He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before.
他还说他发现了5只空的威士忌瓶子,肯定是鬼魂昨天晚上喝的。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 47 A thirsty ghost
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
found
[faʊnd]
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词根: found
vt. 创办,成立,建立;
v. 发现( find的过去式);找到;到达;发觉;
💡 found基础 → 为(房屋等)打基础,建立,创立
"In some stories, genies are always found inside a lamp or bottle."
在一些故事里, 灯里或瓶子中总是装有妖怪.
近义:base, ground, establish, institute, mount, rest
反义:invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, omit, outlaw
adj. [律]上述的;少说为妙;(做)某事有/没有很多优点(或好处):某事物有/没有多少可说的;说到底;
v. 说,讲( say的过去式和过去分词 );表明;念;说明;
"Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said."
后来她后悔说了那些话。
近义:indicated, spoken, stated, this, aforementioned, aforesaid
empty
[ˈɛmptɪ]
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词根: 抓住
adj. 空的,空虚的,空洞的;空闲的,无效的,徒劳的;无聊的,愚蠢的;言语或行动空洞的;
vt. (使)成为空的, 把…弄空;把…腾出来;
vi. 成为空的;流空;
n. 空车;空的东西;
💡 俺不提(谐音): 空洞的东西俺不提
"He's going out with an empty-headed bimbo half his age."
他正在同一个年龄比他小一半的傻里傻气的性感女子来往。
近义:sap, vacate, void, drain, dump, evacuate
反义:load, proliferate, abounding, laden, overcrowded, overstuffed
n. 威士忌酒;
"a beer with a whisky chaser"
喝啤酒后接着喝威士忌酒
近义:whiskey, bourbon
n. 鬼,幽灵;(尤指可怕事物的)记忆;隐约的一点点;(电视屏幕上的)重影;
vt. 悄悄地行进;
vi. 替人代笔;
💡 狗死的,钩死他(谐音): 鬼魂 勾(g)住主人(host)- 鬼魂
"The ghost of a smile played round her lips."
她嘴角露出一丝微笑.
近义:ghostwrite, hobgoblin, apparition, imp, phantasm, phantom