PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne.

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picture ['pɪktʃɚ] 词频1 词根: pict
n. 照片,画像;图画,图片;影片;情景; vt. 构想,想象;描绘,画;描述;
💡 pict描画+ure名词后缀 → 图画,照片
"The picture hung aslant."
照片挂歪了。
近义:illustrate, imagine, portray, represent, sketch, visualise
instruction [ɪn'strʌkʃən] 词频2 词根: in
n. 授课;教诲;传授的或获得的知识,课程;[计算机科学]指令;
💡 in进+struct建立+ion表名词 → 教导,指导
"First we have to lift the level of instruction."
首先我们得提高教学水平.
近义:order, rule, command, disposition, learning, schooling 反义:countermand
photograph ['fəutəgrɑ:f, -græf] 词频1 词根: 书写
n. 照片,相片; vt.& vi. 为…拍照;拍照,摄影;成为拍照对象,在照片上显得;
"an airbrushed photograph of a model"
用气笔修改过的模特儿照片
近义:photo, shoot, snapshot, film, photography, picture
little ['lɪtl] 词频1
adj. 小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的; adv. 不多,略微;少许,一点;短时间地; n. (表示否定)微少;没有多少;短时间; det. (数量上)微少的,少到几乎没有的;(a little)少量的,一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的装腔作势令她不快。
近义:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny 反义:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
better ['bɛtɚ] 词频1
adj. 较好的;更合适的;能力更强的;好转的; adv. 更好地;更妥;更; v. 胜过;上进; n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我们希望明天天气转好。
近义:improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich 反义:intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
work [wɝk] 词频1
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果; n. 工作,操作;著作;工厂;行为,事业; vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义:labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate 反义:idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam

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