The tiny village of Frinley is said to possess a 'cursed tree'.
据说弗林利这个小村里有一棵“该诅咒的树”。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 58 A blessing in disguise
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 村民;乡村，村庄;群落;
💡 vill=villa茅房，别墅+age场所，物品 →村庄
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那条路经过村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近义：town, townlet, borough, locality, hamlet, peasant
反义：settlement, town, burg, municipal, urban, city
vt. 拥有;掌握，懂得;主宰;缠住，迷住;
💡 sed, sid, sess, sult 表”坐”#词根助记：pos(=port向着)+sess=向有……的地方坐着 = 持有,拥有
"She pretends to various abilities she doesn't, in fact, possess."
她自称有种种她事实上并不具有的才能.
近义：hold, own, enjoy, have, obsess, spellbind
adj. 极小的，微小的;
n. 小孩子;[医]癣;
💡 极小的（tiny）蜻蜓（ting） - 微小的
"Tiny boats bobbed up and down in the harbour."
小船在港湾中颠簸。
近义：little, miniature, miniscule, minuscule, minute, pokey
反义：mammoth, voluminous, whopping, overwhelming, enormous, gargantuan
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
cursed
['kə:sid]
adj. 被诅咒的，邪恶的;可恨的;应受诅咒的;
v. 诅咒（curse的过去分词）;
"The necklace was cursed."
这条项链上附有会给人带来灾难的符咒。
近义：pesky, accursed, accurst, curst, cussed, execrable
反义：holy, sainted, saintly, beatific, beatifical, beatified