This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.
这是一个感人的场面,人们成群地伫立在海岸上,注视着灯笼远去,直到再也看不见为止。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 96 The dead return

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spectacle ['spɛktəkl] 词频2 词根: spec
n. 眼镜;奇观,壮观;光景,景象;表演,场面;
💡 spect看+acle表名词→看的东西→眼镜
"He got drunk and made a spectacle of himself in the club."
他喝得酩酊大醉,在俱乐部大出洋相.
近义:landscape, scene, sight, view, show, act
people ['pipl] 词频1 词根: 公众
n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族; vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
away [ə'we] 词频1
adv. 离开,远离;在远处;消失; adj. 不在的;遥远的;客场比赛;
💡 a(on)+broad→在远方;离去;不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅馆里, 这些老人和往常一样喝个不停.
近义:abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
stand [stænd] 词频1 词根: 站立
n. 台,看台;立场;停止;抵抗; vi. 站立,起立;竖直放置;保持看法;停滞; vt. 使站立;忍受;抵御;承担责任; vt.& vi. 站立,(使)直立,站着;
"The crowd had to stand behind barriers."
人群只好站在障碍物后面。
近义:suffer, take, tolerate, bear, stick, endure 反义:placate, quit, remit, soften, subside, yield
shore [ʃɔr] 词频1 词根: sh-
n. 岸;滨;国家(尤指濒海国家);支柱; vt. 支撑;支持;
"We could see a glimmer of light on the far shore."
我们可以看到对岸微微闪烁的灯光。
近义:prop, stanchion, strut, timber, underpin, underprop

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