Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.
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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
adv. 真，真正;实在，果真;实际上;事实上;
💡 real真实的+ly表副词 →真正地
"Tom was really hungry and ate up everything served."
汤姆确实饿坏了,把端到桌上的东西吃得精光.
近义：honestly, indeed, just, authentically, particularly, properly
反义：hypocritically, insincerely, lyingly, meretriciously, misleadingly, untruthfully
n. 感觉;直觉;知觉;轰动;
💡 sens感觉 + ation 表示行为、状态、结果 → n. (感官的)感觉能力;(下意识的)感觉;知觉;轰动,引起轰动的事件(或人物)
"He lost all sensation in his legs through cramp."
他的腿部因抽筋而失去知觉.
近义：feeling
反义：imperviousness, insensitiveness, insensitivity, severity, steeliness, sternness
n. 女仆，侍女;少女;处女，未婚女子;
💡 妈妈(ma)雇佣一名有身份(id)的少女当 女仆 少女是“美的”（谐音） 网友：马 胜 敏 补充：美的 记忆:看到美的姑娘你就送上秋天的菠菜(暗送秋波)
"There is a maid to do the housework."
有个女仆做家务事。
近义：help, housemaid, maiden, maidservant, servant, skivvy
adj. 令人非常高兴的，讨人喜欢的;令人愉快的;宜人;
"A delightful guide was my guardian angel for the first week of the tour."
令人愉快的导游是我第一周旅行的守护神。
近义：appetizing, lovable, lovely, luscious, palatable, pleasurable
反义：antipathetic, ingrate, loathsome, offensive, rough, surly
vt. 停止，终止，结束;
vi. 终止，停止;永不停止的过程;停止行动;
n. 停止;
💡 息事（谐音）宁人： 停止 考试时，看见(c)题目很容易(ease)，就 停止思考{cease=stop} 网友：yqy补充： 因为容易（ease）所以停止（c，
"Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job."
一旦就业，即停发福利救济。
近义：quit, stop, leave, desist, cut, finish
反义：keep, maintain, insist, persevere, persist, proceed