A burst of activity associated with the laying of submarine cables soon confirmed the Challenger's observation that many parts of the ocean were two to three miles deep,
海洋中很多地方可深达两三英里,
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 30 Exploring the sea-floor

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activity [æk'tɪviti] 词频1 词根: act
n. 活动;活跃,敏捷;活动力;教育活动;
💡 act行动,做+ivity状态→活动
"The streets were noisy and full of activity."
街上熙熙攘攘,车水马龙。
近义:motion, action, job, occupation, profession 反义:idleness, inaction, inertia, laziness, leisure, otioseness
submarine [,sʌbmə'rin] 词频3 词根: sub
n. 潜艇;海底生物; adj. 水下的,海底的; vt. 用潜艇攻击; vi. 驾驶潜艇;划入底下;
💡 sub在下面+marine海洋的→在海下面→海底的;潜水艇
"Within a short time, everything on the submarine was buttoned up."
不一会儿, 潜水艇内所有的东西都扣紧了.
近义:sub, subaquatic, undersea, underwater, hero
observation [,ɑbzɚ'veʃən] 词频2 词根: serv
n. 观察;观察力;评论;观察所得;
💡 ob加强动作+serv服务,保持+ation名词后缀 → 观察
"Most information was collected by direct observation of the animals' behaviour."
大部分信息都是通过直接观察动物的行为收集到的。
近义:inspection, perusal, scrutiny, study, consideration, note 反义:applause, approbation, assent, nodding, o.k., ok
burst [bɝst] 词频1 词根: br-
vi. 爆裂,炸破;使爆炸;充满,塞满;爆发; vt. 使爆炸;冲破,胀破;分帧,分页,分隔; n. 爆炸;爆裂;爆发;突发;
💡 爆死它(谐音): 爆炸 bur(burn燃烧)+st(翻转):燃烧翻转- 爆炸
"That balloon will burst if you blow it up any more."
你再给气球充气,它就要爆了。
近义:pop, blast, blow, detonate, explode, rupture
soon [sun] 词频1
adv. 立刻,马上;一会儿,不久;快;宁愿;
💡 速(谐音): 迅速
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整栋大楼很快就熊熊燃烧起来。
近义:hereupon, apace, immediately, promptly, pronto, quickly 反义:langsyne, lately, whilom, yesterday, yesteryear, yore

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