The number of wagging dances per minute told the exact distance to the feeding place.
每分钟跳摇摆舞的次数说明了到喂食点的精确距离。
高三英语课文 Unit 22 Bees

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number ['nʌmbɚ] 词频1 词根: number
n. 数字;数量;号码;编号; v. 标号;总计;把…算作;
💡 numer, number 表示”数字”;”计算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
过去十年,农业从业人数已经下降。
近义:numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher 反义:remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
minute ['mɪnɪt] 词频1 词根: min
n. 分,分钟;瞬间,片刻;备忘录;会议记录; vt. 把…记录在案;为…测定时间;
💡 minut小+e → 一分钟; 微小的,细微的
"The vendors were gazundered at the last minute."
卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
近义:insignificant, little, miniscule, minuscule, petty, pokey
distance ['dɪstəns] 词频1 词根: di
n. 距离,路程;远处;疏远;(时间的)间隔,长久; vt. 把…远远甩在后面;疏远;与…保持距离;
💡 dist距离 + ance 表名词,状态、情况、性质、行为 → n.距离,间距;远处
"A peal of church bells rang out in the distance."
远处响起了一阵教堂的钟声。
近义:isolation, separation, estrangement, aloofness, distantial, separate 反义:approximate, abut, immediacy, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood
exact [ig'zækt] 词频1 词根: 行动
adj. 准确的;严密的;精密的,精确的; vt. 要求;苛求;迫使;强求;
💡 ex(外)+act(做):做出来-做对- 精确的
"His memory is very exact; he never makes mistakes."
他的记忆非常准确, 从不出错.
近义:require, summon, request, claim, demand, identical 反义:inaccurate, inconstant, incorrect, loose, mistakable, wrong
place [ples] 词频1 词根: 平坦
n. 位;地方;职位;座位; vt. 放置;获名次;投资;评价; vi. 得名次;名列前茅;[美国英语][赛马]得第二名;准确把…推到预定地点;
"The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve."
晚会将在除夕那天举行.
近义:lay, locate, marshal, park, posit, position 反义:move, rob, take, budge, tumble, discharge

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