Houses -- often three storeys high -- were built of stone.
房子一般有3层楼高，用石块修建。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 3 An unknown goddess
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
adj. 高的;高尚的，崇高的;高音调的;高级的，高等的;
adv. （程度等）高地;高价地;奢侈地;
n. 高处，高位;[气象学]高气压;高压地带;高水平;
"acrobatics on the high wire"
走钢丝杂技
近义：maximum, towering, upland, elevated, altitudinous, inebriated
n. 石头;宝石;矿石;（膀胱或肾脏中的）结石;
vt. 向扔石块;用石头铺;以石掷向;除（水果的）硬核;
adj. 石制的;石头似的;[S-]石器时代的;粗陶制的;
adv. 石一般的;
💡 石头铺路，“四通”（谐音）八达
"We went through a stone archway into the courtyard."
我们穿过石拱门进入院子。
近义：lapidate, pelt, rock, jewel, gem, gemstone