LEARNING CORNER

1) abattoir--n. slaughterhouse/ place where animals are killed for meat.
屠宰场
角斗场

2) abbess--n. (pl. abbesses) woman in charge of nuns in a convent.
女修道院院长

3) abbey--n. Christian religious establishment with living quarters. etc. grouped round a church.
大修道院
属修道院的教堂

4) abbot--n. man in charge of monks in an abbey
男修道院院长
(ex) This was the first time that he had met with the abbot

5) abbreviate--v. to shorten (words, names),
abbreviation--n. group of letters representing a larger word.
缩写,使省略
缩短,使简短
(ex) UFO is abbreviated from unidentified flying object.
(ex) Pupils had better read its abbreviated version

6) abdicate--v. to give up the throne.
abdication--n. giving up(of a throne)
正式放弃(权力等)
(国王)退位
退出[+from]

7) abdomen--n. lower part of the body, containing the stomach, bowels, etc
腹,下腹
(ex) He felt a great deal of pain in his abdomen.
abdominal--adj. referring to the adomen
腹部的
(ex) the abdominal muscles