' I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman.
”我向下面看去。当我看清是一个警察时,差一点儿从梯子上掉下去。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 92 Asking for trouble

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

nearly ['nɪrli] 词频1
adv. 几乎,差不多;险乎;
💡 near接近 + ly ...的 → ad.差不多;密切地
"After roaming around nearly half his life, he finally settled down in Canada."
他过了半辈子的流浪生活, 最后在加拿大定居了下来.
近义:about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nigh
policeman [pə'lismən] 词频2
n. (男)警察,警员;看守矿井的人;[化] 淀帚;
💡 police警察 +man 人 → n.警察
"The policeman discharged his gun at the fleeing robbers."
警察向逃跑的强盗开了枪.
近义:officer, patrolman, peeler, trooper, bluecoat, bobby 反义:infractor, infringer, injurer, malefactor, offender, outlaw
down [daʊn] 词频1
adv. (坐、倒、躺)下;向下;(表示范围或顺序的限度)下至; prep. (从高处)向下;(表示位置)在…的下方;(表示方向)沿着…向下;(表示时间)自…以来; adj. 向下的;沮丧的;计算机或计算机系统停机;(以…)落后于对手的; n. (鸟的)绒羽;绒毛;软毛;汗毛; vt. 放下;(尤指大口或快速地)喝下;使摔倒;击落(敌机等); vi. [常用于祈使句中]下去;下来;卧倒;下降;
💡 音“铛”,铛的一声向下 落
"Calm down! Don't get so agitated."
冷静下来!别那么激动。
近义:lint, fluff, fuzz, ingurgitate, quaff, swallow 反义:above, overhead, upstairs, upward, upwards, aloft
fell [fel] 词频1
vt. 砍倒,打倒; n. 兽皮;一季的木材采伐量; adj. 残忍的;凶恶的; v. 掉下;摔倒;变坏(fall的过去式);
💡 和fall的过去式fell拼写一致 *
"He hacked at the branch until it fell off."
他朝着树枝砍,直到砍下来为止.
近义:noxious, mortiferous, deadly, deleterious, fatal, level
ladder ['lædɚ] 词频3
n. 梯子,阶梯;梯状物;途径;(紧身裤袜或长筒袜的)滑丝; vi. 使(袜子)发生抽丝现象;像长筒袜一样抽丝;
💡 一(l)加(add)二(er)等于 楼梯 少年(lad)大(d)儿子(er)上 梯子 信(letter)加(add) 梯子
"He put his foot on the bottom rung to keep the ladder steady."
他用脚踩住最底下的横档稳住梯子。
近义:stepladder, steps, run

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