英语例句："but Mr.Scott cannot get a tele..." - 中文翻译

but Mr.Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons.

但詹姆斯。斯科特先生未能为他新的汽车修理部搞到一部电话机，所以他买了只鸽子。

新概念英语第二册 Lesson 5 No wrong numbers

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

telephone ['tɛlə'fon] 词频1 词根: tele

n. 电话;电话机;（电话机的）话筒;受话器; vt.& vi. 以电话传送（消息），给（某人）打电话;用电话与（某人）交谈;

💡 tele远，传送+phone声音→远方声音传过来 → 电话

"The telephone was out of order, but is functional now."

电话刚才坏了, 但现在可以用了.

近义：phone, call, blower, telephonic

twelve [twɛlv] 词频1

num. 十二;十二个;十二点钟;十二岁; adj. 十二的;十二个的; n. 十二；十二个;

"I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve."

12岁时我开始迷上了带水肺潜水.

近义：dozen

cannot ['kænɔt] 词频1

=can not;未可;不能;不可;

"You cannot stay here ad infinitum without paying rent."

你不付房租就不能永远住在这里。

garage [ɡə'rɑʒ] 词频3 词根: 看护

n. 车库;汽车修理站;飞机库; vt. 把…送入车库;把（汽车）开进车库;

💡 gar(car车)+age: 车库 g(哥)+ar(car)+age(年纪):哥哥把上了年纪的车送到修车厂

"a house with a built-in garage"

内设车库的房子

bought [bɔt] 词频1

v. 购买，购得( buy的过去式和过去分词 );做出牺牲以获得;够支付;买通;

"He bought extra food in anticipation of more people coming than he'd invited."

他预料来的客人会比邀请的多，就多买了食物。