Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 美好;美人;完美;突出的范例;
💡 bell, beau 美好
"Her beauty appeared ageless."
她的美显得经久不衰。
近义:loveliness, niceness, preciousness, prettiness, pulchritude, sightliness
反义:hideousness, plainness, unsightliness
adj. 尖锐的;辛酸的;深刻的;(记忆)活鲜鲜的;
💡 punct, point = point,make sharp, 表示”点,变尖,刺”
"It is especially poignant that he died on the day before his wedding."
他在婚礼前一天去世了,这尤其令人伤感.
近义:moving, pathetic, piteous, pungent, sarcastic, scathing
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. 寒冷的;冷淡的,无情的;失去知觉的;[艺]有冷感的,冷色的;
n. 寒冷;感冒,伤风;
adv. 完全地;
💡 太凉爽(cool)就感冒(cold)了 弯腰(c)的老人(old)怕 冷
"Her hands were blue with cold."
她的双手冻得发青。
近义:impersonal, obdurate, unfeeling, stony, stoney, glassy
反义:hearty, kind, loving, sociable, tender, warmhearted
n. 手;协助,帮助;(工具等的)把,柄;掌管;
vt. 传递,交给;搀扶;支持;
💡 音“焊的”,断臂维纳斯怎么有了手?人工焊的。 网友:SUNSHINE 补充:手要出“汗”,所以就是“汗得”
"He wiped his hand across his mouth, then belched loudly."
他用手抹了抹嘴,然后打了个响亮的饱嗝。
近义:pass, reach, relay, concede, donate, give
poised
[[pɔizd]]
a. 平衡的, 均衡的, [表]作好准备的, (褒)沉着的, 泰然自若的, 自信的
近义:jaunty, articulate, measured, moderate, abstemious, abstentious