So was born the echo-sounding apparatus, now in general use in ships.
这样就产生了目前各种船舶上普遍应用的回声探测仪。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 7 Bats

📚 句中词汇解析

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echo ['ɛko] 词频2
n. 回声,共鸣;(言语、作风、思想等的)重复;重复者;[无线电]回波; vt. 重复,效仿;随声附和;类似;发射(声音等); vi. 被重复;产生回响;充满回声;
💡 echo-, ech- 表示”声音 ,噪音”;特备是”回声”;”重复,模仿”
"There was an echo on the line and I couldn't hear clearly."
电话里有回音,我听不清楚。
近义:repeat, reecho, resonate, resound, reverberate, boom
apparatus [,æpə'rætəs] 词频3 词根: par
n. 仪器,器械;机器;机构,机关;器官;
💡 ap使+par准备+atus表名词→准备用的东西→设备,器具
"a piece of laboratory apparatus"
一件实验室仪器
近义:appliance, implement, mechanism, outfit, rig, rigging
general ['dʒɛnrəl] 词频1 词根: gen
adj. 大致的;综合的;总的,全体的;普遍的; n. 上将;一般;一般原则;常规;
💡 gener出生,产生+al形容词后缀→出生[一般]→普通的n.总论
"These difficulties are general among people of his age."
这些困难在他那个年龄的人中普遍存在.
近义:total, unspecific, vague, universal, gp, intermutual 反义:particular, especial, special, concrete, definite
born [bɔrn] 词频1 词根: /bə/
vt. bear的过去分词;支撑,支持;亲自携带,运输; vi. 结果,生产;和…有关; adj. 出生的,出身于…的;天生的,天赋的;
"Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature."
萨姆在乡下出生,特别喜爱大自然。
近义:inborn, inbred, inchoate, innate, congenital, connate
sounding ['saundiŋ]
n. 探通术; v. (使)发出声音,响( sound的现在分词 );发(音);试探;探测;
"I tried to emphasize my good points without sounding boastful."
我在强调自己的优点时尽量不让人觉得是在自我吹嘘。
近义:auscultation, loud, plangent, resonant, resounding, ringing

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