which a predecessor of ours at the farm built in the meadow hard by the deepest pool for swimming and diving.
那船坞是农场一位前辈在一块草地上盖的，草地紧挨着一个专供游泳、跳水的深水池。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 56 Our neighbour, the river
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 前任，前辈;原有事物，前身;<古>祖先;
💡 pre 前 + decess 消逝，死 + or表示人 → n. 前任,前辈;(被取代的)原有事物,前身
"The new governor dismissed the staff that served his predecessor."
新州长将前任州长的职员全部解雇.
近义：herald, pioneer, precursor, forerunner, harbinger, parent
反义：kin, offspring, son, boy, issue, scion
swimming
['swɪmɪŋ]
n. 游泳;眩晕;
v. 游泳( swim的现在分词);漂浮;浸，泡;旋转;
💡 swimm=swim游泳+ing行业,状态，行为 →游泳
"Swimming is good exercise."
游泳是有益的运动。
近义：lightheadedness, seasickness, vertigo, wooziness, dizziness, airsickness
n. 农场，农庄;农家;畜牧场;农田;
vt. 耕种;养殖;承包，包出;佃出（土地）;
vi. 经营农场;
💡 在 农场挥动手臂“伐木” 农场在远远的(far)的山(m)下
"the conversion of farm buildings into family homes"
农场建筑物改建为家庭住宅
近义：ranch, rancho, farmhouse, raise, cultivate, grow
反义：settlement, town, burg
n. 草地;牧场;
💡 麦动（谐音）-风吹 草地像麦动
"lambs gambolling in the meadow"
在草地上蹦蹦跳跳的小羊羔
近义：lawn, lea, paddock, pasture, prairie, sheepwalk