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今天朋友问这样一句话: He has been on the lam with his old flame in a small African country only for two years. 这句话每个词汇都认识，他说就看不懂。其实，朋友他没有掌握旧词flame的新义。既然如此，我们一起来分享一下与常见词汇flame, blame, lame, lamb, lamp相关词汇: on the lam, one"s ewe lamb, lame duck president, one"s old/new flame。

[l?m] lam VS lamb

lam [l?m]

v.n.潜逃 (on the lam) (PS *** at large在逃)

1.He was on the lam for seven years.他已在逃7年。

2. He was on the lam from the police after they found out he was using stolen credit cards. 警方发现他一直在使用偷来的信用卡之后他就一直潜逃。

lamb [l?m]

n.羔羊肉; 羔羊，小羊 (PS* one"s ewe lamb)

<考研/TEM8>

1.She came and put her arms around me. "You poor lamb. What"s wrong?"她走过来搂着我。“可怜的宝贝，出什么事儿啦？”

2.We"re having lamb chops for dinner.我们晚餐吃羊排。

3.A lamb goes astray on a forked road.歧路亡羊。

lame [leim]

adj.蹩脚的; 跛的，无说服力的

<高考/考研/TEM8>

1.He was aware that she was lame in one leg他注意到她一条腿有残疾。

2.He mumbled some lame excuse about having gone to sleep他含含糊糊地找了个蹩脚的借口，想要解释自己为什么睡着了。

3. He gave a lame excuse for being late. 他给出迟到的借口苍白无力。

*** lame duck president 不能再继续竞选连任的总统

鸭子走起路来一摇三摆，想快也快不了。再加上跛脚，那更是举步维艰，一筹莫展。在美国政界，常用lame duck来形容任期将届满的政治人物的窘境，尤其是第二任期快结束的总统。

lament [l??ment]

vt.& vi.悲叹;悔恨; 痛惜;（为…）哀悼(~ over...)

n.哀歌，挽歌;悲恸，恸哭;悲痛之情;悼词

1.Ken began to lament the death of his only son肯开始对独子的死悲痛不已。

2.A singer on the country music station was singing a lament for the late, great Buddy Holly.乡村音乐电台中，一位歌手正演唱歌曲哀悼已故

3. We lament ( over) his death.我们哀悼他的逝世。

lamp [l?mp]

n.灯; 发热灯，照射灯

<高考/CET4/考研>

1.She switched on the bedside lamp她打开床头灯。

2.In the evenings we eat by the light of an oil lamp.晚上我们便在一盏油灯下吃饭。

3.With a flash, the kerosene lamp went out.煤油灯闪了闪就灭了。

lame VS blame VS flame

blame [bleim]

vt.归咎于; 指责，责怪

n. 责备; 责任; 过失

<高考/CET4/考研/IELTS/TOEFL>

1.The commission is expected to blame the army for many of the atrocities(**PS).委员会理应谴责军队的诸多暴行。

2. I do not blame them for trying to make some money我认为他们想赚一些钱也是情有可原的。

an old lover VS an old flame

flame [fleim]

n. 火焰; 激情;〈俚〉**情人

vi. 燃烧，发出火焰; 面红; 闪光

<高考/CET4/CET6/考研/IELTS/TEM4>

*** in flames 熊熊燃烧(状态)

*** go up in flames =burst into flames 突然着火，突然失火

*** a flame/flames of anger/desire/ passion (文) 怒火，欲望，激情的火焰

1.The heat from the flames was so intense that roads melted. 烈焰的温度很高，连路面都被熔化了。

2.Her cheeks flamed with anger.她气得脸涨红了。

3. She met an old flame at the party. 她在聚会上遇到了旧情人。

4.The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame.昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人肯定是你过去的情人。

PS:

at large [?t lɑ:d?]

1.Six prisoners are still at large along with four dangerous recidivists.4个危险的惯犯和其他6名犯人仍然在逃。

2. He remains at large despite the high price put on his head by the authorities.尽管当局悬赏重金缉拿他，他仍旧逍遥法外。

3.The man who tried to have her killed is still at large.那个企图雇凶杀她的男子仍然在逃。

PS:

ewe [ju:]

n.母羊

*** one"s ewe lamb (某人的小母羊---指的是...的女儿)最珍爱的东西

1.The ewe gave birth to only one lamb.这母羊只产了一个羊羔。

2.One ewe has produced twins.一只母羊一胎生了两只小羊。

PS:

atrocity [?"tr?siti]

n. 暴行；凶恶，残暴

词源探讨: atroc-源自原始印欧语atro-ek-, atroc-表"火" (见atrium---原指中庭放火炉的地方)，-ity表名词字尾。

1. These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.这些人犯有令人发指的暴行。

2. He is as cool as a cucumber upon every act of atrocity.他面对一切暴行都表现得冷静沉着。

3.The atrocity caused widespread indignation.那暴行引起了普遍的愤慨。