If you were to ask Harry what was in the bottle, he would tell you that it contained perfumed mud.
要是你问哈里瓶里装着什么，他会告诉你是香水泥。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 52 Mud is mud
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 瓶子;一瓶（的量）;（婴儿）奶瓶;酒;
vt. 把…装入瓶中;控制;
vi. （街头艺人演出后）收拢钱币;
💡 butta(桶)+le(表示缩小的名词后缀)→瓶
"In some stories, genies are always found inside a lamp or bottle."
在一些故事里, 灯里或瓶子中总是装有妖怪.
近义：cork, backbone, valor, valour, boldness, braveness
vt. 一再骚扰;使烦恼;在战争中攻击，掠夺抢劫;
n. 恶魔，恶鬼;胡闹的青年人;伦敦佬;（人名）哈里;
"Harry tried to fix the chair, but he was all thumbs."
哈里想修理那把椅子, 可他笨手笨脚的.
近义：hound, irritate, nag, persecute, pester, plague
vt. 告诉，说;辨别;吩咐;讲述;
vt.& vi. 分辨，辨别;告诉，吩咐;泄漏;保证;
vi. 泄密，告发;（颜色、声音等）显示;识别;
n. [考古学]（古代村落遗址堆积而成的）台形土墩;[方言]讲的话;谈话;传闻;
💡 他告诉（tell）我，他哥哥很高（tall）
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：maintain, assert, asseverate, mention, assure, name
反义：hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil
a. 芳香的；香味的
近义：aromatic, aromatized, odorous, balmy, redolent, scented
反义：malodorous, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, putrid, reeking