大学英语四级/cet4词汇带英文注释(九十四)

　　storm

　　[violent weather, including strong winds and rain or snow]

　　The storm caused severe damage across southern Florida.

　　story

　　[the telling or writing of an event, either real or imagined]

　　No one believed the story of her life, so she changed it.

　　stove

　　[a heating device used for cooking]

　　The stove is broken so I cannot cook dinner.

　　straight

　　[continuing in one direction without turns]

　　The road is straight, all the way across the desert.

　　strange

　　[(1) unusual; (2) not normal; (3) not known]

　　I saw some strange lights in the sky last night. (1)

　　Our backyard is a strange place to see a deer. (2)

　　Some of our customs seem strange to her. (3)

　　street

　　[a road in a city, town or village]

　　Which street are you looking for?

　　stretch

　　[(1) to extend for a distance; (1) to pull on to make longer or wider]

　　They stretched the rope across the river. (1)

　　His shoulders stretched the coat. (2)

　　strike

　　[(1) to hit with force; (2) to stop work as a way to seek better conditions, more pay or to make other demands]

　　He struck the baseball with the bat. (1)

　　The workers are on strike for more money. (2)

　　strong

　　[(1) having much power; (2) not easily broken, damaged or destroyed]

　　The strong wind blew down some trees. (1)

　　Even some of the strong trees were damaged. (2)

　　structure

　　[(1) the way something is built, made or organized; (2) a system that is formed or organized in a special way; (3) a building]

　　This picture shows the structure of a plant cell. (1)

　　He will propose some changes in the structure of the organization. (2)

　　The new structure will have offices on 14 floors. (3)

　　struggle

　　[(1) to try with much effort; (2) to fight with; (3) a great effort; (4) a fight]

　　He struggled to keep his company open. (1)

　　The two boys struggled for no reason. (2)

　　It is a great struggle just to get up in the morning. (3)

　　Who were the boys in that struggle outside the school? (4)