Imagination is the pontoon bridge making way for the timid feet of reason.
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n. 想像,想像力;空想,妄想;想像出来的事物;
💡 imagin=imagine想象+ation表名词 →想象
"a product of her febrile imagination"
她狂想的产物
近义:imagining, visualization, gumption, creativeness, creativity, daydream
反义:sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
adj. 胆小的;羞怯的;怕人;羞手羞脚;
💡 tim害怕+id...的 →胆怯的
"He stopped in the doorway, too timid to go in."
他在门口停住了脚步,不好意思进去。
近义:inhibited, ashamed, pusillanimous, bashful, sheepish, short
反义:imprudent, intrepid, manful, mettlesome, nervy, plucky
n. 桥;桥牌;鼻梁;起联系作用的东西;
vt. 在…建桥,架桥于…之上;通过桥横跨;
💡 白(b)日(ri)等(d)哥(ge)在 桥上
"We crossed the bridge over the river Windrush."
我们穿过了温德拉什河上的桥。
近义:pass, range, span, surmount, traverse, crest
making
['mekɪŋ]
n. 制造;产生的过程;成功改进的手段;原料,材料;
v. “make”的现在分词;
"The old lady engaged herself in making clothes for her children."
这位老太太忙着为孩子们做衣服.
近义:manufacture, preparation, workmanship, confection, construct, construction
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理,思考;争辩;辩论;向…解释;
💡 再(re)生一个(a)儿子(son), 理由是第一个儿子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水灾是那场大雨造成的.
近义:ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反义:idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake