28.疯
mad：Showing that one has amanita illness which often causes them to behave in strange way.
crazy：(infl)Very strange or foolish.
psychotic：The most precise one.used by psychiatrists.
insane Not sound in mind.used in scientific articles.
lunatic：(old derog)wildly foolish.
demented It indicates sb's mentality has degenerated from a precious level.
maniac：(n)A mad person who is violent and dangerous.
29.味道
smell：The most general one.
It refers to something pleasant or unpleasant.
odo(u)r：(fml)More used in scientific articles.
fragrance：A sweet or pleasant smell.
It refers to flowers and stresses a delicate smell from plants.
Those roses have a delightful fragrance.
scent：A smell esp.left by an animals，an pleasant smell.
Our dog lost the fox's scent.
perfume：A sweet or pleasant smell.
It refers to either natural smell or a man-made smell and stresses a strong and rich smell compared with fragrance
aroma：A strong usu pleasant smell，often a spicy smell.
flavor：The particular quality of tasting good or pleasantly strong.The bread hasn't much flavor.
savor：The smell of food by the processes of cooking.
The meat had cooked too long and lost its savor.
stink：A strong unpleasant smell.the stink of sweaty feet.
stench：A very strong unpleasant smell.
30.怕
fear：The feeling that one has when danger is near.
(可怕)dread：A great fear esp.of some harm to come.
It suggests fear of facing whatever is coming.Usually dread also means loss of courage.
Illness is the great dread of his life.
(畏惧)fright：The feeling or experience of fear.sudden great fear.
I nearly died of fright at the sight of escaped lion.
(恐慌)alarm：Sudden fear and anxiety as caused by the possibility of
danger and excitement caused by fear of danger.
The news caused great alarm.
(恐惧)terror：Extreme and intense fear.
The people ran from the enemy in terror.
(恐怖 战栗)horror：A feeling of great shock，fear and dislike.
I cried out in horror as I saw the man killed.
(惊恐万状)panic：Sudden uncontrollable quickly-spreading fear or terror，which results in unreasonable and frantic activity.
When I realized the situation I got into a panic.
(敬畏)awe：A feeling respect mixed with fear and wonder.
He always stands in awe of his father.
31.闪光
shine：The most general one.
(闪耀)glitter：To shine brightly with flashing points of light.
All that glitters is not gold.
(发火花)sparkle：To shine in small flashes.
It suggests uneven， bright flashes reflected from light-catching objects.
We can see a diamond sparkling in the sunlight.
(闪光)flash：To give out a sudden and monetary bright ray of light/
To shine suddenly for a moment.
(闪耀)glisten：To shine from or as if from a wet surface.
His hair glistened with oil.The wet road glistened.
(闪烁)gleam：To send out a bright light moderately， mildly not violently.
A cat's eye gleamed in the dark.The lantern gleamed.
(冒火花)spark：To send out small bits of fire.
He was so angry that his eyes sparked furiously.
(闪烁不定)flicker：To burn unsteadily， shine with an unsteady light.
The candle flickered and then went out.
glimmer：To give a very faint， unsteady light.
The lights glimmered in the distance.
(闪烁)twinkle：To shine with a unsteady light that rapidly changes from fright to faint.
The stars are twinkling in the sky in the evening.
glow：To give out heat and/or light without flames or smoke.
The iron bar was heated until it glowed.
(闪烁)glint：To give out small flashes of light， as the eyes of an eager person are supposed to do
The sun glinted through the leaves after the shower.
(眩光)glare：To shine with a strong light in a way unpleasant to the eyes.
The lights of the car glared at me.
flame：To burn brightly.
You can see the burning log flaming.
(冒火苗)blaze：To burn with a bright flame.
the house is blazing.
(闪闪燃烧)flare：To burn with a bright flame， but uncertainly or for a short time.
The candles flared in the wind.
dazzle：To make unable to see because of a sudden very strong light.
The headlight dazzles.
coruscate：(fml)to flash， sparkle.
The sparks coruscated.
scintillate：
The gems scintillate.
32.大
big：Large in size， extent or important.
large：Much bigger than average
great：Very large， important， and good.
great change / great writer / great idea.
huge：Very fig in size， amount and degree.
It stresses volume.(体积)
a huge house/ make a huge profit.
vast：Very large and wide， great in size or amount.
It stresses area.(体积)two dimensional extensions
It is a vast expanse of desert.
vast plains/ vast majority / at vast expanse.
immense：Very great in size or degree./very large or huge.
It stresses three dimensional largesse.
It implies immeasurableness.
an immense palace/ immense importance
The government will build an immense stadium.
enormous：Extremely large./very large in size， amount or degree.
It stresses not only size but degree.
It implies abnormality.
He earned enormous sums of money
an enormous animal/ enormous appetite/ enormous amount
tremendous：Extraordinarily large in size， amount or degree./ large or impressive
It implies astonishment， terror.
tremendous speed / tremendous noise/ tremendous amount /tremendous feeling.
gigantic：Immense in size， on a very large scale like a giant.
titanic：Very big or important.
It refers back to the Titans， a race of giant in Greek mythology.It stresses force and power.
We've made titanic effort to achieve our purpose.
colossal：Very large indeed.
It comes from Colossus of Rhodes a huge statue that is
one of the wonders of the ancient world.
It implies incredibility.
33.感情
feeling(s)：It can refer to mind or body.It's either pleasant or painful.
(感觉)sensation：(ucn)A direct feeling coming from the senses and conveyed to the nervous system by the organs of seeing， hearing， touching， tasting or smelling.Sugar gives a sensation of sweetness.
(激情)emotion：(cn)Any of the strong feelings of the human spirit Love， joy， anger， hatred and grief are emotions.
His speech had an effect on our emotions rather than our reason.
(强烈的激情)passion：Strong emotions， strong， deep often uncontrollable
feeling， esp.of sexual love， hatred or anger.
The poet expressed his burning passion for the woman he loved.
(情操 情趣)sentiment：(ucn)A tender or fine feeling as of pity， love， sadness or imaginative remembrance of the past.
It's not a beautiful watch， but I wear it for sentiment because it is my father's.Admiration， patriotism and loyalty are sentiments.
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