Almost any day a young porpoise may be seen trying to turn a 300-pound sea turtle over by sticking his snout under the edge of his shell and pushing up for dear life.
几乎每天都可以看到一只小海豚把鼻子顶入一只300磅重的海龟的硬壳下面,拼命地把它翻过来。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 18 Porpoises
📚 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
adj. 令人难于忍受的;难堪的;令人厌烦的;
v. 试图( try的现在分词);试验,尝试;审讯;
💡 try(考验)+ing(形容词后缀)→难堪的;使人痛苦的
"an ageing pop star trying to stage a comeback"
试图重返歌坛的已经上了年纪的流行音乐歌星
近义:arduous, irksome, labored, laborious, nagging, nervy
adj. 年幼的;有朝气的;年轻人的;青年的;
n. 年轻人;幼小的动物,崽;
💡 秧”(谐音)苗当然是 年轻的。有(U)勇(yong)的 年轻人
"His comments have alienated a lot of young voters."
他的言论使许多年轻选民离他而去。
近义:offspring, suckling, youngling, juvenile, unmarried, youthful
反义:antiquated, antique, indigenous, archaic, longstanding, native
vt.& vi. 使转动;旋转;使改变方向;使不适;
vt. 使变酸;使变换;使变为;
n. 翻转;(路线或方向的)改变;机会;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府对核能的态度来了个180度的大转变。
近义:loop, slew, swerve, veer, wind, bend
反义:reerect, right, straighten, unfold, untwist
n. 英镑;磅;兽栏;重击声;
vt.& vi. 连续重击;咚咚地走;
vi. (持续地)苦干;(驾舟时)拍打(水面);(心脏)狂跳;脚步沉重地走(或跑);
vt. 连续重击;捣碎,碾碎;强迫吸收;猛烈袭击;
💡 圆形(round)的路牌(p)有一 磅重 婆(po)蹲(und-dun) 英镑上笑
"a pound of carrots"
一磅胡萝卜
近义:hit, knock, lambaste, pommel, pummel, bash