Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure.
一支用这种新机器装备起来的探宝队进入了这个岩洞,希望找到埋藏着的金子。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 55 Not a gold mine
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 机器,机械;机械般的人;核心;
vt. 用机器制造,用机器加工;
vi. 被机器切削;
💡 mach机器+ine表名词 → 机器
"I called several times, but only got the answering machine."
我打了几次电话,但只有电话答录机答话。
近义:system, setup, engine, machinery, hardware, lathe
n. 洞穴;〈方〉地窖;
vt.& vi. (使)塌陷,倒塌;暗中破坏;
vi. 屈服;
💡 cav洞+e → 山洞,洞穴,窑洞
"a dark dank cave"
阴暗潮湿的洞穴
近义:dig, excavate, cavern, crypt, den, dugout
v. 搜寻,搜索;调查;搜查;探求;
n. 搜索;调查;探求;
"a long search for the murder weapon"
长时间搜寻杀人凶器
近义:rummage, scrutinize, comb, seek, reconnoiter, reconnoitre
反义:meeting, reencounter, rejoining, reunion, sitting, assemblage
party
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词频1
词根: 部分
n. 社交聚会;党,党派;当事人;同类,伙伴;
v. 为…举行社交聚会;为…请客;参加社交聚会;
adj. 政党的,党派的;社交的,聚会的;共有的,共同的;
💡 派对(谐音): 聚会{开party} 部分(part)丫头(y) 集会组 党
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
两党制的对抗性
近义:roister, carouse, celebrate, feast, revelry, bash
反义:bore
v. 发现;找到;查明;发觉;
n. 发现物;被发现的人;
💡 翻的(谐音): 找东西是要“翻的
"We searched in all quarters but still couldn't find it."
我们到处寻找,但仍没能找到.
近义:learn, realize, locate, perceive, sense, spot
反义:ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass