They lived by hunting and by gathering roots, nuts and wild fruits.
他们靠狩猎和采集根茎、坚果和野果为生。
高三英语课文 Unit 13 The USA

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

gathering ['ɡæðərɪŋ] 词频4
n. 聚集;集会;采集;积累; v. （使）聚集( gather的现在分词);集合;推断;了解;
💡 gather集会+ing名词后缀 → 集会,聚会
"The job involves gathering and analysing data."
这项工作包括搜集和分析资料。
近义：assembly, audience, reunion, sitting, meeting, assemblage 反义：takedown, teardown, unrigging, disassembling, dismantlement, dismantling
hunting ['hʌntiŋ] 词频5
n. 打猎;搜索，追寻;[电]（同步电动机的）速度偏差; v. 打猎(hunt的现在分词);
"Diana, the goddess of hunting"
狩猎女神狄安娜
近义：poaching, prowling, shooting, hunt, pursuit, search
wild [waɪld] 词频1
adj. 野生的;野蛮的;狂热的;荒凉的; n. 荒野;未开化的地方;偏远地区;人烟稀少的地区; adv. 疯狂地;胡乱地;
💡 与温和的(mild)相反(m-w)即 野蛮的
"The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a respectable family man."
过去的那位摇滚狂人已经改变形象，成了一位体面的爱家的男人。
近义：backland, steppe, thicket, bushes, chaparral, nonsensical 反义：heedful, judicious, leery, levelheaded, moderate, precautious
nuts
a. 狂热的, 发狂的, 疯的\\ninterj. 呸, 胡说
近义：insane, lunatic, mad, nutsy, nutty, barmy
roots
n. 乡土感情, 归根之情
近义：radication, rooting, settlement, establishment

📚 更多「高三英语课文」例句

Will you help me fix up this sheet? Then it'll give us some shade.
帮我固定一下布单，好吗？这样可以给我们一些阴凉。
Use your head a little, sir!
请用你的脑袋想一想，先生。
Kunta wondered why the white people had done this to him.
孔塔不知道白人为什么要这样对待他。
From time to time, I notice that he puts a piece of meat down his trousers just before he leaves the factory.
我经常看到，他在快要离厂前把一块肉藏在裤子里。
It must have been a gas that could burn but that would not explode, a gas that did not smell strong, and a gas that did not kill people.
它一定是一种能够燃烧而不能爆炸的气体，一种味道不很强的而且不使人致死的气体。
After the accident, all the lines and taps were clearly marked and new people joining the workforce were given a talk on safety before they started work.
火灾过后，所有的管道和龙头都被标得一清二楚，而且加入劳动队伍的新工人在开始工作之前要接受有关的安全教育。