If one group of people were disturbed from their eye-movement sleep for several nights on end,
如果有两组人,一组人连续几夜在眼球队活动时被叫醒;
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 19 The stuff of dreams

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people ['pipl] 词频1 词根: 公众
n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族; vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
movement ['muvmənt] 词频2 词根: mob
n. 运动;活动;动作,举动;乐章;
💡 move动+ment表名词 →运动
"The burglar alarm is activated by movement."
这防盗警报器一动就会响。
近义:motion, moving, progress, speed, translocation, displacement
group [ɡrup] 词频1 词根: gr-
n. 组,团体;群,批;(雕塑等的)群像;(英美的)空军大队; vt.& vi. 使成群,集合; vt. 分类,归类;
💡 一群羊(group)正在成长(grou)
"the Child Poverty Action Group"
解除儿童贫困行动小组
近义:cluster, bind, concrete, conglutinate, agglomerate, agglutinate 反义:isolate, segregate, sever, split, detach, disjoin
sleep [slip] 词频1
vi.& link-v. 睡,睡觉; vi. 睡,睡觉;睡眠状态; vt. 为…提供床位;提供住宿;以睡觉打发日子; n. 睡眠;
💡 s(睡)+l+ee(眼睛)+p: 睡觉 船(ship)上的她入睡(sleep)后像只绵羊(sheep)
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义:doss, doze, kip, shuteye, rheum 反义:awaken, rouse, nonsleep, restlessness, sleeplessness, wakefulness
several ['sɛvrəl] 词频1 词根: se
adj. 几个的;专有的;各自的;分别的; pron. 几个,数个;一些;
💡 七(seven)块肉?一共(al=all)花了 几个钱 七根(seve-seven)铁轨(ral-rail) 几个人抬 网友:马 胜 敏 补充:1:色彩(se)
"Several new members have come into the club since last year."
自去年以来,又有些新成员加入了俱乐部.
近义:manifold, many, some, various, divers

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