Then the cannons of the anchored warships thundered a salute to which the Vasa fired in reply.
这时，停泊在港口的其他战船向瓦萨号鸣炮致礼，瓦萨号也鸣炮回礼。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

salute [sə'lut] 词频2
vt.& vi. 欢迎，致敬; vt. 向…致意;赞扬，赞颂; vi. 致意，打招呼;行礼; n. 致敬，欢迎;敬礼;举枪，举刀（礼）;
💡 sal(whole)+ute(名词后缀)→敬礼；致敬
"The Queen's birthday was honoured by a 21 - gun salute."
鸣 二十一 响礼炮庆祝女王的生日.
近义：accost, greet, hail, bow, salutation, welcome
reply [rɪ'plai] 词频1 词根: re
n. 回答，答复;反应;报复（行动）;[法律]答辩; vi. [法律]（原告对被告）答辩;反响;作答;（以行动）做出反应; vt. 回应，作出反应;
💡 re反+ply重叠，折叠→叠回去→回答
"His evasive reply prompted me to ask another question."
他的含糊其辞的答复促使我又提了一个问题.
近义：argue, rejoin, respond, retort, answer, riposte 反义：inquiry, interrogation, consultation
cannons
n. 加农炮, 大炮, 火炮( cannon的名词复数 )
近义：armory, armoury, arsenal, artillery, munitions, ordnance
anchored
a. 固定的；抛锚的
近义：located 反义：lost, stray, derelict, drifting
warships
n. 军舰, 战舰( warship的复数形式 ); 舰只

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

but as soon as a the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused.
可是一量涉及到荣誉问题，一旦你想到你和某一团体会因为你输而丢脸时，那么最野蛮的争斗天性便会激发起来。
Soon the errors will have multiplied to the ten-foot scale,
很快这种偏差会增加到10 英尺的范围，
And why only snakes? Cats, for instance, would be greatly helped; no running fights with large, fierce rats or tussles with grown rabbits -- just a bite and no more effort needed.
为什么只有蛇才有毒液呢？譬如说，如果猫有毒液，那对猫会大有帮助，它就不必再和又大又凶的老鼠边跑边博斗了，也不必再和大兔子扭斗了，只要咬一口，就不必再费大力气。
her flags flying, pennants waving, sails filling in the breeze,
舰旗迎风招展，三角旗随风飘动，微风鼓起风帆，
the cost of managing and administering the business.
企业行政管理费。
But these are not analogous to what happens when man ages.
不过，这些衰老的情况同人并不相似。