(A light year is the distance which light travels at 186,000 miles per second in one year,
一光年是光以每秒186,000英里的速度在一年内走的距离,
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 43 Are there strangers in space
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 距离,路程;远处;疏远;(时间的)间隔,长久;
vt. 把…远远甩在后面;疏远;与…保持距离;
💡 dist距离 + ance 表名词,状态、情况、性质、行为 → n.距离,间距;远处
"A peal of church bells rang out in the distance."
远处响起了一阵教堂的钟声。
近义:isolation, separation, estrangement, aloofness, distantial, separate
反义:approximate, abut, immediacy, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood
n. 秒;瞬间;次货;第二份食物;
adj. 第二的;次要的;居第二位的;另外的;
adv. 第二;其次;以第二位;
vt. 支持;临时调派;附议;赞成提案;
💡 sec跟随+ond=one第一→跟随第一个之后→第二;秒
"She was in the second year of her apprenticeship as a carpenter."
她当木工学徒已是第二年了。
近义:back, backstop, reinforce, support, advocate, endorse
反义:oppose, confront, contradict, counter, fence
n. 光;发光体;电灯;点火器;
adj. 轻的;明亮的;浅色的;少量的;
v. 点燃;照亮;用光指引;
adv. 轻地,轻装地;
💡 房间光线(light)明暗度正好(right)
"The office was light and airy."
办公室又明亮又通风。
近义:illuminate, illumine, lighten, brighten, ignite, incandescence
反义:quench, douse, extinguish, murk, murkiness, obscurity
n. 年;年纪;一年的期间;某年级的学生;
"The students return in October for the start of the new academic year."
学生于十月返校,开始新学年的学习。
近义:twelvemonth, annum