Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.
📚 名句词汇解析
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vt.& vi. 给予;赠送;作出;
vt. 供给;产生;举办;(为购买某物或做某事而)支付;
vi. (物体)塌下;让步;
n. 伸展性,弹性;
💡 给吾(谐音): 给
"We'll give you a few minutes to play through."
我们再给你几分钟时间让你连续打下去.
近义:impart, minister, offer, award, present, procure
反义:attain, procure, purchase, reach, realize, secure
adj. 贫瘠的;不结果实的;不孕的;无价值的;
n. 荒原,不毛之地;
💡 bar(吧)+ren(人):酒吧里的人喝酒过多而- 不孕的 barre(=bare光秃的)+en→土地光秃秃的→ 贫瘠的 网友:yqy 补充:bar(吧)+re
"a waterless barren region"
干旱的荒芜地区
近义:moor, moorland, paramo, badland, veldt, wasteland
反义:arable, pinguid, plowable, productive, proliferous, prolific
n. 地面,土地;基础;范围;阵地,战场;
vi. 搁浅,停飞;着陆;
vt. 把…放在地上;在…的基础树立上;交给…基本知识;使…受初步训练;
v. grind的过去式和过去分词;
"salt and freshly ground black pepper"
盐和新研磨的黑胡椒粉
近义:mount, rock, base, bed, bottom, bedrock
n. 一千;数千;许许多多;千位数;
adj. 一千的;一千个的;成千的;许许多多的;
💡 秃(t)猴(hou)三(san)吨(d)值一 千
"I made breakfast for all my son's friends—it was like the Feeding of the Five Thousand."
我为儿子的所有朋友做了早餐,就像供应食物给五千人一样。
n. 英亩;土地,耕地;[口]大量;
💡 acre→care(v. 关心)→只关心自己那一 亩三分地
"They measured off a half - acre plot for a house lot."
他们划出一块半英亩的地皮来作房屋地基.