when the whole animal is sometimes preserved, as in a refrigerator.
有时整个动物像被放在冰箱里一样被保存下来，
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 26 The past life of the earth

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

animal ['ænɪml] 词频1 词根: anim
n. 动物，兽，牲畜;<俚>家畜，牲口;<俚>畜生（一般的人）;兽性; adj. 动物的;肉体的;肉欲的;
💡 anim生命，精神+al名词后缀→有生命的东西→动物
"I have an allergy to animal hair."
我对动物毛过敏。
近义：beast, crittur, creature, critter, physical, beastly 反义：vegetal
sometimes ['sʌmtaɪmz] 词频1 词根: sometime
adv. 有时，间或;时而;
💡 sometime某一时间的+s表副词 →有时
"Even friends disagree sometimes."
即便是朋友有时也有分歧。
近义：occasionally, oft, once, rarely, betweentimes, betweenwhiles 反义：invariably, periodically, repeatedly, steadily, usually, consistently
refrigerator [rɪ'frɪdʒəretɚ] 词频3 词根: frig
n. 冰箱;冷藏库;制冰机，冷冻机;
💡 re再+friger冷+ator表名词，物 → 冰箱
"This dessert can be served straight from the refrigerator."
这甜点从冰箱里拿出后即可食用。
近义：icebox, fridge, refrigerating, frigorific
whole [hol] 词频1
adj. 全部的，所有的;完整的; n. 整体，整个;全部;
💡 who(谁)+le(乐): 整个的 用W去堵洞(hole)不就变成 整个的了吗？
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整栋大楼很快就熊熊燃烧起来。
近义：totality, unity, continuum, entirety, intact, integral 反义：quota, share, slice, imperfect, sketchy, unaccomplished
preserved
a. 喝醉的\\n[计] 保留的
近义：potted, tinned, canned

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.
因此，尽管制造这些工具的人的骨头早已荡然无存，但远古时代的石头工具却保存了下来。
and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do,
一切能做的都做了，
He showed that the average individual's sleep cycle is punctuated with peculiar bursts of eye-movements,
他指出，平常人的睡眠周期中不时伴有一阵阵奇怪的眼球队活动，
and of what had previously been wrong with his wife,
也不知道他妻子以前得的是什么病，
supplying the rocket fuels for its ships,
作为航天飞船的燃料。
an ancient, exquisite, powerful message.
一个源远流长、高雅而有力的信息。