When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
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n. 秒;瞬间;次货;第二份食物;
adj. 第二的;次要的;居第二位的;另外的;
adv. 第二;其次;以第二位;
vt. 支持;临时调派;附议;赞成提案;
💡 sec跟随+ond=one第一→跟随第一个之后→第二;秒
"She was in the second year of her apprenticeship as a carpenter."
她当木工学徒已是第二年了。
近义:back, backstop, reinforce, support, advocate, endorse
反义:oppose, confront, contradict, counter, fence
n. <物>相对论;相关性;相对性;
💡 relativ=relate联系+ity表名词 →相关性
"Einstein's theory of relativity won for him universal esteem."
爱因斯坦的相对论赢得了全世界对他的崇敬.
近义:relativeness
adj. 美好的,愉快的;正派的;友好的,亲切的;细致的;
💡 冰(ice)清玉洁多(n) 美好(nice)
"He seemed like a nice bloke."
他看上去像个好人。
近义:likeable, neat, personable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable
反义:heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrifying, awesome
n. 女孩;姑娘,未婚女子;女职员,女演员;(男人的)女朋友;
💡 手写体字母g像个跳舞的女孩
"a girl in a blue dress and ankle socks"
身穿蓝色连衣裙和套袜的女孩
近义:jill, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, miss
反义:grandam, son, child, descendant
n. 小时,钟头;时间,时刻;固定时间;课时;
"The traffic in the city is chaotic in the rush hour."
在上下班高峰时间,城市的交通混乱不堪。
近义:time, date
n. 煤渣;炭渣;煤渣路;煤渣跑道;
"The cakes were burnt to a cinder."
饼烤猵胡了.
近义:ash, ashes, cinders