【cirrus】 - A-level备考词汇

cirrus

UK:  ['sɪrəs]

US:  ['sɪrəs]

复数：cirri  

n.

1.蔓枝

2.雄茎

3.孢子角须

4.刚毛

5.【气象学】卷云

6.【植物;植物学】卷须;孢子角

7.【动物;动物学】粗纤毛,触毛;触须;(腕足类的)腕丝;(甲壳类的)蔓足;(虫类的)阴茎

1 . Perhaps we have had such an agreement: to be turned together to see cirrus clouds, the flowers bloom.
也许我们有过这样的约定：要一起去看云卷云翻，花开花落。

2 . In February, a subsidiary of a state-owned Chinese company bought Cirrus Industries, a Minnesota manufacturer of small aircraft.
二月份，一个中国国营公司的分公司收购了明尼苏达州一架小型飞机制造厂CirrusIndustries。

3 . When viewed from the ground, bands of threadlike cirrus clouds often seem to emerge from a single point on the western horizon.
如果从地面观察，线一样的卷云构成的带像是从西边地平线出的一个点发出的。

4 . Cory Lidle, a (34-year-old) pitcher who joined the Yankees just a few months ago, owned the single-engine aircraft (a Cirrus SR20).
现年34岁的棒球投手莱多几个月前刚加入洋基棒球队.他拥有一架单引擎飞机。

5 . He expects the acquisition to be approved because Cirrus isn't a high-tech aviation firm with national security-sensitive trade secrets.
伍特斯预计此次收购会通过审查，因为西锐并非拥有涉及国家安全的敏感性商业秘密的高科技航空企业。