or be set at an angle against something for support instead of

             being upright.

           Ex. Two of the walls lean slightly inwards.

        3.to tend to choose or support something.

          Ex. She is leaning towards supporting military action.

loot  /lut/    

原句:Legend has it that Blackbeard would lure ships to shore,where they would

         wreck on underwater sandbars and then be looted by waiting pirates.

意思: noun[U]

            1.goods or possessions taken from a place that an enemy has gained

               control of in a war .

            2.a lot of presents that you have been given, or a lot of goods that you

               have bought.

         verb: to steal things from houses or shops during a war or after a disater

               such as a fire or flood.

詞類變化:looter    noun[C]     打劫者, 搶劫者

inlet    /ˋɪn͵lɛt/   noun[C]

原句:Cape Hatteras National Seashore, which extends 70 miles from Nags

Head to Ocracoke Inlet and covers over 30,000 acres, became America's first National Seashore in 1937.

意思:1. a long narrow area of water that continues into the land from a lake or

              sea.

          2. a tube through which a liquid or gas goes into a machine.

yarn    /jɑrn/   noun[U]

原句:Then the  recycled plastic/coffee ground mix is turned into polymer chips

          that we can pull yarn from. 

意思: cotton,wool,or other fibers in the form of thick

          Ex. a ball of yarn

       2. a long story with a lot of exciting details

片語:spin a yarn: to give someone a long detailed excuse or explanation that is

         completely false.