英语中有许多名词可用作动词，使句子形象生动，富于口语化。这也是当代英语发展的一种趋向，需要学习者自己去注意及总结。本文我们就来看一下名词用作动词时的意义。
1. Don't baby your child. 不要娇惯孩子。
baby=spoil
2. Bus trays to Dishroom. 请把盘子送往洗涤室。
bus=transport
3. Thumb through any dictionary， and you will see pages of words followed by definition.翻阅任何一本词典，你都可看到每页上的词汇后面均有解释。
thumb=look
4. I'd like to book three seats for tonight's concert. 我想预定今晚音乐会的三个座位 。
book=buy (a ticket) in advance
5. The chairman will now address to the meeting. 现在由主席向与会者讲话。
address=make a speech to， especially formally
6. His father booted him out of the house. 他父亲把他从家里赶了出去。
boot=throw sb. out by force
7. He's always bossing his wife about. 他总是对妻子呼来唤去的。
boss=give orders to sb. in an overbearing way
8. The escaped prisoner was cornered at last. 逃犯最后走投无路了。
corner=get sb. into a position from which it is hard to escape
9. Your behavior disgraces us all. 你的行为使我们大家很丢脸。
disgrace=bring disgrace on， be a disgrace to
10. Don't disorder my papers. 别把我的证件弄乱。
disorder=disturb the order of sth.
11. I glimpsed Xiao Wang between the half-drawn curtains. 我从半掩的窗帘缝隙中瞥见了小王。
glimpse=get a quick look at sb.
12. I don't want to influence you either way， so I won't tell you my opinion. 我不想对你有任何影响，所以我不告诉你我的看法。
influence=have an effect on sb. or sth.
13. We must try and limit our expenditure. 我们必须设法限制我们的开支。
limit=set a limit or limits to sb. or sth.， restrict sb. or sth.
14. The computer has been programmed. 计算机已输入了程序指令。
program=instruct a computer to do sth. by putting a program into it
15. My mother is spooning sugar from the packet into a bowl. 我妈妈正把糖从袋子中舀到糖罐里。
spoon=lift and move sth. with a spoon in the specified way or direction
16. People were streaming out of the station. 人们涌出了车站。
stream=flow or move as a stream
17. He is vacationing in the countryside. 他正在乡村度假。
vacation=have a holiday at/in
18. He intends to voyage across the Indian Ocean. 他打算横跨印度洋。
voyage=travel
19. She is outdoors gardening every afternoon. 她每天下午都在户外搞园艺。
garden=cultivate a garden
20. He patterns himself upon his father. 他模仿他的父亲。
pattern=imitate sb.
（责任编辑：胡静平）
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