英语四级单词及英文注释以L开头的单词

laboratory

The medical students spent much of their time in the laboratory.

lack

The farmhouse lacked heat and electricity.

The lack of rain caused the crops to fail.

lake

She swam across the lake.

land

Airplanes land at airports.

Only 25 percent of the earths surface is land.

He bought this land ten years ago.

language

She was interested in how new words come into the language.

How many languages do you speak?

large

How large is your house?

He had a large voice for such a small man.

She was a large woman.

last

The talks will last three days.

He was the last person to arrive.

She is the last person in line.

late

He arrived an hour late for work.

The doctor said she would have her baby late in the year.

Do you like to eat early or late?

laugh

I always laugh at her funny stories.

launch

The terrorists launched an attack in the middle of the night.

She said she soon will launch her campaign for mayor.

The United States launched an Apollo spacecraft on a flight to the moon.

law

The mayor urged city officials to pass the new law.

lead

I could not find the store until he led me to it.

General Wilcox will lead the special anti-terrorist force.

He leads our music department.

She followed as he led the way.

leak

Oil leaked from the broken pipe.

learn

He learned calculus in high school.

She wondered how he learned where she lived.

leave

His son will leave home next year for college.

Please leave me alone.

left

Do you write with your left hand?

I am lost because I turned left instead of right.

legal

He said his lawyer gave him good legal advice.

legislature

The legislature makes laws.

lend

Joe said he will lend me his car tomorrow.

None of his friends would lend him any money.

less

His doctor said he should eat less meat.

She travels less in her new job.

let

Let me help you with that.

She let him drive her new car.

letter

I wrote a letter to you last night.

level

The river rose to its highest level in history during the flood last year.

He has worked at the top levels of government for many years.

liberal

Liberal lawmakers proposed a bill to reduce the cost of medicine for older Americans.

lie

She said she needed to lie down for a few minutes to rest.

The official told the court he did not lie about his campaign money.

life

She spent her life helping people.

He died, but doctors brought him back to life.

She wrote a history of life on Earth.

lift

We watched the rising water lift the house and carry it away.

light

We could see the island clearly in the suns light.

Please leave the light on when you go.

The room was painted light blue.

She said her bag was light, but I could not lift it.

lightning

Lightning filled the dark sky like fireworks.

like

I like this new dress.

I like her very much.

Much training is needed to sing like he does.

She sounds like my sister.

limit

The hotel limits the number of people sleeping in each room.

The limit is four people in each room.

line

He used his sword to make a line in the sand.

The soldiers stood in a line, side by side.

They turned and marched in a line, one after another.

Enemy soldiers could not break through allied lines.

link

The Russian and American spacecraft linked with each other in orbit.

The royal marriage linked the two kingdoms.

Scientists found a link between tobacco and lung cancer.

liquid

Ice changes to liquid when the temperature rises above zero degrees Celsius.

list

Please list your name, address and telephone number.

This is a list of all the things I plan to do today.

listen

If you listen very carefully, you can hear them singing.

literature

He is interested in ancient Greek literature.

little

He has a little dog named Elmo.

She could not buy it because she had only a little money with her.

live

She lived for many years after her operation.

He lives in Chicago.

Please do not cut down a live tree.

He said some polio vaccines were made from a live virus.

load

She told him to load the boxes in the back of the car.

The truck carried a full load of fruit from Florida.

loan

The bank made a 10,000-dollar loan to him yesterday.

I gave him those tools only as a loan.

local

They told him about a local place where he could get a good dinner.

lonely

The city is full of lonely people.

He was a lonely man after his wife left.

long

We saw a long snake behind the house.

The road is three miles long.

one mile = 1.6 kilometers

Those pictures were made by someone who lived long before my people came to this land.

I knew her a long time ago.

look

He looked at her for a long time.

I looked for that book but I could not find it.

She looks like my sister.

lose

The prisoner lost all hope of escape.

The little boy lost his toy car.

He worried that he might lose his job.

Their school lost the big game.

loud

The speaker had a loud voice.

The music at the rock concert was too loud.

love

He loved walking in the mountains.

She liked to pretend that he loved her more than anyone.

She has a great love for music.

He said his love for her would never die.

low

You will find low prices for products on the Internet.

The airplane flew low over the town.

Fog is a low cloud near the ground.

loyal

The President chose loyal supporters to serve in his cabinet.

luck

He always has good luck in finding a place to park his car.