For four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pond scum.
J. W. Schopf  ·  History

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history ['hɪstri] 词频1
n. 历史,历史学;发展史;履历,经历;(某地的)沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史;个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言,他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义:archives, papers, past, background, record, records
planet ['plænɪt] 词频2 词根: 平坦
n. [天]行星;[占星](左右人命运的)星相;
💡 plano-, plan-, -plany, -plania 表”被动的漂流,闲逛”
"the planet Earth"
地球这颗行星
近义:planetary
pond [pɑnd] 词频2
n. 池塘; v. 筑成池塘;
💡 胖的(谐音): 池塘里捞出的鱼都是胖的 网友:yqy 补充:喜欢(fond)到池塘(pond)游泳
"The pond contains a mixture of goldfish and carp."
池塘里混养着金鱼和鲤鱼.
近义:pool, puddle, waterhole
scum [skʌm]
n. 浮渣;泡沫;糟粕; vi. 产生泡沫;被浮渣覆盖; vt. 将浮渣去除掉;
"Skim off any scum."
撇净浮沫。
近义:crust, scrape, lees, sullage, scoria, tailings
populated [['pɔpjuleitid]]
a. 粒子数增加的
近义:numerous, populous, inhabited, crowded 反义:underpopulated, uninhabited, unpopulated, deserted
fifths
a. 第五\\nn. 五分之一( fifth的名词复数 )

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