A farm worker, who stayed up all night claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the moonlight.
有一个彻夜未眠的雇工还声称他看见一个人影在月光下收割庄稼。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 30 The death of a ghost

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

worker ['wɝkɚ] 词频2
n. 工人，员工;劳动者;[虫]工蜂，工蚁;
💡 work工作+er人 →工人
"The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently."
工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效.
近义：laborer, labourer, navvy, peon, toiler, workingman 反义：malingerer, shirker, slacker
figure ['fɪɡjɚ] 词频1 词根: fac
n. 数字;算术;人物;身材; vi. 计算;出现;扮演角色; vt. 计算在内;估计;推测;认为;
💡 fig做，塑造，虚构+ure名词后缀，状态 →做出的状态→形象，人物
"Figure the situation to yourself, what can I do?"
你设身处地想想, 我能做什么?
近义：appraise, reckon, weigh, calculate, consider, deem
farm [fɑrm] 词频1
n. 农场，农庄;农家;畜牧场;农田; vt. 耕种;养殖;承包，包出;佃出（土地）; vi. 经营农场;
💡 在 农场挥动手臂“伐木” 农场在远远的(far)的山(m)下
"the conversion of farm buildings into family homes"
农场建筑物改建为家庭住宅
近义：ranch, rancho, farmhouse, raise, cultivate, grow 反义：settlement, town, burg
night [naɪt] 词频1
n. 夜;晚上;（举行盛事的）夜晚;
"I don't like going out alone at night."
我不喜欢夜晚单独外出。
近义：nighttime, nite, evening, nightly, nocturnal, pm 反义：daylight, daytime
cutting [['kʌtiŋ]]
n. 切断, 切下, 路堑\\n[化] 切屑
近义：snippet, clipping, snip, trimming, clip, trim 反义：innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives.
在它们的一生中，大多数猫都对人存有戒心。
It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.
这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。
Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift.
罗伯特见到我很高兴，对我的薄礼也感到满意。
Comedians base their jokes on tragic situation like violent death or serious accidents.
喜剧演员根据悲剧情节诸如暴死，重大事故等来编造笑话。
After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables.
经过多年的适应，大多数人对火车时刻表产生了一种不可动摇的信念。
A recent survey of the effects of noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the night rated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7.
最近一个有关噪音的作用的调查（令人吃惊地）指出，夜间连续不断的狗叫声，在一个从1级至7级刻度表上应列为最严重的噪间污染。