Looking up I saw that we were surrounded by children in rags who were looking at us silently as we ate.
我抬头一看，发现我们被一群衣衫褴褛的小孩团团围住了，他们在默不作声地看着我们吃饭。
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

silently [['sailəntli]] 词频2
adv. 默默地, 静静地
近义：implicitly, noiselessly, backstage, quietly, secretly, soundlessly 反义：professedly, publicly
children ['tʃɪldrən] 词频1
n. 孩子们(child的复数);儿童;膝下;孥;
"Children must learn socially acceptable behaviour."
儿童必须学会社会上认可的行为举止。
近义：kids, bambini, bambinos, offspring, progeny, scions 反义：parentage
looking
a. 有…相貌的；有…样子的
近义：look
surrounded
a. 被…环绕着的
近义：walled, begirt, enclosed, fenced
rags
n. 破旧衣服; 破布( rag的名词复数 ); 碎布; 破旧衣服; （质量差的）报纸
近义：remnants, tatters, cuttings

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

Houses -- often three storeys high -- were built of stone.
房子一般有3层楼高，用石块修建。
Over a year passed before the first attempt was made.
然而一年多过去了才有人出来尝试。
'The light is dim.Read the letter to me'.
“光线太暗，请给我读一下这封信。”
In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.
随着时间的流逝，考科斯兄弟雇了一个尽心尽责的鬼，他们家的活大部分都让鬼给干了，这件事成了公认的事实。
As the play draws to its close, they wonder whether they will ever catch that last train home.
当戏快演完时，他们又为是否能赶上末班火车回家而犯愁。
When my wife nagged me to do something about it,
妻子喋喋不休让我想点办法。