The tree has grown against a warm wall on a sheltered side of the house.
那棵树是靠着房子有遮挡的一面暖墙生长的。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记:反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成,五人反对,两人弃权。
近义:athwart, agin
n. 墙;屏障;隔阂;壁垒;
vt.& vi. 筑墙围住,用墙隔开;围以墙;
adj. 墙壁的;
💡 vall- 墙,壁垒;桩线
"new offices with wall-to-wall carpeting"
房内铺满地毯的新办公室
近义:hem, rail, rampart, surround, fence, parament
反义:level, overthrow, ravage, raze, shipwreck, strip
n. 树;木料;树状图;宗谱;
vt. 把…赶上树;使处于困境;把鞋型插入(鞋内);
💡 吹”(谐音):风吹 树动 T像树,r是树叉,e是叶片- 树
"We put up the decorations and the tree and started to feel Christmassy at last."
我们布置好了装饰品和圣诞树,这才开始感受到圣诞节的气氛。
近义:arboreal, arborescent
adj. 成年的,成熟的;被…长满的;栽培的;
v. 种植(grow的过去分词);生长,变成;
"The two halves of the main branch have grown apart."
主枝的左右两边各向不同的方向生长.
近义:mature, adult
adj. 暖和的,温暖的;保暖的;热情的;暖调的;
vt.& vi. (使)变暖,被加热,暖和起来;
vt. 加热;使热情;使兴奋;
n. 暖和的地方;
vi. 加温;感兴趣;变得友善或友好;
💡 没(m)有战争(war)的世界是 温暖的
"The snow will soon disappear when the warm weather comes."
天气变暖时,雪很快就会融化.
近义:heat, heated, hot, sweltering, hearty, kind
反义:iced, icy, stiff, benumbed, chilly, cold