The pencil sharpener is about as far as I have ever got in operating a complicated piece of machinery with any success.
— Robert Benchley  ·  No category

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pencil ['pɛnsl] 词频1
n. 铅笔，彩色铅笔;笔状物;画风，画法;[物]光线锥; vt. 用铅笔写;用画笔画;
💡 peni-, peno-, peo- 【希腊传入拉丁】表男性生殖器
"This pencil's blunt !"
这支铅笔不尖了！
近义：outline, paint, represent, sketch, adumbrate, delineate
sharpener ['ʃɑrpənɚ] 词根: sh-
n. 卷笔刀;磨床;磨器;磨具;
💡 sharp锋利的+en使...+er表物 →削刀, 磨床
"Who else has a pencil sharpener?"
还有谁有卷笔刀?
近义：strop, whetstone, whetter
complicated ['kɑmplɪketɪd] 词频2 词根: com
adj. 结构复杂的;混乱的，麻烦的; v. 使复杂化( complicate的过去式);
💡 com全部+plic重叠+ate表动词+d=ed…的 → complicate全部重叠在一起=复杂+d=ed…的 →复杂的
"The instructions look very complicated."
这说明书看起来很难懂。
近义：difficult, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, muddled 反义：simple, uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, facile
machinery [mə'ʃinəri] 词频1 词根: machine
n. （总称）机器;（政府等的）机关，组织;机器的运转部份;机械装置;
💡 machin 机器+ ery 表示场所、地点、工作处 → n. 机器,机关,结构
"Machinery was often unprotected and accidents were frequent."
机器常裸露着，因此事故频仍。
近义：machine, hardware
success [sək'sɛs] 词频1 词根: suc
n. 成功，成就;好成绩，好结果;成功的人（或物）;
💡 suc在…下面+cess行走→在后面跟着前人走→成功；胜利
"He had finally achieved success."
他终于获得了成功。
近义：hit, arrival, triumph, trump, victory, win 反义：infelicity, irregularity, lapse, miss, overthrow, shortcoming
piece [pi:s] 词频1
n. 块，片，段;部分，部件;文章，音乐作品; vt. 修补;连接，接上;
"a piece of laboratory apparatus"
一件实验室仪器
近义：reassemble, mend, patch, hunk, length, lump

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"Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing."
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