One moment we were walking along the top of a hill and now we could see no more than about thirty metres ahead of us.
一时间我们还在山顶上行走，而现在30公尺开外的地方我们都看不清了。
高三英语课文 Unit 23 The find of the century

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

moment ['momənt] 词频1 词根: 移动
n. 瞬间，片刻;时刻;重要，紧要;[物]力矩;
💡 mom(move)+ent(名词后缀)→瞬间；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出现在舞台上, 观众们个个笑得前俯后仰.
近义：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash 反义：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
ahead [ə'hɛd] 词频1 词根: a
adv. 在（某人或某事物的）前面;向前;预先;在将来，为未来;
💡 a在…，…的+head头→在前地
"Ahead of them was a gaping abyss."
他们前面是一个巨大的深渊。
近义：on, onward, thereinafter, before, along, forward 反义：back, fro
thirty ['θɝti] 词频1
n. 三十;三十个;三十年代;三十的记号; adj. 三十的，三十个的; num. 三十;三十个;
💡 thir=three三+ty十 → 三十
"There are thirty people in the classroom, counting the teacher."
把老师算上,教室里有30个人.
hill [hɪl] 词频1 词根: /hi:/
n. 小山，山冈;斜坡; v. 把…堆成小山;培土于…周围;
💡 长颈鹿(h)生病(ill)后到 小山上修养
"climbers and hill walkers"
登山者和山地徒步旅行者
近义：heap, pile, rick, stack, reinforce, underpin
walking [['wɔ:kiŋ]]
n. 步行, 步态\\na. 步行的, 步行用的
近义：pace, walk, gait, pacing, pedestrian, errant 反义：seated, sitting

📚 更多「高三英语课文」例句

That's easy. I can do that tomorrow. I'll bring my drill.
那容易。我明天就做。我把钻头带来。
So it looks as if she meant to return.
因此看样子她好象要回来。
The Native Americans caught and trained them and were then able to use them to carry their goods when they travelled from one camping ground to another.
美洲土著人捕捉野马，加以驯服。
You have to be able to plan your work so that all your jobs will be finished in time.
以便你的工作能及时完成。
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。
One day a week he would spend the whole day in silence.
每周有一天他是在沉默无语中度过的。