The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning.
飞机误点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 7 Too late

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

plane [plen] 词频1 词根: 平坦
n. 水平;平面;飞机;木工刨; adj. 平的，平坦的; vt. 用刨刨平;小船等擦着水面疾驶; vi. 鸟滑翔;
💡 plain, plan 表”平的,光滑的”
"The plane was hijacked soon after it took off."
那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了.
近义：planish, shave, sleek, smooth, surface, unwrinkle 反义：tilt
airport ['ɛr'pɔrt] 词频1 词根: 运输
n. 机场;航空站;
💡 air空气，空中+port港口 → 机场，航空站
"waiting in the airport lounge"
在机场候机厅等候
近义：airfield
late [let] 词频1
adj. 晚的，迟到的;时间不早的;已故的;原来的，之前的;临近终了的; adv. 晚，迟;后期地;最近地;
💡 因丢三落(la)四而特(te)爱 迟到
"His parents won't allow him to stay out late."
他的父母不会允许他在外待得很晚。
近义：lagging, lingering, overdue, straggling, straggly, tardy 反义：prompt, timely, exact, antiquated, archaic, naff
morning ['mɔrnɪŋ] 词频1
n. 早晨;上午;黎明;早期，初期;
💡 摸领（谐音): 早晨起来摸一摸一衣领 早晨山(m)上或许(or)很宁(ning)静
"It was bedlam at our house on the morning of the wedding."
婚礼的那天早上，我们家闹哄哄的。
近义：awakening, sunrise, dawn, daybreak, forenoon, matinal 反义：nighttime, nite, evening, night, nightly, nocturnal
waiting ['weitiŋ] 词频2
n. 等候;（宫廷中的）侍奉;侍女;侍奉期间; adj. 等待的;（尤指因迟到）让人等候;服侍的;（用于告诉某人立刻行动）你还在等什么呢; v. 等候( wait的现在分词 );等待;（尤指长期地）希望;盼望;
"waiting in the airport lounge"
在机场候机厅等候
近义：wait, delay

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

They will be arriving here tomorrow.
明天就要到达此地。
The English understand each other, but I don't understand them! Do they speak English?
英国人之间相互听得懂，可我却不懂他们的话！他们说的是英语吗？
'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'
是不错，她说到，但你不觉得有些混乱吗？
'I find it beautiful,' I said.
“我觉得它好看，”我说，
The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels.
而最不寻常的一辆则要属只有3只轮子的奔驰牌汽车了。
The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border.
男孩截住的下一辆车，没有像他希望的那样把他带到巴黎市中心，而是把他带到了法国和西班牙边界上的佩皮尼昂。