托福每日一词：bark
托福词汇的积累，是一个长期的过程，因此想要打好词汇的基础。要对一些重点词汇进行深入的复习。每日一词为大家整理了托福考试中的重点词汇。帮助大家全方位的备考。下面让我们来看看今天的每日一词吧!
来源：新东方 《TOEFL终极4300》
常考释义
1.v/n.(狗)吠声
the short loud sound made by dogs and some other animals
例句：Don’t let the dogs bark.
不要让那条狗叫。
v. bark at…咆哮
shout at them aggressively in a loud, rough voice.
例句：I didn't mean to bark at you.
我不是有意吼你。
2. n. 树皮
the outer covering of a tree
例句：Bears sometimes claw at the cedars in order to eat the tree bark, which has a high sugar content. (TPO23, Writing-R)
熊有时会抓下雪松的树皮来吃，因为树皮里有糖分。
音频中例句
1. I could hear the dogs barking far away from the village.
离村子老远的地方都能听到狗叫。
2.The stupid dog was barking up the wrong tree!
这只狗认错了目标。
练习
判断下列句子中 bark 的意思。
1. A male deer makes a buck rub by striping the bark (outer layer) of a small tree.
2. The Doberman let out a string of roaring barks.
(注： 练习答案下拉至底部可见)
拓展
1. 同义词：n. cry, woof, yelp
v. growl, howl, yap
2.俚语：
bark up the wrong tree 打错主意，认错目标
sb’s bark is worse than their bite 刀子嘴, 豆腐心
练习答案
