The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its home blaring, roared down the arcade.
宁静突然被打破，一辆大轿车亮着前灯，响着喇叭，呼啸着冲进了拱廊街，
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 意外地，忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
💡 sudden突然的 + ly ...地 → adv.突然地
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他发觉自己醒了过来，而且高度警觉。
近义：impromptu, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, overnight, sharply
反义：progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
n. 商场，游乐中心;拱廊，连拱廊;有拱廊的街道;
💡 arc弓+ade表名词→连拱廊，如cascade瀑布
"We go to the amusement arcade on Saturdays to play the electronic games."
每个星期六我们去娱乐城玩电子游戏.
近义：archway, porch, veranda, verandah, skywalk, skybridge
n. 沉默，无言，无表示，无声，沉静，肃静，寂静，缄默;无音信，失去联系，忘却，湮没，无表示，无音讯;[乐]停止;
vt. 使安静;使沉默;压制;
💡 沉默死(si)冷(len-leng)厕(ce)无人知
"There was an awkward silence."
一阵令人尴尬的沉默。
近义：hush, lull, quiet, quieten, shush, still
反义：perturb, shake, agitate, disrupt, disturb, hullabaloo
adj. 破碎的，打碎的;（腿，臂等）已骨折的;（线条）虚线的，断续的;被打断的;
v. 打破，折断(break的过去分词);打破（纪录）;损坏;
"He escaped with only a broken arm."
他得以逃生，只是断了一只胳膊。
近义：rimose, rimous, ruptured, torn, chapped, cracked
反义：operational, prepared, ready, sound, undamaged, unharmed
adv. 大大地;夸大地;详细地;顺风地;
adj. 大的;大规模的;大型号的;广泛的;
v. 玩个痛快;（尤指跳舞和饮酒）作乐;
"The two large classrooms have been assigned to us."
这两间大教室分配给了我们。
近义：major, sizeable, big, sizable, some, capital
反义：small