dapper

adj.整潔的;短小精悍的;伶俐爽快的[neat; trim; smart]

  ex.He looked very dapper in his new suit.

  dapper <> frowzy  adj.不整潔的；懶散的

dapple & dappled

dapple

n.花斑

adj.斑紋的 [dappled; spotted]

  ex. a dapple horse.

  拆字：d + apple  --> 蘋果上一般都有斑點

dappled

adj.斑紋的 [having spots of a different shade, tone, or color from the background; mottled.]

daredevil

dared(敢;竟敢)-evil

adj.蠻勇的;不怕死的

n.鋌而走險的人

dare v.竟敢

  ex. My younger sister dare not go out alone.
  我妹妹不敢單獨出去。

daredevil:audacity
大膽者大膽

dart

n.飛鏢

v.猛衝,飛奔

  dart:missile  
  飛鏢是小投射物

  move:dart  
  移動:疾馳

daft    a.傻的    (有f的是fool)

dart    n.飛鏢 

                  (傻蛋射飛鏢) 

daunt

(打姑姑嚇倒姑姑了，使姑姑畏縮)

v.使畏縮 [to overcome with fear; intimidate]

v.失去勇氣 [to lessen the courage of]

  ex. Don't be daunted by the amount of work still to be done.

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七姑姑系列 aunt

daunt      v.畏縮            (打姑姑嚇倒姑姑了，使姑姑畏縮) [daunting]

flaunt      v.誇耀            (到處飛fly炫耀的姑姑)

gaunt   adj.枯瘦的          (姑姑被告了，她變得憔悴枯瘦的)

haunt   n/v.常去的地方     (姑姑常來要搬椅子h給她坐)

jaunt       n.短程旅遊       (姑姑住的不遠也不近，去找她是短程旅遊) journey

taunt    n/v.嘲弄            (欺負t的諧音姑姑)

vaunt      v.吹噓             (比出勝利V的姑姑 - 愛吹噓的姑姑)

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dawdle    /ˋdɔdl/

v.閒混;遊蕩[ to waste time; idle; loiter]

 ex. Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!

  讀音：兜兜-->飯後兜兜

  dawdle <> hie  v.催促；急忙

deactivate

de-active-ate

v. 使無效(ex.化學性) [to make inactive or ineffective(ex.chemical activity)]

v. 解除,遣散(軍事單位) [ remove from active military status]

  ex. In order to save money the Air Force deactivated the 2 old radar systems.

  ex. He deactivates all his social media accounts including Facebook and Twitter.

  deactivate <> potentiate  v.使更有效

deaden

dead(adj.死的 n.死者)-en

v.麻木,使無感覺,減弱 [to make less sensitive, active, energetic; weaken]

  ex. to deaden sound

  ex. to deaden the senses

  ex. to deaden the force of a blow.

v.變得死一般

tonic:stimulate＝analgesic:deaden
補藥使激發＝麻醉劑使麻木

deadlock

dead-lock

n.僵局 [ state in which progress is impossible; stalemate]

  ex. to reach a deadlock over sth..

deadpan

dead-pan

adj.毫無表情的

  ex. I cannot tell whether our conversation is going well because he  always speaks in a deadpan tone.

n.面無表情的人or臉

1928, from dead + pan in slang sense of "face."

dealings

n.交易

 ex. commercial dealings.

honest dealings   <> chicanery  n.巧計詭計

dearth

n.饑饉,饑荒 [scarcity and dearness of food; famine.]

n.缺乏,不足

  ex. there is a dearth of good professors.

  聯想： d(飢) + earth --> 飢餓的地球-->不足

  dearth <> plethora