The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains.
全村的人都日夜奋战,要赶在9月的雨季之前把今年的庄稼收获上来,打完场。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 76 April Fools' Day
📚 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
n. 聚集;集会;采集;积累;
v. (使)聚集( gather的现在分词);集合;推断;了解;
💡 gather集会+ing名词后缀 → 集会,聚会
"The job involves gathering and analysing data."
这项工作包括搜集和分析资料。
近义:assembly, audience, reunion, sitting, meeting, assemblage
反义:takedown, teardown, unrigging, disassembling, dismantlement, dismantling
n. 九月;[电影]情怀九月天;
💡 Septem七+ber→古罗马的七月,历法修改后沿用成了九月 → 公历九月
"Enrolment is the first week of September."
九月份的第一周注册。
近义:sept, sept., sep, sep.
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
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