I liked New York when it was an up-and-down city for me, low streets and high buildings. But then, for me, it grew horizontal---monotonous.
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adj. (声音,话语)单调的,无抑扬顿挫的;枯燥无味的;
💡 mono单个,一个+ton声音+ous形容词后缀→一个声音→单调的
"Aircraft passed overhead with monotonous regularity ."
飞机一次又一次反复从头顶飞过。
近义:humdrum, isochronous, repetitive, singsong, synchronic, tedious
反义:heterogeneous, assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry
adv. (坐、倒、躺)下;向下;(表示范围或顺序的限度)下至;
prep. (从高处)向下;(表示位置)在…的下方;(表示方向)沿着…向下;(表示时间)自…以来;
adj. 向下的;沮丧的;计算机或计算机系统停机;(以…)落后于对手的;
n. (鸟的)绒羽;绒毛;软毛;汗毛;
vt. 放下;(尤指大口或快速地)喝下;使摔倒;击落(敌机等);
vi. [常用于祈使句中]下去;下来;卧倒;下降;
💡 音“铛”,铛的一声向下 落
"Calm down! Don't get so agitated."
冷静下来!别那么激动。
近义:lint, fluff, fuzz, ingurgitate, quaff, swallow
反义:above, overhead, upstairs, upward, upwards, aloft
n. 城市;全市居民;(由国王或女王授予特权,通常有大教堂的)特许市;(由政府授予特权的)特权市;
💡 CT(谐音):做CT要到大 城市
"Several newspapers made allegations of corruption in the city's police department."
有几家报纸声称该市警察部门腐败。
近义:settlement, town, burg, metropolitan, municipal, urban
反义:municipality, settlement, village, burg, locality
adj. 高的;高尚的,崇高的;高音调的;高级的,高等的;
adv. (程度等)高地;高价地;奢侈地;
n. 高处,高位;[气象学]高气压;高压地带;高水平;
"acrobatics on the high wire"
走钢丝杂技
近义:maximum, towering, upland, elevated, altitudinous, inebriated
adj. 水平的,卧式的;地平线的;[植](枝条)平层的;同一行业的,同阶层的;
n. 水平线;水平面;水平位置;水平的物体;
💡 horizon(n.地平线;视野)
"He shifted his position from the horizontal."
他从水平姿势变换成其他姿势。
近义:lying, flat
反义:plumb