for their house, which had sound foundations, would have stood stoutly even if it had been almost submerged.
因为他们的房子地基牢固，即使洪水几乎灭顶也不会倒塌。
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
adv. 几乎，差不多;将近;快要;近乎;
💡 al(all)+most→差不多；几乎(=nearly)
"I like almost all of them."
我差不多所有的都喜欢。
近义：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nearly
反义：liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
n. 房屋;全家人;（从事某种生意的）公司;（英国）下议院;
v. 给…提供住房;收藏;安置;
"a house among the trees"
树林中的一座房子
近义：host, keep, lodge, quarter, shelter, accommodate
反义：oust, out, expel, deport, dispossess, exile
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
stoutly
[['stautli]]
adv. 刚强地, 坚决地
近义：purposefully, resolutely, tenaciously, unhesitatingly, doughtily, cocksurely
adj. 在水中的;淹没的;水下的;水下运动的;
v. （使）潜入水中，淹没( submerge的过去式和过去分词 );完全掩盖，遮掩;
"The car was submerged under 20 feet of water."
汽车沉在水下20英尺处.
近义：immersed, submersed, sunken, underwater