1.shower
v.大量给予;慷慨给予
英英释义：
If you shower a person with presents or kisses, you give them a lot of presents or kisses in a very generous and extravagant way.
例句：
①He showered her with emeralds and furs.
他送给她很多绿宝石和裘皮大衣。
②Her parents showered her with kisses.
她父母不停地亲吻她。
说实话，其实“shower”的这个意思大家应该已经见过很多次了，在考试中也经常出现。
比如《经济学人》一篇关于非洲学生的文章《School's Out》也出现了这个表达：
（注：bursary n.奖学金；助学金）
除此之外，“shower”还有一个很常见的熟词生义 ，作为名词可以表示“阵雨 ”【A shower is a short period of rain, especially light rain.】
举个栗子：
There'll be bright or sunny spells and scattered showers this afternoon.
今天下午天气晴好，间有零星阵雨。
因此，它的短语还有一个延伸义，表示：(落下的东西)一大批，一阵，一连串 【You can refer to a lot of things that are falling as a shower of them.】
比如：
Showers of sparks flew in all directions.
一大串火星四处飞溅。
2.capture
v.代表（特点);表现,体现(感情、气氛)
英英释义：
If something or someone captures a particular quality, feeling, or atmosphere, they represent or express it successfully.
例句：
①Chef Idris Caldora offers an inspired menu that captures the spirit of the Mediterranean.
厨师伊德里斯·卡尔多拉开出一份富有地中海特色的菜单，让人眼前一亮。
②Their mood was captured by one who said, 'Students here don't know or care about campus issues.'
一个人的话道出了他们的心情，“这儿的学生既不了解也不关心校园问题。”
电影《她》也出现了这个表达：
3.breeze
n.容易办的事
英英释义：
If you say that something is a breeze, you mean that it is very easy to do or to achieve.
例句：
Making the pastry is a breeze if you have a food processor.
如果你有食品加工机，做这种点心轻而易举。
动画片《咱们裸熊》也出现了这个表达：
其实这个意思相当形象了，因为“breeze”本身表示“微风”。如果用来形容事情，就可以说是“轻而易举”~
因为“breeze”的这个意思，它还有两个很常见的动词短语，这里再介绍一下它的俩兄弟：
①breeze into 随意轻松地进入；漫步走入 【If you breeze into a place or a position, you enter it in a very casual or relaxed manner.】
栗子：
'Are you all right?' Francine asked as she breezed in with the mail.
“你没事吧？”芙朗辛拿着邮件踱步走进来，问道。
②breeze through 轻松过关，轻易通过（比赛或测试） 【If you breeze through something such as a game or test, you cope with it easily.】
栗子：
John seems to breeze effortlessly through his many commitments at work.
约翰似乎不费吹灰之力就完成了很多工作任务。
拓展：
waltz through sth 轻易完成；轻而易举地取得
sail through 顺利通过(考试,面试等)
4.tired
adj.陈旧的;陈腐的
英英释义：
If you describe something as tired, you are critical of it because you have heard it or seen it many times.
例句：
①I didn't want to hear another one of his tiredexcuses.
我不想听他的又一个老掉牙的借口。
②What we see at Westminster is a tired old ritual.
我们在威斯敏斯特教堂看到的是一种经年不变的古旧仪式。
拓展：
看到这个词，我刚好想起来最近背的一个同义词：hoary adj.古老的;陈旧的;老掉牙的 【If you describe a problem or subject as hoary, you mean that it is old and familiar.】
举个栗子：
the hoary old myth that women are unpredictable.
“女人心，海底针”这种老一套的鬼话
这里补充一个更常见的表达：cliche /ˈkliːʃeɪ/ 【a phrase or idea that is boring because people use it a lot and it is no longer original】
举个栗子：
If it doesn't sound like too much of a cliché , our world is constantly changing, and it's changing quickly.
如果这听起来不太像陈词滥调的话，我们的世界一直在变化，而且变化很快。
Matt Haig的新书The Midnight Library也出现了这个表达：
5.shy
adj.刻意回避的
英英释义：
used to say that someone does not like something and therefore tries to avoid it.
例句：
Until now television had fought shy of covering by-elections.
迄今为止电视台一直竭力避免报道补缺选举。
《经济学人》一篇关于极限挑战的文章 Last of the daredevils 出现了这个表达：shy away from
关于“避免”，我想到一个词：shun v.刻意避开;有意回避 【If you shun someone or something, you deliberately avoid them or keep away from them.】
举个栗子：
He has always shunned publicity.
他一直有意避开媒体的关注。
《经济学人》一篇关于城市与乡村的文章 Homecoming 也出现了这个表达：
