The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.
绳子被人割断，很明显小羔羊是被人偷走了。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 16 Mary had a little lamb

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

rope [rop] 词频1
n. 粗绳;绳索;一串;学会决窍，知道决窍; vt. （用绳子）捆;用绳子系牢;捆紧;用套索抓捕（动物）; vi. 成索状或绳状;
"Her wrists chafed where the rope had been."
她的手腕上绳子勒过的地方都磨红了。
近义：hitch, lace, lasso, noose, secure, tie
obvious ['ɔbviəs, -vjəs] 词频2 词根: ob
adj. 明显的;显著的;平淡无奇的;自明;
💡 偶不会呕死（谐音）： 明显的身体好 ob(=near)+vi(way)+ous(形缀):横放在路上的-醒目的- 明显的
"It's obvious that she adores him."
她显然深深地爱着他。
近义：apparent, irrefutable, manifest, noted, noteworthy, notorious 反义：implausible, improbable, uncertain, unlikely
lamb [læm] 词频2
n. 羔羊，小羊;羔羊肉;<宗>耶稣; vi. 生小羊，产羊羔;
💡 跛腿的(lame)的白(b) 羔羊好可怜
"a gigot of lamb"
一份羔羊腿
近义：sheep, mutton
stolen [['stəulən]] 词频2
steal的过去分词\\n[经] 被偷窃的
近义：robbed

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on.
牧师拿着一支电筒走上钟楼想去看看究竟发生了什么事情。
Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour.
当一艘大型班船进港的时候，许多小船载着各种杂货快速向客轮驶来。
No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.
谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。
The nomads who made these markings lived by hunting and fishing during the last Ice Age which began about 35,000 B.C.and ended about 10,000 B.C.
这些痕迹是游牧人留下的，他们生活在从公元前约35，000年到公元前10，000年的冰川期的末期，以狩猎、捕鱼为生。
In this much-travelled world, there are still thousands of places which are inaccessible to tourists.
在这个旅游频繁的世界上，仍有成千上万个游人足迹未至的地方。
We regard them as unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good.
我们把昆虫当作害多益少的无用东西。