The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk.
队员们接着又把整个洞彻底搜寻了一遍,但除了一只空铁皮箱外什么也没找到。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 55 Not a gold mine

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cave [kev] 词频2 词根: cav
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
except [ɪk'sɛpt] 词频1 词根: ceive
vt. 把…除外;不计; prep. 除…外; conj. [口语]要不是;除非;除…以外; vi. 反对,表示异议(与 to 或 against连用);
💡 ex出+cept拿,抓,握住→拿出 → 除外
"I received nothing except what was due to me."
除了我应得的东西,我并未接受任何东西.
近义:omit, preclude, void, blackball, exclude, barring 反义:realize, accommodate, consider
trunk [trʌŋk] 词频2
n. 树干;象鼻;躯干;汽车车尾的行李箱;
💡 trunc-, truncat- 使残废,砍断
"the diameter of a tree trunk"
树干的直径
近义:log, bole, frustum, boot, proboscis, rostrum
party ['pɑrti] 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
whole [hol] 词频1
adj. 全部的,所有的;完整的; n. 整体,整个;全部;
💡 who(谁)+le(乐): 整个的 用W去堵洞(hole)不就变成 整个的了吗?
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整栋大楼很快就熊熊燃烧起来。
近义:totality, unity, continuum, entirety, intact, integral 反义:quota, share, slice, imperfect, sketchy, unaccomplished

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