And then, when they were dead, the carnivores, like the sabre-toothed cats and the giant wolves, came out to feed and suffered exactly the same fate.
大象死后，一些食肉动物，如剑齿虎和大灰狼就来吃大象，结果遭到了同样的命运。
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
adv. 精确地;确切地;完全地，全然;恰恰;
💡 ex出，出去+act行动，做+ly表示状态、程度、方式、“...地” →精切的,精确地,恰好
"Good, you have exactly hit off the writer's style."
很好, 你已将那位作家的风格确切地刻画出来了.
近义：identically, just, particularly, perfectly, precisely, properly
反义：inaccurately
n. 命运，宿命;灾难，死亡;命中注定的事（尤指坏事）;
v. 注定;
💡 fa, fabl, fam, fan =speak,表示”说”#词根助记：fate=上帝的话
"They were unaware of the fate that was to befall them."
他们并不知道即将降临到他们头上的厄运。
近义：predestine, preordain, foreordain, karma, lot, misfortune
adj. 死去的;完全的;无感觉的;呆板的;
adv. 完全地;非常;绝对;极度;
n. 死者;（死一样的）寂静;极寒时候;
💡 呆的，人 死是“呆的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我们不知道他是死是活。
近义：asleep, numb, numbed, unfeeling, benumbed, unresponsive
反义：mindful, aware, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful
n. 军刀;马刀;（击剑时用的）尖细的轻剑;武力威胁;
vt. 用军刀斩;
"His face was seamed with sabre cuts."
他的脸上留有马刀砍下的伤痕.
近义：saber, cutlass
n. 巨人，大汉;巨兽，巨物;卓越人物;
adj. 特大的，巨大的;伟大的;
💡 鸡(gi)对于蚂蚁(ant)来说是 巨人
"Once upon a time there was a giant with two heads."
从前有个两头巨人.
近义：behemoth, monster, colossus, jumbo, colossal, enormous
反义：midget, runt