If you are lucky enough to get a sleeper, you spend half the night staring at the small blue light in the ceiling, or fumbling to find you ticket for inspection.
即使你走运弄到一个卧铺，夜间有一半时间你会盯着车顶那盏小蓝灯而睡不着觉；要不然就为查票摸索你的车票。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 44 Speed and comfort
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 运气好的，侥幸的;兆头好的，吉祥的;〈俚〉难得;很恰当的;
💡 luck幸运 + y ...的→ 幸运的；吉祥的
"a happy-go-lucky sort of person"
乐天派的人
近义：jammy, privileged, propitious, successful, fortunate, happy
反义：luckless, ominous, poor, baleful, unblessed, unblest
spend
[spɛnd]
词频1
词根: sp-
vt.& vi. 用钱，花钱;
vt. 花费;消耗;花（时间）;度过;
n. （为某目的或某段时间内的）花销，花费，开销;
💡 s(dis-=apart)+pend(hang)→花费；耗用
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的几个孩子在电话上和朋友聊天一聊就是几个小时。
近义：outlay, consume, deplete, disburse, dissipate, drain
反义：husband, keep, maintain, conserve
n. 天花板;最高限度;云幕高度;隔板，舱室垫板;
💡 ceil装天花板 + ing 名词，表示总称及材料 → n. 天花板，顶蓬
"a high beamed ceiling"
木梁高高支撑着的天花板
近义：capping
n. 票，入场券;标签;传票，交通违规的通知单;<美>候选人名单;
vt. 售票;给…门票;加标签于，指派;对。。开交通违章通知单;
💡 tick+et(表示缩小的名词后缀)→票；入场券；标签
"a season ticket holder"
有季票的人
近义：label, mark, tag, tally, docket, pass
n. 检查;检验;视察;检阅;
💡 inspect视察+ion表名词 → 视察；认真看
"A company's accounting records must be open for inspection at all times."
公司的会计账目必须随时可以公开以备检查.
近义：inquiry, inquisition, investigation, observation, overhaul, perusal
反义：improvidence, inadvertence, inadvertency, incaution, laches, neglect