Unit 60

profuse / peruse / perfume

profuse adj. 大量的 (very plentiful; abundant) / prəˈfjus /

• Each spring we visit the local botanical gardens in order to enjoy the profuse array of blossoming flowers.

peruse v. 仔细阅读 (read, typically in a thorough or careful way ) / pəˈruz /

• Maria carefully perused the chapter in her history book, attempting to commit the names and dates to memory.

perfume n. 香水 (a liquid substance that you put on your body in small amounts in order to smell pleasant) /ˈpəːfjuːm/

• Chanel Number 5 was one of the first perfumes to incorporate synthetic aromatic elements in its recipe.

brittle / bristle

brittle adj. (脆弱的，易损坏的 (easily broken or cracked ) /ˈbrɪdl /

• Lalique china is so delicate that light can pass through it, but this refinement makes it equally brittle and easily breakable.

bristle v. 生气，愤怒 (to become angry ) /ˈbrisəl /

• Harold bristled at the suggestion that he should apologise and angrily roared his refusal.

halcyon / hallucination / hale

halcyon adj. 岁月静好的，安宁的 (very happy and peaceful or calming ) /ˈhælsiən /

• Grace stared out the window of the classroom, dreaming about the halcyon days of summer vacation.

hallucination n. 幻觉 (something that seems real but does not really exist and that is usually caused by mental illness or the effect of a drug) /həˌlusəˈneɪʃ(ə)n /

• LSD was one of the most dangerous drugs taken during the 1960s because it gave its users hallucinations.

hale adj. 精神矍铄的 (healthy and strong) /heɪl /

• Six months after recovering from his dangerously high fever, Trang had returned to his formerly hale state of health.