Even under a clear blue sky, the village looked forbidding, as all the houses were built of grey mud bricks.
农舍全用灰色的土坯建成，因此，即使在晴朗的蓝天底下，村庄看上去也会令人感到难以亲近。
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
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
prep. 在…下面，在表面之下;在…的假定表面或掩饰下;少于，小于;在…情况下;
adv. 在下面;少于;在水下;在昏迷中;
adj. 较低的，下面的;
"The admiral visited the ships under his command."
舰队司令视察了他所统率的军舰。
近义：underneath, below, beneath
反义：above, over, up, atop, onto, upon
adj. 清楚的，明白的;清晰的，明亮的;清澈的;明确的;
adv. 完全地;清晰地;整整;
vi. 变明朗;变清澈;
vt. 扫除，除去;消除（嫌疑）;使清楚;使干净;
n. 空隙，空间;
💡 可里耶（谐音）：可看见里面耶，表明是 清晰的
"The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm at night."
夜里暴风雨过后,拂晓清新而晴朗.
近义：illuminate, illustrate, rede, resolve, show, solve
反义：jumble, litter, mess, muss, scramble, shuffle
n. 蓝色;[复数]（美国海、陆、空三军穿的）蓝色制服;蓝颜料;[the blue(s)][用作单数或复数]布鲁斯（歌曲）（一种伤感的美国黑人民歌）;
adj. 蓝色的;沮丧的，忧郁的;下流的;
vt. 把…染成蓝色;使成蓝色;给…用上蓝剂;用上蓝剂于;
vi. 变成蓝色，呈蓝色;
💡 巴乔有一双忧郁的蓝眼睛
"a girl in a blue dress and ankle socks"
身穿蓝色连衣裙和套袜的女孩
近义：bluish, melancholic, melancholy, mirthless, morose, mournful
forbidding
[fə'bidiŋ]
adj. 冷峻的，令人生畏的;
v. 禁止( forbid的现在分词 );妨碍;阻碍;阻止;
"The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills."
市议会通过法律,禁止散发传单.
近义：prohibitive, austere, serious, severe, stern, harsh