The tiny painting proved to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
那幅不大的画原来是柯勒乔的一幅未被发现的杰作,价值几十万英镑。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 34 A happy discovery
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 绘画;油画;上色,着色;颜料,油漆;
v. 绘画( paint的现在分词);涂色于;
💡 paint画画 + ing 表名词 → 油画;绘画;着色
"I don't know if the painting is authentic."
我不知道这幅画是不是真迹。
近义:paintwork, picture, canvas
adj. 未知的;不出名的;从未发生的;从不存在的;
n. 不知名或不出名的人;未知的事物;<数>未知数;未知数;
💡 un不+known已知的→不知道的;未知的
"The authorship of the poem is unknown."
这首诗的作者不详。
近义:mystery, puzzle, puzzler, secret, enigma, ignored
反义:noted, reputable, reputed, acknowledged, familiar
n. 杰作,名作;杰出的事;
💡 master熟练的+piece件 → 非常熟练之人的作品 → 杰作
"The report is a masterpiece of brevity."
那份报告是言简意赅的典范。
近义:masterwork, showpiece
adj. 极小的,微小的;
n. 小孩子;[医]癣;
💡 极小的(tiny)蜻蜓(ting) - 微小的
"Tiny boats bobbed up and down in the harbour."
小船在港湾中颠簸。
近义:little, miniature, miniscule, minuscule, minute, pokey
反义:mammoth, voluminous, whopping, overwhelming, enormous, gargantuan
adj. 值得的;有…的价值;等值的;有…的财产;
n. 财富,财产;价值;
"Each answer is worth 20 points."
每题为20分。
近义:merit, price, pricing, rate, value, worthiness
反义:insignificance, slightness, insignificancy