It is four o'clock.In the afternoon, Mrs.Sawyer usually drinks tea in the living room.But this afternoon, she is drinking tea in the garden.
现在是4点钟，下午，索耶夫人通常是在客厅里喝茶，但今天下午，她正在花园里喝茶。
新概念英语第一册
Lesson 57 An unusual day
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 下午;后期，后部;
💡 after之后+noon中午 → 午后，下午
"in the late afternoon"
傍晚
近义：evening, p.m., postmeridian
反义：awakening, sunrise, dawn, daybreak, forenoon, matinal
adv. 通常，经常，平常，惯常地;一直，向来;动不动，一般;素;
💡 usual通常的+ly副词后缀→通常地，惯常地
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
近义：invariably, mostly, normally, oft, often, oftentimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 钟，时钟;计时器;秒表;仪表;
vt. 记录（时间或速度）;测…的速度;
vi. 打卡;记下时间;
💡 cock(公鸡)+l:模仿公鸡的象声词，都是叫人起床- 钟表 闹钟（c）上锁（lock），不然乱闹
"I set the alarm clock for 7 o'clock."
我把闹钟定在7点钟闹响。
近义：time, timepiece
n. 房间;空间;余地;房间里所有的人;
vt. 租房，合住;为…提供住处;投宿，住宿;留…住宿;
"a stuffy, airless room"
空气沉闷不通风的房间
近义：lodge, dwell, precinct, quarter, saloon, stance