Oh, treacherous night! thou lendest thy ready veil to every treason, and teeming mischief's beneath thy shade.
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adj. 骗人的;不忠的;奸诈的;不可信的;
adv. 背信弃义地;
n. 背信弃义,背叛;
💡 treacher=trick欺骗+ous...的 → 奸诈的
"The road becomes treacherous when it is iced up."
道路结冰以后就很危险了.
近义:insidious, perfidious, backstabbing, recreant, sly, traitor
反义:noble, staunch, truehearted, trustful, trusty, unswerving
n. 面纱;掩饰;覆盖物;托词;
vt. 用面纱遮盖;掩饰;用帷幕分隔;隐匿;
💡 veil=cover盖上→面纱,借口
"Their work is carried out behind a veil of secrecy."
他们的工作是在秘密掩护下进行的。
近义:hide, mask, shade, shroud, sleek, cloak
n. 损害,危害;顽皮,淘气;恶作剧;祸根;
💡 mis(wrong)+chief→灾害(=all ill result)
"Those children are always getting into mischief ."
那些孩子总是淘气。
近义:prank, devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry
prep. 在…的下方;(表示等级)低于;(表示状态)在…掩饰之下;(表示环境)在…影响之下;
adv. 在下面;在底下;
💡 be构成一些介词+neath下面→在下面
"They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves."
他们发现尸体被埋在一堆树叶下面。
近义:under, underneath, below
反义:hereinbefore, overhead, thereinbefore, up, upstairs, upwards
n. 夜;晚上;(举行盛事的)夜晚;
"I don't like going out alone at night."
我不喜欢夜晚单独外出。
近义:nighttime, nite, evening, nightly, nocturnal, pm
反义:daylight, daytime