A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!
在钟塔上干活的一位油漆工把一只油漆桶挂在了一根指针上，把钟弄慢了！
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 71 A famous clock

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

painter ['pentɚ] 词频2
n. 画家，着色者;油漆匠;（系船的）缆绳;破诡计;
💡 paint画画 + er表人 → 漆工，画家，绘画者
"He works as a painter and decorator."
他的职业是油漆匠和装潢师傅。
近义：dauber, artist
working [['wə:kiŋ]] 词频2
n. 工作, 运转, 劳动\\na. 工作的, 劳动的, 经营的, 抽搐的, 运转的
近义：march, operation, performance, running, behavior, actuating
tower ['tauə] 词频1
n. 塔，楼塔;要害地;〈罕〉（负伤鸟的）笔直向上飞;〈美〉铁路信号所; vi. 远远高于，远远超过;高耸，超越; na. “Towers“的变体;
💡 塔顶晒毛巾(towel){黄鹤楼Yellow Crane Tower}
"The tower of Pisa leans at an angle ."
比萨斜塔塔身倾斜。
近义：peak, rear, rise, clamber, climb, emerge 反义：bottom
hung [[hʌŋ]] 词频1
hang的过去式和过去分词
近义：underslung, hanging
paint [pent] 词频1 词根: 描画
n. 颜料，涂料;绘画作品;胭脂等化妆品;色彩，装饰; vt. 涂色于;绘画;（用语言，文字等）描写;擦脂粉等; vi. 描绘;绘画;化妆;
💡 油漆难保存存，最怕(pa)放在(in)桶(t)里
"The walls of the building were daubed with red paint."
这栋建筑的墙上随意涂了一层红色涂料。
近义：hue, tint, colour, color, outline, pencil 反义：discolour, discolor, whitener, whitewasher, blancher, bleach

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield.
当飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼内，另一些侦探则守候在停机坪上。
She never thought of it again,
此后她就再没去想那只瓶子。
In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people.
几年之后，小铺子已经发展成了一个雇有728人的大工厂。
She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her.
当我在她身旁坐下来的时候，她甚至连头都没有抬一下。
She returned to the shop the following morning dressed in a fur coat, with a handbag in one hand and a long umbrella in the other.
第二天上午，她又来到这家商店，穿了一件裘皮大衣，一只手拎着一只手提包，另一只手拿着一把长柄伞。
The bull was busy with the matador at the time,
当时那公牛正忙于对付斗牛士，