单词从红宝书中提取，附上韦氏词典中的解释
| abacus | n. frame with beads that slide along parallel rods, used for teaching numbers to children, and (in some countries) for counting |
| abandon | v. go away from (a person or thing or place) not intending to return; forsake; desert |
| abase | v. oneself/sb lower oneself/sb in dignity; degrade oneself/sb ; |
| abashed | adj. embarrassed; ashamed |
| abate | v. make or become less |
| abattoir | n. = slaughterhouse (slaughter) |
| abbreviate | v. sth shorten (a word, phrase, etc), esp by omitting letters |
| abbreviation | n. abbreviating or being abbreviated |
| abdicate | v. resign from or formally renounce the throne |
| abdomen | n. part of the body below the chest and diaphragm, containing the stomach, bowels and digestive organs |