What's that? asked Lucy. She pointed at a strange thing with three legs and a strange top. It was made of metal.
“那是什么?”露西说。露西指着一个有三条腿和一个奇怪的顶部的怪怪的东西问。是用金属造的。
初三英语课文
Unit 17 What was it used for
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 尖的,尖锐的;严厉的,直截了当的;突出的;显然的;
v. “point”的过去式和过去分词;
💡 point点,变尖+ed形容词后缀 →尖的,成尖状的
"She pointed the gun at him and—bam!"
她把枪对着他,然后就是乓的一声。
近义:jagged, peaked, pronged, sharp, spiky, tapering
反义:obtuse, pointless, dull
adj. 陌生的,生疏的;奇怪的,古怪的;疏远的;外国的;
adv. 奇怪地;陌生地;冷淡地;
💡 事真奇”(谐音)即 奇怪的
"a strange concatenation of events"
一连串奇怪的事
近义:odd, offbeat, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish
反义:inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
n. 事件,形势;东西,事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义:item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
adj. …制的;(人工)做成的,拼成的;虚构的;保证成功的;
v. 使(make的过去式和过去分词);
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事讲得一清二楚。
近义:manufactured, produced, done, fabricated, artificial, manmade
n. 金属;金属元素;成色;金色;
vt. 以金属覆盖;
💡 我的(me)十个(t)尖棍(al)是 金属做的
"the expansion and contraction of the metal"
金属的膨胀与收缩
近义:brass, sheeting