You may pick them up in utter exhaustion, if wind over the sea has driven them to a long journey.
如果海风驱使它们飞行很长距离,你可以捡到一些因筋疲力尽而摔下来的鹧鸪。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 23 Bird flight

📚 句中词汇解析

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journey ['dʒɝni] 词频1 词根: journ
n. 旅行,旅程行期;历程,过程; vi. 旅行,出游; vt. 在…旅行或旅行到过…;
💡 journ日期+ey表名词 → 按日期计算的行程 → 旅行,旅程
"The journey took approximately seven hours."
旅程大约花了七个小时。
近义:peregrinate, tour, travel, trip, fare, hike
pick [pɪk] 词频1 词根: /pə/
vt.& vi. 挑选,挑拣;挖,采,摘,剔,扒;挑剔; n. 选择;收获;精华;
💡 爱打扮的猪(pig)八戒, 采摘鲜花头上戴
"Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today?"
今天你能帮我个忙去学校接萨姆吗?
近义:select, choose, cull, elect, scavenge, scoop
utter ['ʌtə] 词频2
vt. 发出声音;说,讲;出版(书籍)等;[法]流通使用; adj. 彻底的,完全的,绝对的;
💡 藏在黄油(butter)里的对讲机(b) 绝地会 发声 utter=outer说出的: 发声- 完全的
"To my utter astonishment , she remembered my name."
她竟记得我的名字,使我万分惊讶。
近义:interject, articulate, mouth, name, phrase, pronounce 反义:hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil
exhaustion [ig'zɔ:stʃən] 词频4
n. 疲惫,衰竭;枯竭,用尽;排空;彻底的研究;
"His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing."
他站着睡着了,显然是太累了.
近义:neurasthenia, overexertion, overstrain, tiredness, weakness, weariness 反义:health, liveness, pep, power, snap, sparkle
wind [wind,waind] 词频2 词根: 风
n. 风;气流;吞下的气;管乐器; vt. 蜿蜒;缠绕;上发条;使喘不过气来; adj. 管乐的;
💡 谐音“弯的” 我(w)在(in)洞(d)里躲 风
"to be buffeted by the wind"
被风吹得左右摇摆
近义:reel, rewind, roll, scroll, spool, twine 反义:uncoil, unfold, unfurl, unreel, unwind, unwrap

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