I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever.
我按响了门铃，当看到休仍和往常一样胖时，我并不感到惊奇。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 51 Reward for virtue
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 钟，铃;钟声，铃声;钟状物;[建]圆屋顶;
vt. 敲钟;系铃于，给…装上铃;使成铃状;把…放在钟形罩内;
vi. 使象钟状地张开;鸣钟;
💡 农村打 铃是(be)把铃绳拉了又拉（ll)
"The shop bell jangled loudly."
商店的钟发出丁零当啷的巨大响声。
近义：bellow, buzzer, chime, doorbell, handbell, cowbell
surprised
[[sə'praizd]]
a. 感到惊讶的
近义：astonished, astounded, stunned, startled, gobsmacked, amazed
反义：apathetic, impassible, imperturbable, indifferent, insensible, ardorless
adv. 仍，仍然;更，还要;静静地;〈诗〉常，不断地;
adj. 不动的，静止的;不狂暴的，温柔的;没有活力的，死气沉沉的;
n. 平静，寂静;剧照;静止摄影;蒸馏器;
vt.& vi. （使某物）平静下来，安静;〈古〉烧（酒），蒸馏;
conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
尽管快80岁了，他还是十分活跃。
近义：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反义：incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset