They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
他们愿意以每磅10美元的价钱买下由听众烘制的最大的饼干。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 26 Wanted a large biscuit tin

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

pound [paʊnd] 词频1
n. 英镑;磅;兽栏;重击声; vt.& vi. 连续重击;咚咚地走; vi. （持续地）苦干;（驾舟时）拍打（水面）;（心脏）狂跳;脚步沉重地走（或跑）; vt. 连续重击;捣碎，碾碎;强迫吸收;猛烈袭击;
💡 圆形(round)的路牌(p)有一 磅重 婆(po)蹲(und-dun) 英镑上笑
"a pound of carrots"
一磅胡萝卜
近义：hit, knock, lambaste, pommel, pummel, bash
biscuit ['bɪskɪt] 词频3 词根: /bi:/
n. <英>饼干;<美>软烤饼;松饼（食用时常佐以肉汁）;淡黄褐色;
💡 必须吃它（谐音）： 饼干再难吃也要吃 b(饼)+is(是)+cuit(cut it): 饼干被I用刀切开
"She's done stupid things before, but this really takes the biscuit."
她以前做过傻事, 但这次实在太离谱了.
近义：roll, bun, rusk, snap, cookie, cooky
listener ['lɪsənɚ] 词频4
n. 听众，倾听者，收听者;〈俚〉耳朵;
"I'm a regular listener to her show."
我经常收听她的节目。
近义：hearkener, harkener 反义：interlocutor, lecturer, orator, prelector, spokesman, teller
biggest [['bigist]]
a. 最大的（big的最高级）
offered
v. 提供, 提议；奉献（offer过去时态）

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

but where had it come from?
但它是从哪儿来的呢？
It looked as if there would be an exciting race across the Channel.
看来会有一场激烈的飞越英吉利海峡的竞争。
The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real.
那人竭力想证明那钻石是真货。
As its composition and line reminded him of an Italian painting he knew well, he decided to buy it.
画面构图与纸条使他想起一幅他所熟悉的意大利画，于是他决定将画买了下来。
But the claim made by a local authority to recover the cost of salvaging a sunken pie dish must surely be unique.
但某地当局为打捞一只焙制馅饼的盘子提出索赔，倒是件新鲜的事儿。
The place consisted of a straggling unmade road which was lined on either side by small houses.
这儿有一条未经修筑的弯弯曲曲的道路，路两边排列着一些矮小的农舍。