Our knowledge of the oceans a hundred years ago was confined to the two-dimensional shape of the sea surface and the hazards of navigation presented by the irregularities in depth of the shallow water close to the land.
100年前,我们只知道海洋是二维平面形的,以及靠近陆地浅水区的深浅不一能给航行带来危险。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 30 Exploring the sea-floor
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 了解,理解;知识(表示多方面的知识时有复数knowledges这一用法);学科;见闻;
💡 know知道+ledge框架 → 知识
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英语已经学得很好。
近义:idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
反义:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
n. 表面;外观,外表;地面。水面;
vi. 浮出水面;在表面工作;显露;
vt. 使浮出水面;使成平面;
adj. 表面的,外观的;外表上的,平地上的;肤浅的;
💡 sur超过,在上面+face脸面→表面
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
细菌一进入血液里,就附着在红细胞表面上。
近义:appear, arise, loom, materialize, outcrop, rise
n. 航行(学);航海(术);海上交通;
💡 nav 船 + ig走 + ation 表名词 → 航行;航海术;导航
"a laser navigation device"
激光导航装置
近义:sailing, shipping
n. 深度;深处,深海;深奥,奥妙;进深;
💡 dep=deep深的+th抽象名词 →深度
"What's the depth of the water here?"
这儿的水有多深?
近义:profundity, deepness, inwardness, profoundness
adj. 紧密的;亲密的;亲近的;
vt. 关;结束;使靠近;
vi. 关;结束;关闭;
adv. 紧密地;
n. 结束;
💡 clud(shut)→关闭;结束;接近的;亲近的;准确的
"a close ally and friend of the prime minister"
首相的一个亲密盟友和伙伴
近义:lock, seal, shut, quadrate, tally, solemnize
反义:unclose, unlatch, unlock, unseal, unfold, induct