The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of America and fell upon their knees. Then they fell upon the aborigines.
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n. 香客,朝圣者;旅行者;追寻者;〈美〉新来移民,1620年移居美洲的英国清教徒;
v. 朝圣,参拜圣地;流浪;
💡 pil(per-=through)+grim(land,country)→朝圣者;看客;旅行者(=passing a foreign country)
"They read stories about the Indians and the Pilgrim."
他们阅读有关印第安人和那些朝圣者的故事。
近义:wanderer, wayfarer
landed
[['lændid]]
a. 拥有土地的, 有田地的\\n[法] 不动产的, 拥有土地的, 地皮的
近义:landowning, praedial, predial, propertied
反义:indigent, poor, destitute, dispossessed
vt. 砍倒,打倒;
n. 兽皮;一季的木材采伐量;
adj. 残忍的;凶恶的;
v. 掉下;摔倒;变坏(fall的过去式);
💡 和fall的过去式fell拼写一致 *
"He hacked at the branch until it fell off."
他朝着树枝砍,直到砍下来为止.
近义:noxious, mortiferous, deadly, deleterious, fatal, level
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是国王赐给他的头衔。
近义:above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er
n. 美洲;美国;[电影]亚美利加;
"His ancestors had come to America from Ireland."
他的祖先从爱尔兰来到美国。