During the summer, I noticed tat the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither.
到了夏天，我发现树叶开始枯萎，
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
n. 开始;根源;原始思想;前兆;
v. 开始( begin的现在分词);
💡 beginn=begin开始+ing表名词→开始，开端；起源
"From beginning to end his conduct had been despicable and wicked."
从头到尾他的行为既卑鄙又可恶.
近义：inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff, leadoff, nascence
反义：outcome, pause, result, stop, suspension, termination
n. 夏，夏天;全盛时期，黄金时代，壮年时期;[建]大梁，檀条，楣，柱顶石;岁数;
adj. 夏季的;
v. 度过夏季，避暑;使度过夏季，夏季放牧（家畜）;
"a balmy summer evening"
清爽宜人的夏夜
近义：summertime, girder, summery, aestival, estival
反义：hibernation, wintertime
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
vt. 使枯萎;使畏缩;使衰弱;
vi. 凋谢;衰弱;萎缩;
"Age cannot wither her."
岁月并未使她的容颜减色.
近义：sear, wilt, die, fade, shrivel, wizen
反义：leaf, shoot, stool, tiller, bud, burgeon
leaves
[li:vz]
n. 树叶，花瓣;(leaf的复数);页( leaf的名词复数 );叶子;有…状叶的;金属薄片;
v. 离开( leave的第三人称单数 );遗弃;忘了带;交托;
"They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves."
他们发现尸体被埋在一堆树叶下面。