I waited till he came near, then I asked him the way to our old village.
等他走近了，问他去老家的路。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 57 Back in the old country

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

village ['vɪlɪdʒ] 词频1 词根: villa
n. 村民;乡村，村庄;群落;
💡 vill=villa茅房，别墅+age场所，物品 →村庄
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那条路经过村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近义：town, townlet, borough, locality, hamlet, peasant 反义：settlement, town, burg, municipal, urban, city
till [til]
conj. 直到…时（为止）;在…之前; vt. 耕种;耕作; n. 钱柜，钱箱;放钱的抽屉;[地]冰碛土（物）; prep. 直到;
"There was music and dancing till two in the morning."
音乐和舞蹈一直持续到凌晨两点。
近义：plough, plow, toil, drawer, to, until
near [nɪr] 词频1
adv. （空间）在近处;在附近;（时间）临近;（程度）几乎; prep. （表示程度）接近;（表示位置）靠近;（表示时间）将近;接近于（某种状态）; adj. 近的;亲密的;近似;（亲属关系）近亲;
"Police found fragments of glass near the scene."
警方在现场附近发现了玻璃碎片。
近义：approach, approximate, hither, hithermost, immediate, approximal 反义：isolated, outlying, remote, retired, secluded, separate
came [kʌm] 词频1
v. 来( come的过去式 );到达;达到（认识、理解或相信的程度）;出生;
"The water came above our knees."
水淹过了我们的膝盖。
waited
v. 等候( wait的过去式和过去分词 ); 等待; （尤指长期地）希望; 盼望

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw 'a large cat' only five yards away from her.
搜寻美洲狮的工作是从一座小村庄开始的。那里的一位妇女在采摘黑莓时的看见“一只大猫”，离她仅5码远，
The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea.
平台深入海底100英尺。
George studied medicine in his youth.
乔治年轻时学过医，
The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox.
恩得利农场属于乔。考科斯和鲍勃。考科斯兄弟俩所有。
The cave might never have been discovered has not the entrance been spotted by the distinguished French pot-holer, Berger.
若不是法国著名洞穴探险家伯杰由于偶然的机会发现了这个洞口的话，这个洞也许不会为人所知。
As far as I could see, it needed only a minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here, a little tightening up there, a drop of oil and it would be as good as new.
在我看来，只需稍加调整即可。这儿紧紧螺丝，那儿固定一下，再加几滴油，就会像新的一样了。