SAT1考试的词汇经典,音标版让同学们更方便

aquatic sports such as scuba diving and snorkeling.

aquiline ['ækwilain] ADJ. /弯曲的，钩状的/curved, hooked. He can be

recognized by his aquiline nose, curved like the beak of the eagle.

arable ['ær bl] ADJ. /可耕种的/fit for growing crops. The first settlers wrote

home glowing reports of the New World, praising its vast acres of arable land ready for the plow.

arbiter ['ɑ:bit ] N. /仲裁者/a person with power to decide a dispute; judge.

As an arbiter in labor disputes, she has won the confidence of the workers and the employers.

arbitrary ['ɑ:bitr ri] ADJ. /反复无常；残暴；随机的/capricious; randomly

chosen; tyrannical. Tom's arbitrary dismissal angered him; his boss had no reason to fire him. He threw an arbitrary assortment of clothes into his suitcase and headed off, not caring where he went.

arbitrator ['ɑ:bitreit ] N. /仲裁者/judge. Because the negotiating teams had

been unable to reach a contract settlement, an outside arbitrator was called upon to mediate the dispute between union and management. arbitration, N.

arboretum [,ɑ:b 'ri:t m] N. /植物园/place where different tree varieties are

exhibited. Walking along the tree-lined paths of the arboretum, Rita noted poplars, firs, and some particularly fine sycamores.

arcade [ɑ:'keid] N. /拱廊/a covered passageway, usually lined with shops.

The arcade was popular with shoppers because it gave them protection from the summer sun and the winter rain.

arcane [ɑ:'kein] ADJ. /秘密；谜/secret; mysterious; known only to the

initiated. Secret brotherhoods surround themselves with arcane rituals and trappings to mystify outsiders. So do doctors. Consider the arcane terminology they use and the impression they try to give that what is arcane to us is obvious to them.

archaeology [,ɑ:ki' l d i] N. /考古学/study of artifacts and relics of early

mankind. The professor of archaeology headed an expedition to the Gobi Desert in search of ancient ruins.