They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作,切掉旧的金属,焊接新的金属板,钻孔,埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
高三英语课文
Unit 18 Office Equipment
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 里面的,内部的;内幕的;内侧的;
n. 里面,内侧;内脏;内容,内幕;(道路或跑道拐弯处的)内侧;
adv. 在内地,在内部地;在内侧地;在监狱里;
prep. 在…以内;在内侧或内部;进入里面;
💡 in向内,进入+side边→内部,里面
"Beneath his brash exterior, he's still a little boy inside."
他外表盛气凌人,内心里还是个孩子。
近义:interior, indoor, inland, inner, internal, inward
反义:outside, outer, outward, exterior, external, abroad
adv. 离开,远离;在远处;消失;
adj. 不在的;遥远的;客场比赛;
💡 a(on)+broad→在远方;离去;不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅馆里, 这些老人和往常一样喝个不停.
近义:abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
adj. 用电的,与电有关的,电学的;令人激动的,紧张的,惊人的;
💡 electric电+ al...的 → 电的,电气科学的
"electrical labour-saving devices around the home"
节省劳力的各种家用电器
近义:powered, electric
n. 电话;听筒;(发声或使用声音的)工具;说某种语言的;
vt.& vi. 打电话(给某人);
💡 phon声音 + e → n.电话,电话机;耳机
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的几个孩子在电话上和朋友聊天一聊就是几个小时。
近义:telephone, call, blower, pronunciation, telephonic, ring
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果;
n. 工作,操作;著作;工厂;行为,事业;
vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义:labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反义:idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam