LOCK-AND-KEY, n. The distinguishing device of civilization and enlightenment.
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n. 装置,设备;方法;策略;手段;
💡 de(dis-=apart)+vice(see)→发明物;图案;策略
"Players use a haptic device such as a joystick to control the game."
游戏者用游戏杆之类的触觉设备玩游戏。
近义:motto, apparatus, appliance, implement, jigger, artefact
n. 文明,文化;开化,教化;修养;文明社会;
💡 civil市民;礼貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明,文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
近义:humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
n. 锁;水闸,船闸;(机器部件等的)锁定;一把,一撮;
vt. 锁上;锁好,关好;使固定;隐藏;
vi. 卡住,不动;纠结;僵硬不动;
💡 10只(lo)公鸡(ck)被 锁在一起
"an anti-lock braking system or ABS"
防抱死装置
近义:padlock, bar, shut, bolt, close, confine
反义:open, unbolt, unclose, unlatch, unseal
enlightenment
[in'laitnmənt]
n. 启迪,启发;教化,开导;启蒙运动;
"The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment."
社会主义者认为自己是启蒙运动的真正继承者.
近义:illumination
distinguishing
[[dis'tiŋgwiʃiŋ]]
a. 有区别的
近义:peculiar, signature, typic, typical, vintage, characteristic