If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.
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n. 发明家;创造者;发明者;
💡 invent发明+or名词后缀,表示人 →发明者
"Edison won his spurs as an inventor while rather young."
爱迪生很年轻的时候就获得了发明家的声誉.
近义:developer, deviser
n. 电视,电视机;电视节目;电视业;
💡 tele远,电+vis看+ion表名词 →看电视要离远点 → 电视(机)
"the adverts on television"
电视广告
近义:t.v., tv, gogglebox
n. 无线电;收音机;无线电广播台;无线电收发报机;
vt.& vi. 用无线电发送讯息;作无线电广播;用X射线拍照;
💡 radi 表”射线,辐射,广播”
"The President gave an address to the nation over the radio."
总统向全国发表广播演说.
近义:transmit, radiophonics, radiotelephony
adv. 仍,仍然;更,还要;静静地;〈诗〉常,不断地;
adj. 不动的,静止的;不狂暴的,温柔的;没有活力的,死气沉沉的;
n. 平静,寂静;剧照;静止摄影;蒸馏器;
vt.& vi. (使某物)平静下来,安静;〈古〉烧(酒),蒸馏;
conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
尽管快80岁了,他还是十分活跃。
近义:hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反义:incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
adj. 冷冻的;冰封的;冻硬的;呆若木鸡的;
v. 结冰( freeze的过去分词);冷藏;冻结;冻住;
"Members who are no longer welcome can easily be frozen out."
不受欢迎的人很容易被排挤掉.
近义:iced, icy, stiff, benumbed, chilly, cold
反义:hot, scorching, searing, smoldering, sweltering, sweltry