The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
当读者到小说最后几页了解到书中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可爱的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时，不禁会毛骨悚然。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 24 A skeleton in the cupboard
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 读者，朗读者;读本;讲读者，讲师;审稿人;
💡 read读+er人 →读者
"Too , the reader will find in this book many interesting illustrations."
读者还能在书中看到许多有趣的插图.
近义：collection, compendium, compilation, digest, anthology, scanner
final
['faɪnl]
词频1
词根: fin
adj. 最后的，最终的;决定性的;不可更改的;
n. 结局;决赛;期末考试;〈口〉（报纸的）末版;
💡 fin =end,boundary,表示”结束,范围”#词根助记：来自于法语final和拉丁语finalis, 表示 end (结束)
"Teachers always judge their students on the final examination."
老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生.
近义：last, absolute, momentous, peremptory, plump, terminal
novel
['nɑvl]
词频2
词根: nov
n. （长篇）小说;[法]新法，附律;
adj. 新奇的;异常的;
💡 nov新的+el表明人或物 →新奇人物 →新奇的；小说
"Her latest novel is a chronicle of life in a Devon village."
她的最近一部小说是德文郡一个小村庄的生活记事。
近义：hot, inceptive, inchoate, incipient, inexperienced, initial
反义：masterful, practiced, proficient, qualified, skilful, skilled
n. （指成年女子，有些人尤其是长者认为这样说比较礼貌）女士;（不尊重的非正式称呼）女人;（在英国对女贵族或贵族成员的妻子女儿或爵士妻子的称呼）夫人;举止文雅且有教养的女子;
💡 lad+y(表示人的名词后缀)→女士；淑女
"She was auditioning for the role of Lady Macbeth."
她试演了麦克佩斯夫人的角色。
近义：ma'am, madam, mrs., ms., woman, ms
反义：gentleman
pron. 每人，人人;大伙儿;各位;
💡 every每个 +body 人→ pron.每人，人人
"When I give the command, everybody pushes off together."
我一声令下, 大家就一起用桨把船撑离河岸.
近义：each, all, everyone