Suddenly my wife spotted a boat moored to the bank.
突然，妻子发现岸边泊着一条小船，
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 48 The silent village
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 意外地，忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
💡 sudden突然的 + ly ...地 → adv.突然地
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他发觉自己醒了过来，而且高度警觉。
近义：impromptu, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, overnight, sharply
反义：progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
n. 银行;（条形的）堆;（河的）岸;库存;
vt.& vi. 堆积;筑（堤）;将（钱）存入银行;
vi. （转弯时）倾斜飞行;（在某银行）开账户，存款;
vt. （用煤等）封炉火;
💡 bank=bench长椅→由柜台转化而来 → 银行
"I don't have a bank account."
我没有银行账户。
近义：deposit, hill, earth, tip, slope, lender
反义：retire, withdraw
n. 妻子，太太;夫人，老婆;已婚妇女;
💡 我爱抚(谐音): 妻子 妻子说“我爱夫”（谐音）
"His wife's death left a vacuum in his life."
他妻子的去世使他的生活变得空虚.
近义：woman, missis
反义：partner, spouse, hubby, consort
n. 小船，小艇;轮船;
vi. 乘船，划船;
vt. 用船运输;用船装运;
💡 停泊(bo)在(at)河边的 小舟
"Somehow we kept the boat afloat."
我们想办法使船没有下沉。
近义：ark, launch, barge, barque, shallop, ship
spotted
['spɔtid]
adj. 有斑点的;有污点的;弄脏的;〈口〉受注意的;
v. 发现;玷污;
"A sharp-eyed reader spotted the mistake in yesterday's paper."
一个眼尖的读者发现了昨天报纸上的错误。
近义：mottled, patched, pied, speckled, spotty, dappled
反义：monochromatic, unicolor, unicolored, unicolour, unicoloured