Lawn mowers whining on a summer's day, late-night parties in apartment blocks, noisy neighbors, vehicles of al kinds, especially large container trucks thundering through quiet village, planes and helicopters flying overhead, large radios carried round in
夏天呜呜作响的割草机，公寓楼里深夜聚会的喧哗声，大声吵闹的邻居，各式各样的车辆，特别是穿越寂静的村庄的集装箱卡车，从头顶飞过的飞机和直升机，被带到公共场所、音量开到最大的大功率收音机。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 47 Too high a price
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 寓所，住房;房间;公寓楼;（有特殊用途或专属某人的）豪华寓所;
💡 apart分离的，分开的+ment名词后缀 →楼房分隔开住的地方 →（美）一套公寓房间
"faceless high-rise apartment blocks"
千篇一律的高层公寓大楼
近义：flat, quarter, room, chamber
adv. 尤其地;主要地，格外地;显著地;异常地;
💡 e使+special特别的+ly...地→特别，格外
"Paddles are used especially to propel canoes and kayaks."
短桨特别用于划独木舟和小艇.
近义：namely, particularly, peculiarly, privately, singularly, specifically
n. 容器;箱，匣;集装箱，货柜;
💡 con全部+tain握住+er表示物 → 容器，集装箱
"Store the cake in an airtight container."
把蛋糕存放在密封容器里。
近义：jar, receiver, receptacle, urn, vessel
quiet
['kwaɪət]
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词根: qui
adj. 清静的;僻静的;不起眼的;不激动的;
vt.& vi. 安静下来，使…安静，平静;
vt. 减轻（病痛、疑虑、恐惧等）;[法律]确定（产权等）;
prep. 克制的，稳重的，不张扬的;
n. 宁静;寂静;
adv. 安静地，平静地;
💡 qui “静止,平静”
近义：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反义：preoccupy, rattle, trouble, unnerve, upset, worry
n. 村民;乡村，村庄;群落;
💡 vill=villa茅房，别墅+age场所，物品 →村庄
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那条路经过村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近义：town, townlet, borough, locality, hamlet, peasant
反义：settlement, town, burg, municipal, urban, city