The most frightening thing of all was that not a sound could be heard.
最令人害怕的是到处没有一点声音。
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
frightening
['fraɪtnɪŋ]
adj. 令人恐惧的;引起突然惊恐的;吓人;
"After the quietness of home and school, university had been almost frightening."
过惯了家庭和中学的平静生活之后, 大学简直有些可怕了.
近义：horrible, horrifying, intimidating, menacing, awesome, awful
反义：innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless
n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
n. 声音，声响;音调，声调;声波;嘈杂声;
vi. 响，发声;听起来，好像;回响;[音乐]乐器等被奏响;
vt. 使出声，使发声;清楚地发出;宣布，发表;颂扬;
adj. 健全的;合理的;完好的，无损的;明智的;
adv. 彻底地，充分地;
"I can't bear the sound of chalk scraping on a blackboard."
我受不了粉笔在黑板上摩擦时发出的刺耳声音.
近义：plumb, probe, study, fathom, holler, scream
反义：imperfect, blemished, defective, dud, faulty, flawed
v. 听到，听见( hear的过去式和过去分词 );听说;得知;听取;
"We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard."
我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件.