A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 结晶（体）;晶体;水晶;水晶饰品;
adj. 水晶的;水晶般的;透明的;清楚的;
💡 crystall 表”晶体,冰,透明的”
"Without a crystal ball, it's impossible to say where we'll be next year."
不用水晶球预卜未来，我们说不准明年处境如何呀。
近义：glass
adj. 透明的;清澈的;易识破的;显而易见的;
💡 trans横过，超过+par看见+ent形容词后缀→横穿某物还能看见→透明的
"They also secrete a waxy, transparent substance called cutin."
它们还分泌蜡质的透明物质，称作角质。
近义：limpid, lucent, pellucid, translucent, translucid, clear
反义：matt, dull
adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
vi. 变化;不同，偏离;[生]变异;
vt. 使不同;使多样化;[音乐]变奏;
💡 vary=vari变化→改变，变化
"The doses used for surgical anaesthesia vary between 2 and 10 mg / kg."
外科手术麻醉药的用量从每公斤2毫克到10毫克不等.
近义：assort, modify, tinge, change, diversify, alter
反义：protect, save, shelter, defend, guard
n. 内容;（书等的）目录;满足;容量;
💡 con全部+tent握住→全部拿住→内容，容量；满足的
"He seemed more content, less bitter."
他看起来比较满意，不那么失望。
近义：volume, contents, pleased, satisfied, chuffed, contented
反义：pain, roil, undeceive, vex, disillusionize, disillusionise
n. 单词;话语;诺言;消息;
vt. 措辞，用词;用言语表达;
vi. 讲话;
💡 世界（world)不是一句（l） 话能讲清楚的 “我的”发音，吐 词不清
"a word of Greek derivation"
由希腊语派生的词
近义：phrase, redact, say, speak, verbalise, verbalize