The ocean is a body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
— Ambrose Bierce  ·  No category

📚 名句词汇解析

从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话

ocean ['oʃən] 词频1
n. 洋;海洋;大海;（地球上划分出的）洋;
"the depths of the ocean"
海洋的深处
近义：sea
body ['bɔdi] 词频1
n. 身体;尸体;团体;物体; vt. 赋予形体;
💡 象形: o byd 身体
"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：object, soma, bodywork, chassis, fuselage, association 反义：lifeblood, atman, psyche, spirit, anima
water ['wɔtɚ] 词频1
n. 水;雨水;海水;海域; v. 给…浇水;供以水;加水稀释;流泪;
💡 字母W像水的波浪，联想到水。
"A gentle wind disturbed the surface of the water."
微风拂动水面.
近义：irrigate, squirt, douche, weep, blubber, boohoo
world [wɝld] 词频1
n. 世界;地球;领域;尘世;
💡 一句（l）话（word）讲出 世界的本质
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe
made [meid] 词频1
adj. …制的;（人工）做成的，拼成的;虚构的;保证成功的; v. 使(make的过去式和过去分词);
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事讲得一清二楚。
近义：manufactured, produced, done, fabricated, artificial, manmade
thirds
n. [法]归寡妇所得的亡夫遗产的三分之一；[商]（商品的）三等品
近义：junk, oddments, tinsel, trinketry, trinkets

📜 Ambrose Bierce 的更多名言

"WITTICISM, n. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted, and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a 'joke.'"
"IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment."
"ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble."
"QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another -- usually about as many times as it can be got there."
"PITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy of opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself."
"Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego."
查看 Ambrose Bierce 全部名言 ›

🏷 更多「No category」名言

"It is an odd thing, but everyone who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world."
— Oscar Wilde
"Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous."
— Thornton Wilder
"True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
— Charles Caleb Colton
"You are the only thing that's holdin' yourself back If you keep waiting you might miss another chance."
— Unknown
"Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess."
— Karl Kraus
"If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished."
— Swami Vivekananda
更多「No category」名言 ›