OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor.
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shellfish
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n. 貝類動物;甲殼類動物;甲殼類（食物）;
?? shellf甲殼的 + ish 形容詞后綴 → 甲殼類動物
"The idea of eating raw shellfish nauseates me."
我一想到吃生貝就惡心.
近義：crustacean, seafood
n. 文明，文化;開化，教化;修養;文明社會;
?? civil市民；禮貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明，文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已瀕臨毀滅的邊緣。
近義：humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
adv. 有時，間或;時而;
?? sometime某一時間的+s表副詞 →有時
"Even friends disagree sometimes."
即便是朋友有時也有分歧。
近義：occasionally, oft, once, rarely, betweentimes, betweenwhiles
反義：invariably, periodically, repeatedly, steadily, usually, consistently
adj. 似黏液的;黏滑的;<貶>諂媚的;虛偽的;
"The walls were black, cold and slimy."
墻又黑又冷，上面滿是黏濕的污跡。
近義：sycophant, toady, crawler, slippery, miry, muddy
adj. 指定的，確定的;假設的，假定的;有…傾向的;贈送的;
prep. （表示原因）考慮到;（表示假設）倘若，假定;
n. 假設;
v. 給予，贈送( give的過去分詞);
"The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control."
飛行員得到空中交通管制站發出的著陸許可。
近義：particular
反義：indefinite, indeterminate, unascertained, uncertain, unsettled, vague
adj. 貧窮的，貧乏的;令人憐憫的，可憐的;匱乏的;低劣的;
n. the poor 貧困者，窮人;
?? 穿破（po）衣服的人（or），是因為 貧窮的
"Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor."
向富人征收的稅應該比窮人的多.
近義：indigent, impecunious, landless, meager, miserly, needy
反義：loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied