ENG words

mettlesome \MET-ul-sum\ adjective
精神抖擻的(多半拿來形容很有活力的馬)
: full of vigor and stamina : spirited

• vigor 精力、活力
• stamina 精力、活力
  

Example sentence:
The mettlesome bronco kicked and bucked, but the rider kept his balance and rode him out.

• bronco 美國野馬
• buck v. (馬)猛然彎背躍起(The horse bucked the rider off)
  
• ride out 安然度過(We were confident that we would be able to ride out the storm)
  

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chouse \CHOWSS ("OW" as in "cow")\ verb
欺騙、詐騙
: cheat, trick

Example sentence:
In Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, Mr. Cruncher says, "If I ain't, what with piety and one blowed thing and another, been choused this last week into as bad luck as ever a poor devil of a honest tradesman met with!"

• piety n. 虔誠(They were drawn to the church not by piety but by curiosity)

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slugabed \SLUG-uh-bed\ noun
懶蟲
: a person who stays in bed after the usual or proper time to get up; broadly : sluggard

• sluggard 懶惰蟲、懶人

Example sentence:
Rather than be a slugabed for her entire vacation, Jeanne made it a goal to rise at 6:00 AM and go for a jog every morning.

關聯字:

• slug 蛞蝓、動作遲緩的人/生物
• abed 在床上= in bed