but one day, after heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prize plants.
后来有一天，一场大雨后，我在花园里漫无目的散步，突然注意到许许多多蜗牛在我的一些心爱的花木上慢悠悠的蠕动着。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 23 One man's meat is another man's poison
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
number
['nʌmbɚ]
词频1
词根: number
n. 数字;数量;号码;编号;
v. 标号;总计;把…算作;
💡 numer, number 表示”数字”;”计算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
过去十年，农业从业人数已经下降。
近义：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher
反义：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
prize
[praɪz]
词频1
词根: prize
n. 奖赏;战利品;值得努力争取的东西;
vt. 珍视，珍惜;估价;
adj. 获奖的，有望获奖的;理应获奖的;
💡 prehend, pris 抓住,夺取,获得#词根助记：战利品要靠自己抓取
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言，他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义：appraise, appreciate, assay, regard, relish, respect
反义：reject, remonstrate, underestimate, undervalue, reprove, downplay
heavy
['hɛvi]
词频1
词根: /hi:/
adj. 重的，沉重的;大量的，浓密的;激烈的;重型的;
n. 重物;庄重的角色;
adv. 密集地;大量地;笨重地;
"There is heavy traffic in the downtown area tonight."
今夜闹市区交通繁忙。
近义：hotshot, lion, mogul, nabob, notable, personage
反义：ingravid, lightweight, thin, underweight, weightless, filmy
n. 阵雨;淋浴;淋浴器;一大批;
vi. 下阵雨;似阵雨般降落;洒落;纷纷降落;
vt. 大量地给予;抛洒，使纷纷降落;
💡 show(秀)+er(儿子):显露出老二- 沐浴
"a hotel room with bath and shower"
配备有浴缸和淋浴器的旅馆客房
近义：douche, rain, pour, scatter, shed, slop
n. 花园，菜园;公园;供应点心的露天设施;大型公共礼堂;
vt. 造园，开辟（一小片土地）作为花园;以花园装饰;
vi. 从事园艺;
adj. 花园的，园艺的;普通的，平凡的;
💡 误入别人garden（花园）里，要说pardon(对不起）
"a garden with three apple trees"
有3 棵苹果树的花园
近义：patio, yard, court, courtyard, dooryard, orchard