'He had travelled only seven miles across the Channel when his engine failed and he was forced to land on sea.
但他只在海峡上空飞行7英里，引擎就发生了故障，他只好降落在海面上。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 20 Pioneer pilots

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

across [ə'krɔs] 词频1
prep. 穿过;横穿，横过;与…交叉;在…对面; adv. 横过，越过;在对面;交叉;斜对面;
💡 cro, cru =cross,表示”十字形,交叉”
"The only access to the farmhouse is across the fields."
去那农舍的唯一通路是穿过田野。
近义：through, athwart, on, per, thru, to
channel ['tʃænl] 词频2 词根: can
n. 频道，波道;渠道;途径;海峡; vt. 引导，开导;形成河道;
💡 chann管道+el表名词 →航道
"What's on Channel 4 tonight?"
电视四台今晚有什么节目？
近义：waterway, watercourse, trench, dike, ditch, dyke
engine ['endʒin] 词频1 词根: en
n. 发动机，引擎;工具;火车头;机车; vt. 给…安装发动机;
💡 谐音“引擎” engineer工程师-engine工程
"We had to completely disassemble the engine to find the problem."
我们只好把发动机全部拆开以寻找故障原因。
近义：motorize, machine, motor, loco, locomotive
land [lænd] 词频1
n. 陆地;国家;地产;土地; vt.& vi. （使）登岸;降临;使陷于（困境）;使不得不应付; vt. 自船上卸下;获得;捕到;钓到（鱼）; vi. 跳落，跌落，被抛落（地面）;
"the issue of Aboriginal land rights"
澳大利亚土著土地权问题
近义：disembark, sod, terra, ground, area, lot 反义：leave, start, board, embark, welkin, empyrean
travelled
a. 富有旅行经验的, 旅客常到的
近义：traveled

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty.
在早晨的这个时候，拱廊街上几乎空无一人。
In 1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a prize of $1,000 to the first man who would fly across the English Channel.
1908年，诺斯克利夫勋爵拿出1，000英镑，作为对第一个飞越英吉利海峡的人的奖励。
In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner.
在最后一幕中，狱卒手持一封信上场，然后将信交给狱中那位贵族。
After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney.
他们凿透了18英寸厚的墙壁，发现有个人卡在烟囱里。
The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car.
车轮搅起的石块锤击车身，发出不祥的锤击声。
Aeroplanes have the reputation of being dangerous and even hardened travellers are intimidated by them.
飞机以危险而著称，连老资格的旅行者也怕飞机。