Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
John Steinbeck  ·  Ideas

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handle ['hændl] 词频1 词根: /hʌn/
n. (织物、毛皮等的)手感;手柄;举动;柄状物; vi. 操作,操控;容易搬运; vt. 用双手触摸、举起或握住;用手操作,操纵;处理或负责,管理;〈美〉买卖,经营;
💡 hand手+le表示做某种动作时所使用的东西 →柄,把手
"The handle of this door is kept by two screws."
这扇门的把手用两枚螺丝钉固定.
近义:winch, crank, influence, maneuver, manipulate, manoeuvre
dozen ['dʌzn] 词频1
n. (一)打,十二个; adj. 一打的;
💡 do(duo-=two)+zen(ten)→一打;十二个
"The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish."
这种汤是用多达十几种不同的鱼熬制而成的。
近义:twelve
couple ['kʌpl] 词频1 词根: 适合
n. 对,双;配偶,夫妻;<口>几个,两三个; vt.&vi. 连在一起,连接;成双,结婚;性交,交配;
"She contrived to spend a couple of hours with him every Sunday evening."
每周星期日晚上她都设法与他待上几个小时。
近义:link, map, associate, merge, pool, relate 反义:uncouple, disconnect, disengage, loosen, unhang, unhitch
learn [lɝn] 词频1
vt.& vi. 学习,学会;习得;得知;记住; vt. 记住;学习;得知;认识到; vi. 学习;获知;
💡 学习好才能挣钱(earn)
"Children must learn socially acceptable behaviour."
儿童必须学会社会上认可的行为举止。
近义:know, acquire, develop, find, realize 反义:forget
pretty ['prɪti] 词频1
adj. 漂亮的;机灵的,聪明的; adv. 相当,颇; n. 漂亮的人(或东西);
"Two days after the accident she still looked pretty banged up."
事故过去两天后她看上去伤势仍然很重。
近义:lovable, lovely, neat, nice, smart, super 反义:homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely
soon [sun] 词频1
adv. 立刻,马上;一会儿,不久;快;宁愿;
💡 速(谐音): 迅速
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整栋大楼很快就熊熊燃烧起来。
近义:hereupon, apace, immediately, promptly, pronto, quickly 反义:langsyne, lately, whilom, yesterday, yesteryear, yore

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