A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.
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n. 批评家;评论员;批评者;挑剔的人;
💡 crit批评+ic人 →批评家
"The critic's review of the play was just a paragraph of bile."
那位批评家对这部戏剧的评论不过是在发泄怒气。
近义：judge, reviewer, commentator, hypercritic, aristarch, momus
反义：slimy, sycophant, truckler, bootlicker, brownnose, brownnoser
n. 铁路，铁道;铁路系统，铁路公司;
v. 迫使…仓促行事;强使…草率通过 ;强迫…做;轻率判处;
💡 rail铁轨+road路 → 铁路
"Bridges over railroad tracks root danger out in crossing."
铁轨上空的天桥排除了穿行中的危险.
近义：railway, track, rail
crossing
['krɔsɪŋ]
n. 人行横道，十字路口;交叉，相交;横越;渡口;
v. 交叉(cross的现在分词);
💡 cross横过+ing名词后→横越,交叉口
"The child was killed when a car failed to stop at the crossing."
汽车在人行横道线未能停车，结果把小孩撞死了。
近义：zebra, crosswalk, intersection, junction, traffic, transit
n. 火车;行列;一系列相关的事情; 拖裾;
v. 训练;教育;培养;修整;
💡 train(draw)→教养；训练；列车；行列；导火线
"The train went slower and slower until it stopped altogether."
火车愈来愈慢，最后完全停了。
近义：illustrate, instruct, master, prepare, qualify, raise
adv. 高声地;吵闹地;响亮地;花哨地;
"He wiped his hand across his mouth, then belched loudly."
他用手抹了抹嘴，然后打了个响亮的饱嗝。
近义：noisily, uproariously, vociferously, louder, aloud
反义：mellowly, mildly, piano, quietly, sweetly, tenuously
adv. 枉然地, 无益地, 徒然
近义：presumingly, uselessly, conceitedly
反义：meekly, sheepishly, submissively, contritely
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