After switching on powerful arc lights, they saw great stalagmites -- some of them over forty feet high -- rising up like tree-trunks to meet the stalactites suspended from the roof.
他们打开强力弧光灯,看见一株株巨大的石笋,有的高达40英尺,像树干似地向上长着,与洞顶悬挂下来的钟乳石相接。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 42 Modern cavemen

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powerful ['paʊɚfl] 词频1 词根: 力量
adj. 强大的;权力大的;(药)有效地; adv. 很;非常;
💡 power力量+ful表形容词,“有…的” →有力的
"The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels."
那些大领主的罪过是以权势欺压村民.
近义:lordly, masterful, mighty, authoritative, potent, puissant 反义:impotent, infirm, labile, languid, languishing, languorous
great [ɡret] 词频1
adj. 伟大的,杰出的;优异的,显著的;很多的;重大的; adv. [口语]很好地;令人满意地,成功地,顺利地;得意地; n. 大人物们;伟大人物;重要人物,大师;名家;
💡 联想:“贵的”就是伟大的 网友:12 补充:gr 工人 eat吃 解决工人吃饭问题,不就是伟大的问题。great 伟大
"According to Mick, it's a great movie."
据米克说,这是一部了不起的电影。
近义:super, awesome, cool, fine, large, big 反义:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
over ['ovɚ] 词频1
prep. (表示方向)越过;(部份或全部覆盖)在…上面;由于;(表示论及)关于; adv. 结束;再;(倒)下;从一边至另一边; adj. 过去的;外面的;在上的;上级的; n. 额外;剩余;剩余(或多余)的量;剩余物; int. [电信学]报文完,请回复!; vt. 走过,跳过;[美国方言]从…恢复过来;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府对核能的态度来了个180度的大转变。
近义:above, on, up, regarding, relating, respecting 反义:under, below, beneath
high [haɪ] 词频1 词根: /hi:/
adj. 高的;高尚的,崇高的;高音调的;高级的,高等的; adv. (程度等)高地;高价地;奢侈地; n. 高处,高位;[气象学]高气压;高压地带;高水平;
"acrobatics on the high wire"
走钢丝杂技
近义:maximum, towering, upland, elevated, altitudinous, inebriated
rising [['raiziŋ]]
n. 上升, 造反, 叛乱\\na. 上升的, 高涨的, 新兴的
近义:hike, appearance, inception, increase, increment, lift 反义:reduction, shrinkage, squeeze, tumble, dropping, collapse

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