Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.
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adj. 傲慢的，骄傲的;目中无人的;自大的;
💡 haught高+y...的 → 高高在上的 → 高傲的
"He gave me a haughty look and walked away."
他向我摆出傲慢的表情后走开.
近义：hubristic, impudent, inflated, insolent, arrogant, lofty
反义：low, lowly, meek, mild, modest, unassuming
n. 宇宙;天地万物; 经验领域;
💡 uni一个+vers转向+e→统一旋转→宇宙
"Scientists disagree about how the universe was created."
科学家对宇宙是怎样形成的有分歧。
近义：world, cosmos
adj. 美味的，可口的;有趣的;;喷香;
💡 de一再+lic引诱+ious...的→一再引诱→美味的,可口的
"the delicious coolness of the water"
清凉爽口的水
近义：appetizing, luscious, palatable, pleasurable, superb, tasteful
反义：languid, listless, saltless, savorless, savourless, tasteless
n. 自由，自主;直率;特权，特许;自由权;
💡 free自由的+dom状态或领域 →自由
"He made a bid for freedom by climbing over the wall."
他企图翻越这面高墙以获得自由.
近义：independence, liberty, autocracy, autonomy, emancipation, loosening
反义：peonage, thraldom, thrall, thralldom, vassalage, bondage
n. 死亡;（某种）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
💡 dead(死)+th(表示抽象名词的后缀)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁决
近义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反义：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
adj. 镇定的;平静的;（海洋，天气等）安静的，平静的;（人）从容不迫的;
vt.& vi. （使）平静，（使）镇定;（使）镇静;
n. 平静;镇定;安定;无风;
vt. 使安静;使冷静;使镇定;使（疼痛等）减轻;
vi. 安静下来，平静下来，镇静下来;
💡 钙(ca)使老母(lm) 平静
"He was calm and concentrated in judging how to defeat his opponent."
他冷静沉着,聚精会神地判断如何打败对手.
近义：relent, remit, still, diminish, abate, peace
反义：preoccupy, rattle, trouble, unnerve, upset, worry
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"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
— H. L. Mencken