avenue ['ævənu] 词频1 词根: a

n. 林荫路;大街;途径，手段;〈美〉（南北向）街道;

💡 a向+ven来，走+ue→让人可以走来走去→大路，道路

"a hotel on Fifth Avenue"

近义：mall, parkway, street, walk, boulevard, promenade

grant [ɡrænt] 词频2 词根: gr-

vt. 承认;同意;准许;授予; n. 拨款;补助金;授给物（如财产、授地、专有权、补助、拨款等）; vi. 同意;

💡 gr(great)+ant(蚂蚁): 给予伟大的蚂蚁 拔款 网友：yqy补充： 准予（grant）豪华（grand）的泰坦尼克号下水－－永远的教训

"If you grant my request, you will earn my thanks."

近义：assignment, cession, concession, endowment, fellowship, award 反义：nab, seize, wrest, take, capture, catch

block [blɑk] 词频1 词根: bl-

n. 块;街区;<英>大楼，大厦;障碍物，阻碍; vt. 阻止;阻塞;限制;

💡 b(ball)+lock:一大陀东西- 大块 街区 网友：tom 补充： 布+lock锁 布条阻塞下水道

"The workmen quarried out a huge block of marble."

近义：jam, lock, obstruct, clog, congest, hinder 反义：open, rid, unblock, unclog, unfetter, untangle

east [ist] 词频1

n. 东，东方;东方国家;〈诗〉东风; adj. 东方的，向东方的;从东方来的; adv. 向东方（地）;

"the East-West All-Star Game"

近义：orient, easterly, eastern, eastbound, eastward, eastwardly 反义：occident, westerly, western

square [skwɛr] 词频1

n. 正方形;广场;平方;方格; adj. 成直角的;平方的;（尤指在生意上）公平的;正方形的; adv. 四四方方地;成直角地;正直地;坚定地; vt. 使成正方形;使成直角;检测…的角度;调整，改正; vi. 一致;成方形;

"Young people often congregate in the main square in the evenings."

近义：suit, tailor, acclimatize, befit, adapt, conform 反义：impair, jumble, mess, muss, overset, overturn