heinous ADJ. /可恶的，令人深恶痛绝/atrocious; hatefully bad. Hitler's heinous crimes will never be forgotten.
herbivorous ADJ. /吃粮食的(动物)/grain-eating. Some herbivorous animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.
heresy N. /少数意见，异端/opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion. Galileo's assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result, he was tried for heresy. heretic, N.
hermetic ADJ. /密封的，气密的/sealed by fusion so as to be airtight. After you sterilize the bandages, place them in a container and seal it with a hermetic seal to protect them from contamination by airborne bacteria.
hermitage N. /隐居的居所/home of a hermit. Even in his remote hermitage he could not escape completely from the world.
heterodox ADJ. /非主流;异端/unorthodox; unconventional. To those who upheld the belief that the earth did not move,
Galileo's theory that the earth circled the sun was disturbingly heterodox.
heterogeneous ADJ. /异类，异种;不纯/dissimilar; mixed. This year's entering class is a remarkably heterogeneous body: it includes students from forty different states and twenty-six foreign countries, some the children of billionaires, others the offspring of welfare families. heterogenity, N.
heyday N. /鼎盛时期/time of greatest success; prime. In their heyday, the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.
hiatus N. /缝隙;短暂的空白/gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause. During the summer hiatus, many students try to earn enough money to pay their tuition for the next school year.
hibernal ADJ. /冬天的/wintry. Bears prepare for their long hibernal sleep by overeating.
hibernate V. /冬眠/sleep throughout the winter. Bears are one of the many species of animals that hibernate.
hibernation, N.
hierarchy N. /分级，排序了的/arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks. To be low man on the totem pole is to have an inferior place in the hierarchy.
hilarity N. /狂欢，欢闹/boisterous mirth. This hilarity is improper on this s olemn day of mourning.
hindrance N. /障碍物/block; obstacle. Stalled cars along the highway are a hindrance to traffic that tow trucks should remove without delay. hinder,V.
histrionic ADJ. /戏剧性的/theatrical. He was proud of his histrionic ability and wanted to play the role of Hamlet, histrionics, N.
hoard V. /储藏/stockpile; accumulate for future use. Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage, many people are tempted to hoard food. also N.
hoary ADJ. /灰白的/white with age. The man was hoary and wrinkled when he was 70.
hoax N. /伎俩;小聪明/trick; practical joke. Embarrassed by the hoax, he reddened and left the room. also V.
hodgepodge N. /大杂烩/jumble; mixture of ill-suited elements. The reviewer roundly condemned the play as a hodgepodge of random and purposeless encounters carried out by a cast lacking any uniformity of accent or style.
holster N. /手枪套/pistol case. Even when he was not in uniform, he carried a holster and pistol under his arm.
homage N. /敬意/honor; tribute. In her speech she tried to pay homage to a great man.
homogeneous ADJ. /同类的/of the same kind. Because the student body at Elite Prep was so homogeneous, Sara and James decided to send their daughter to a school that offered greater cultural diversity. homogenize, V.
hone V. /磨尖/sharpen. To make shaving easier, he honed his razor with great care.
hoodwink V. /欺骗，迷惑，蛊惑/deceive; delude. Having been hoodwinked once by the fast-talking salesman, he was extremely cautious when he went to purchase a used car.
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