the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
一会儿工夫,狱卒重新登台,拿来一副眼镜以及平时使用的那封信,然后为那囚犯念了起来。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 22 By heart
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 囚犯;犯人;俘虏;刑事被告;
💡 prison监狱 + er 表示人,行为的主动者,做某事的人 → n.囚犯
"The prisoner was taken under escort to the jail."
罪犯被押送到监狱.
近义:inmate, jailbird, incluse, recluse, captive, con
n. <英>狱卒;
"The gaoler caned the man."
狱卒用藤条鞭打这个人.
近义:jailer, warden, warder, jailor
n. 一副;一对男女;套在一起的两匹马;雌雄成对的动物;
vt.& vi. (使…)成对,(使…)成双;
vi. 交配,交尾;
💡 音“派”,派对,成双成对
"a pair of Bermudas"
一条百慕大短裤
近义:match, geminate, twinset, doublet, duo, dyad
usual
['ju:ʒuəl]
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词根: 使用
adj. 通常的,常有的,常见的;平常的,普通的;平时的,平日的;一向的,老是那一套的;
💡 后缀:al 表示属于...的,具有...性质的,如...的
"The letter was written in her usual acerbic style."
这封信是用她惯常的尖刻语调写的。
近义:normal, ordinary, regular, rife, routine, standard
反义:infrequent, irregular, matchless, nonconforming, atypical, peculiar
n. 复制品;一份;(报刊等的)稿件;准备排印的书面材料;
vt.& vi. 复制;抄写;容许复制的;
vt. 模仿;仿造…的样式或图案;抄写;复制;
💡 音“拷贝
"She is a carbon copy of her sister."
她跟她姐姐长得一模一样。
近义:recopy, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce, trace, transcribe
反义:indite, innovate, invent, make, manufacture, mold