Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away.
森林火灾时常由破碎的玻璃或人们随手扔掉的香烟头引起。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 53 Hot snake
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
cigarette
['sɪɡərɛt]
n. 纸烟，香烟;
💡 cigar雪茄+ette表名词 →香烟
"A cigarette set the dry grass alight ."
一支香烟把干草点燃了。
近义：cigaret, fag
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adv. 离开，远离;在远处;消失;
adj. 不在的;遥远的;客场比赛;
💡 a(on)+broad→在远方；离去；不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅馆里, 这些老人和往常一样喝个不停.
近义：abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
n. 森林;丛林;（森林似的）一丛;一片;
vt. 在…造林，使长满树林，使成为森林;
💡 佛(fo)休息(rest)在 森林
"Thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year."
每年都有几千公顷的森林遭到破坏。
近义：afforest, wilderness, woodland, woods, selva, grove
反义：badland, barren, wasteland, wilderness, parched, uninhabited
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes