The theater is full, I’m afraid you’ll have to wait for the next show. （此句中full用作形容詞,意為“滿的,充滿的”,這是full的常用法。）

full還有其它用法。如:

① Jack hit him full in the face. (full用作副詞,意為“直接地,精確地”。)

② Use your abilities to the full. (to the full 意為“充分地,徹底地”。)

③ He told me the story in full. (in full意為“全部地,全文地”。)

We must keep our hands clean. （此句中的clean用作形容詞,意為“干凈的,清潔的”,這是clean的常用法之一。）

She is cleaning the blackboard. （此句中的clean用作動(dòng)詞,意為“弄干凈,清潔”,這是clean的常用法之二。）

除了以上用法外,clean還有其它用法。如:

① I clean forgot about it. (clean用作副詞,意為“徹底地,完全地,全部地”。)

② The car needs a good clean. (clean用作名詞,意為“清潔過程,清掃”。)

③ The government should come clean about its plans. (come clean意為“說出真相,全盤招供”。)

④ We clean the machine down at the end of each day. (clean sth down 意為“擦洗干凈”。)

⑤ The waiter hurried to clean up the pieces of the broken plates. (clean up意為“清理掉,收拾干凈”。)

hold在教材中的意思為“舉行;召集;主持”,作動(dòng)詞用。

The plane holds about 200 passengers.

Who holds the world record for the high jump?

（上面兩個(gè)句子中的hold還是動(dòng)詞的用法,但意思發(fā)生了變化,分別為“容納”和“保持”。）

This is a room with good light. (light用作名詞,意思為“光,光線”,是教材中的第一種用法。)

It is so light that I can carry it easily. (light用作形容詞,意思為“輕的”,是教材中的第二種用法。)

light除了以上的常見用法外,還有下列幾種用法。如：

①M(fèi)ay I borrow your light? (light用作名詞,意思為“火柴,打火機(jī)”。)

②Since you’re not well, you’d better do some light housework. (light用作形容詞,意思為“輕松的,使人不疲勞的”。)

③My brother bought a bottle of light beer in the shop. (light用作形容詞,意思為“低度酒的”。)

④Wait a moment. I’ll light a candle. (light用作動(dòng)詞,意思為“點(diǎn)燃”。)

home在教材中的第一個(gè)意思為“家”,作名詞和副詞用;第二個(gè)意思為“家庭的”,作形容詞用?！?/span>

A lot of new homes are being built in the center of the town.

The home team took the lead after 25 minutes.

It’s time for home news.

在上面的三個(gè)句子中,第一個(gè)home作名詞用,意思為“住宅,房子”;其余的兩個(gè)作形容詞用,意思分別為“主場(chǎng)的”和“國(guó)內(nèi)的”。

mean在教材中的意思為“意思是，打算”,作動(dòng)詞用。這是我們大家都熟悉的意思。

除此之外mean還有其它的意思。如：

①M(fèi)ary has always been mean with money. (mean在此句中作形容詞,意思為“吝嗇的,小氣的”。)

②Today the mean temperature is 10℃ in Shanghai. (mean在此句中作形容詞,僅用于名詞前,意思為“平均的”。)

Would you mind helping me?（ 此句中mind用作動(dòng)詞,意為“介意,注意”,這是mind的常用法之一。）

He has a mind for science. （此句中mind用作名詞,意為“頭腦,思維”,這是mind的常用法之二。）

mind除了以上用法外,還有其它用法。如:

①You must be out of your mind if you think I’m going to lend you $50! （be out of one’s mind意為“發(fā)狂,發(fā)瘋,精神不正常”。)

②Keep your mind on the job! （keep one’s mind on sth.意為“繼續(xù)專心于某事物”。)

③Her way of speaking put me in mind of her mother. (put sb. in mind of sb. / sth.意為“使某人想到或想起某人 / 某事物”。)

④—Who’s that letter from?

—Never you mind. (never you mind意為“不關(guān)你的事”。)

We’ll miss you very much if you move. （此句中miss用作及物動(dòng)詞,意為“想念,懷念,思念”,這是miss的常用法。）

miss還有其它用法。如:

① After several misses he finally managed to hit the target. (miss用作名詞,意為“失誤,失敗,擊不中,回避”。)

② The offer of a year aboard with all expenses paid seemed too good to miss. (too good to miss意為“很吸引人或很有利而無法拒絕或放棄”。)

③ Bob will find out your secret — he doesn’t miss a trick!(not miss a trick意為“非常機(jī)警或警覺”。)

They only took fifteen minutes to finish that job. （此句中minute用作名詞,意為“分鐘;片刻;一會(huì)兒”。）

minute還有其它用法，如:

①Your suggestion will be minuted. (minute用作動(dòng)詞,意為“將某事載入備忘錄或會(huì)議記錄”。)

②Her clothes are always right up to the minute. (up to the minute意為“最新的;時(shí)髦的”。)

③The detective studied the fingerprints in the minutest detail. (minute用作形容詞,讀作/mai’nju:t/,意為“極詳細(xì)的;準(zhǔn)確的”。)

She was too tired to move any further.（此句中move用作動(dòng)詞,意為“移動(dòng);搬動(dòng);遷移;運(yùn)行”。）

move還有其它用法,如:

①He sat in the corner, watching my every move. (move用作名詞,意為“地點(diǎn)或位置的變動(dòng)”。)

②It’s getting dark. We’d better make a move. (make a move意為“出發(fā);起程;動(dòng)身”。)

③The price of eggs moved ahead today.(move ahead 意為“有進(jìn)展;上漲”。)

rich在教材中的意思為“富有的;富饒的”,作形容詞用。

Do you like rich food?

Her new coat is in rich red.

上面句子中的兩個(gè)rich也作形容詞用,但是意思分別為“油膩的”和“(顏色)濃艷的”。

第一句可譯為“你喜歡吃油膩的食物嗎?”;第二句可譯為“她的新大衣是艷紅色。”

present 在教材中的意思為“禮物”和“現(xiàn)在,目前”,作名詞用。

There were 300 people present at the wedding party.

We presented our English teacher with beautiful flowers.

The cinema will present Perhaps Love on Saturday.

You must present yourself well at an interview.

上面句子中的四個(gè)present,第一個(gè)作形容詞用,意思為“出席的，到場(chǎng)的”;其余的三個(gè)都作動(dòng)詞用,意思分別為“贈(zèng)送”、“上演,演出”和“展示”。

第一句可譯為“有三百人出席了婚禮”;第二句可譯為“我們把漂亮的花送給了英語老師”;第三句可譯為“星期六這個(gè)電影院將上演《如果愛》”;第四句可譯為“面試的時(shí)候你必須很好地展示自己”。

We strongly support the peace process. （此句中support用作及物動(dòng)詞,意為“支持”,這是support的常用法。）

support 還有其它用法。如:

①We couldn’t win the match without their support. (support用作名詞,意為“幫助,支持”。)

② The results support our original theory. (support用作及物動(dòng)詞,意為“證實(shí)”。)

run在教材中的意思為“跑;奔跑”,作動(dòng)詞用。

My brother has no idea how to run a business.

I’m afraid the color will run if I wash your new skirt.

The discussion between the teachers and the students has run for two hours.

He has run short of money.

上面句子中的四個(gè)run都用作動(dòng)詞,但是意思發(fā)生了變化,分別為“管理;經(jīng)營(yíng)”、“掉色,退色”、“持續(xù)”和“用”。

Only the best players were picked to play in this match. （此句中pick用作及物動(dòng)詞,意為“挑選,選擇”,這是pick是常用法之一。）

You should not pick any of the flowers in the park.（此句中pick用作及物動(dòng)詞,意為“摘”,這是pick是常用法之二。）

pick還有其它用法。如:

① She felt that her parents were picking on her. (pick on sb.意為“挑剔、批評(píng)或責(zé)怪”。)

② She picked out a pink dress for her daughter. (pick out意為“挑選出”。)

③He picked the watch up from the carpet.（pick up意為“撿起”。）