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accentuate   [ækˋsɛntʃu͵et] verb

原句:She was a slender, small-breasted girl, with an erect carriage, which she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders like a young cadet.

1. to emphasize something, or to make it more noticeable

for example: The bright lights tend to accentuate wrinkles.

cadet  [kəˋdɛt]  noun[C]

原句:She was a slender, small-breasted girl, with an erect carriage, which she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders like a young cadet.

1. a young person who is training to be a police officer or military officer

reciprocal  [rɪˋsɪprək!]  adjective

原句:Her gray sun-strained eyes looked back at me with polite reciprocal curiosity out of a wan, charming, discontented face.

1. done according to an arrangement by which you do something for someone who does the same thing for you

for example: a reciproal relationship

discontented  [dɪskənˋtɛntɪd] adjective

原句:Her gray sun-strained eyes looked back at me with polite reciprocal curiosity out of a wan, charming, discontented face.

1. not satisfied with something

for example: discontented employees

wedge  [wɛdʒ] verb

原句:Before I could reply that he was my neighbor dinner was announced; wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine, Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square.

1. to fix something in position with a wedge

for example: You'll have to wedge the window open

2. to fix something tightly or in a small space

for example: The phone was wedged underhis chin.