Oddly shaped forms that are suspended form the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite familiar to everybody.
人们所熟悉的是悬挂在天花板上、造型奇特、随风飘荡的雕塑品。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 18 Electric currents in modern art
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 形状，形式;外形;方式;表格;
vt. 形成;构成;组织;塑造;
vi. 形成，产生;排队，整队;
💡 form =shape,表示”形状”
"The noun " mouse " is the singular form of " mice " ."
名词mouse是 mice 的单数形式.
近义：past, background, record, dossier, antecedents, institute
反义：hypertrophy, misshape, twist, uglify, warp, contort
n. 天花板;最高限度;云幕高度;隔板，舱室垫板;
💡 ceil装天花板 + ing 名词，表示总称及材料 → n. 天花板，顶蓬
"a high beamed ceiling"
木梁高高支撑着的天花板
近义：capping
vt.& vi. 移动，搬动;
vi. 搬家;行动;进展;（机器等）开动;
vt. 提议;使感动;摇动;变化;
n. 改变;迁移;
💡 mob, mov, mot 表”移动”
"Could we move on now to …?"
我们现在可以接着讨论…吗？
近义：relocate, remove, shuttle, transfer, translocate, withdraw
反义：freeze, remain, abide, caseharden
n. 反应;回答，答复;[宗]回应经文，应唱圣歌;
💡 re回，向后+sponse承诺 → 回答；答应
"I could elicit no response from him."
我从他那里套不出任何反应。
近义：rejoinder, reply, retort, answer, reception, welcome
adj. 熟悉的;通晓的;冒昧的;随便的;
n. 常客，密友;高级官吏的家属;[天主]教皇[主教]的仆人;
💡 famili=family家庭+ar...的 →熟悉的
"The Empire State Building is a familiar landmark on the New York skyline."
帝国大厦是人们熟悉的纽约高楼大厦中的地标。
近义：known, acknowledged, intimate, near, close, friendly
反义：obscure, odd, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish