but favourite eating varieties like cod and skate which grow to unnatural sizes,
而是深受人们喜爱的食用鱼品种,如鳕鱼和鳐鱼,只不过它们长得出奇地大,
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 90 What's for supper
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 特别受喜爱的;
n. 特别喜爱的人(或物);
"The foreign minister has become everybody's favourite Aunt Sally."
外交部长已成为众矢之的。
近义:minion, darling, favorite, pampered, pet, preferred
vt.& vi. 溜冰,滑冰;
n. 溜冰鞋;
💡 送(s)凯特(kate)去 滑冰
"Where did you learn to skate ?"
你在哪儿学会滑冰的?
近义:manta, ray, devilfish, individual, person, subject
vt. 种植;扩大;扩展;增加;
vi. 生长;渐渐变得;逐渐开始;
vt.& vi. (使)留长,蓄长;
"He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache."
他已经决定留起络腮胡子和髭。
近义:proliferate, propagate, breed, upsize, expand, increase
反义:shrink, lessen, attenuate, reduce, remit, slacken
adj. 不自然的,做作的;奇异的;不真诚的;违背人性的,变态的;
"It seems unnatural for a child to spend so much time alone."
一个孩子独自一人待那么长时间似乎有点反常。
近义:preternatural, deviant, deviate, deviating, deviative, aberrant
反义:native, raw, unprocessed, unrefined, crude, natural