We've sent a man to the moon, and that's 290,000 miles away. The center of the Earth is only 4,000 miles away. You could drive that in a week, but for some reason nobody's ever done it.
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adv. 离开,远离;在远处;消失;
adj. 不在的;遥远的;客场比赛;
💡 a(on)+broad→在远方;离去;不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅馆里, 这些老人和往常一样喝个不停.
近义:abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
pron. 没有人,无人;
n. 小人物,无足轻重的人;
💡 no无 +body 人→ pron.谁也不;无人
"Nobody can gainsay his claims."
没人能够反驳他的说法。
近义:none
n. 月亮,月球;卫星;月状物,新月状物;
vi. 闲逛;出神;[俚语] 露出屁股以戏弄;
vt. 虚度;
"old film footage of the moon landing"
一段登月的老影片
近义:muse, daydream, dream, fantasize
n. 中心;(球队的) 中锋;中心区;中枢;
adj. 中央的,位于正中的;(在)中心的;
vt. 集中;使聚集在一点;定中心;居中;
vi. 居中,有中心,被置于中心;
"the University Advisement Center"
大学咨询中心
近义:absorb, centralize, concenter, concentrate, concentre, converge
n. 地球;陆地;泥土;兽穴;
vt. 把(电线)接地;盖(土);追赶入洞穴;
vi. 躲进地洞;
💡 耳屎(谐音):耳朵屎长得有点像 泥土-泥土当然长在 地球上啦 ear(耳朵)+t(植物)+h(动物):听到感受到的一切之所在- 地球
"I rammed down the earth around the newly - planted tree."
我将新栽的树周围的土捣硬.
近义:ground, hill, mound, bank, plains, mainland