Following his discovery many islanders travelled 3,500 kilometers by sea in their narrow boats to this new country between 1100 and 1350.
继其发现之后，许多岛民于1100年至1350年间驾着他们那窄小的帆船航行3500公里来到这一新的国度。
高三英语课文
Unit 19 New Zealand
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 后面的，其次的;下列的;顺风的;
n. 崇拜者，拥护者;下列，如下;跟随;随球;
prep. 随后，在…以后;
v. 跟随，接着(follow的现在分词);
💡 follow 跟随 + ing 表示行为、状态、情况及其他 → a.接着的；下列的
"We had sighted the vessel and were following it."
我们已看到那船并在跟随着它.
近义：after, procession, retinue, accompaniment, train, committee
反义：introductory, onetime, back, precedent, preceding, prevenient
n. 发现，发觉;（剧情的）发展;被发现的事物;[法]显示证据;
💡 discover发现+y表名词 →掀开 → 发现
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
近义：invention, strike, disclosure, find, finding
adj. 狭隘的;狭窄的;（种类或数目）有限的;仔细的，精确的;
vt. 限制，限定;（使）变窄;变得更窄;收缩;
n. 海峡;狭路，隘路;狭窄的水道;
vi. 变窄;
💡 那(n)只箭(arrow)通过 狭窄的地方
"her austere bedroom with its simple narrow bed"
她那仅有一张窄床的简陋卧室
近义：limit, qualify, restrict, retrench, shorten, shrink
反义：broaden, augment, outstretch, project, stretch, swell
n. 国家;国民;乡下;地区;
💡 数数（count） 国家有多少树苗（ry）被乱砍
"economic benefits accruing to the country from tourism"
旅游业为该国带来的经济效益
近义：homeland, nation, region, fatherland, meadow, champaign
反义：municipal, urban, city