He had lived in it as a child when it was already disappearing,
作为一个孩子他曾在西部生活过，当时西部拓荒生活正在消失。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 21 William SHart and the early 'Western' film

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

child [tʃaɪld] 词频1
n. 小孩，孩子;幼稚的人;产物;弟子;
💡 复数：child(孩子)+ren(人) chi(吃)+ld(冷冻):吃冷冻棒冰- 小孩
"The child was found abandoned but unharmed."
该弃儿被人们发现时安然无恙。
近义：infant, innocent, kid, kiddie, kiddy, lad 反义：senior, oldie, oldy, oldster, gaffer, greybeard
already [ɔl'rɛdi] 词频1 词根: al
adv. 早已，已经;先前;
💡 all(所有)+ready(准备):所有都准备好了- 已经
"He was already aboard the plane."
他已经登机了。
disappearing
v. 不见, 消失( disappear的现在分词 ); 不复存在; 掩始; 隐显
近义：fading
lived
a. 有生命的

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise:
在乡间的草坪上，当你随意组成两个队，并且不涉及任何地方情绪时，那才可能是单纯的为了娱乐和锻炼而进行比赛。
Two factors weigh heavily against the effectiveness of scientific research in industry.
两个因素严重地影响工业里科学研究的效果：
Many people in industry and the Services, who have practical experience of noise,regard any investigation of this question as a waste of time;
在工业部门工作和在军队中服役的许多人对噪音有切身的体会，他们认为对这个问题进行调查是浪费时间，
Today, enough soundings are available to enable a relief map of the Atlantic to be drawn
现在已有足够的水深测量数据来绘制一张大西洋洋底地形图，
If they can each be trusted to take such responsibilities.
如果企业的每个人都信得过，人人都认真负责，
and mechanical systems like a wound watch, or the sun,
像上紧发条的手表那样的机械装置，或太阳，