Lined up against the wall, there were long thin wires attached to metal spheres.
靠墙排列着许多细长的电线，而电线又连着金属球。
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
prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记：反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。
近义：athwart, agin
n. 墙;屏障;隔阂;壁垒;
vt.& vi. 筑墙围住，用墙隔开;围以墙;
adj. 墙壁的;
💡 vall- 墙,壁垒;桩线
"new offices with wall-to-wall carpeting"
房内铺满地毯的新办公室
近义：hem, rail, rampart, surround, fence, parament
反义：level, overthrow, ravage, raze, shipwreck, strip
adj. 长的;长时间的;冗长的，过长的;长音的;
adv. 长久地;始终;遥远地;
n. 长时间，长时期;[语]长音节;（服装的）长尺寸;长裤;
vi. 渴望，极想;
💡 渴望见到很 长的龙（long） 长龙（拼音long)摆尾 网友：顾亮亮 补充：龙很长
"How long will I be under the anaesthetic ?"
我会麻醉多长时间？
近义：lengthened, lengthy, moderately, pretty, quite, rather
反义：little, minute, small, squat, slight
adj. 薄的;瘦的;稀少的;细的;
vt. 使瘦;使淡;使稀疏;
vi. 变薄;变瘦;变淡;
adv. 稀疏地，微弱地;
💡 为伊消(think)得人憔悴(thin)
"a thin coating of chocolate"
薄薄一层巧克力
近义：rarefy, slenderize, slim, weaken, dilute, disperse
反义：bulk, concentrate, condense, curdle, jell, coagulate
attached
[ə'tætʃt]
adj. 附加的，附属的;依恋的;爱慕的;
v. 贴上，系，附上( attach的过去式和过去分词);
"I've never seen two people so attached to each other."
我从未见过两个人如此形影不离。
近义：included, enclosed, annexed, herewith