Between 1850 and 1910 the bison population is thought to have fallen from 60 million to just a few hundred.
人们认为,在1850年到1910年之间,野牛的头数从6,000万头降到只有几百头了。
高三英语课文 Unit 13 The USA

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population [,pɑpju'leʃən] 词频1 词根: popul
n. 人口;全体居民;特定[生物]种群;[物]布居;
💡 popul人民+ation表示行为、状态→ 全体居民,人口
"A census of population is taken every ten years."
人口普查每10年进行一次.
近义:people, demographic, demographical
bison ['baisn]
n. 野牛;
"In the year 1700, about 60 million bison wandered freely in North America."
在1700年约有6000万头野牛在北美无拘无束地活动.
近义:buffalo
thought [θɔt] 词频1
n. 思想;想法;关心;思索; v. 想( think的过去式和过去分词);思索;以为;认为;
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义:idea, intent, meditation, mind, notion, pondering 反义:unintentional, unmeant, unwilled, unwitting, unwilling
fallen [['fɔ:lən]] 词频1
a. 堕落的, 落下来的, 陷落的\\nfall的过去分词
近义:ruined, broken, down
million ['mɪljən] 词频1
n. 百万; adj. 百万的;无数的;
💡 百万米(mi)再加一(l)粒(li)在上面(on) “密零”(谐音)(一百万就是1后面有密密麻麻的零)
"The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds."
这家报纸被罚以五十万英镑的诽谤损害赔偿金。

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