The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water.
球重重地打在他身上，使他差點兒落入水中。
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 30 Football or polo
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 幾乎，差不多;險乎;
?? near接近 + ly ...的 → ad.差不多；密切地
"After roaming around nearly half his life, he finally settled down in Canada."
他過了半輩子的流浪生活, 最后在加拿大定居了下來.
近義：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nigh
n. 球;棒球（投手投出的）壞球;拇指球;舞會;
vt. 做成球狀，使成團塊;（指男性）和（女性）交媾（美式英語）;
vi. 呈球形，成團塊;[美國俚語、口語]狂歡作樂，消遣;盡情作樂，盡情地玩;
?? 抱（諧音） 球參加 舞會
"Are you going to the ball game?"
你去看棒球賽嗎？
近義：conglobate, conglobe, clew, agglomerate, agglutinate, roll
adj. 困難的;硬的;有力的;努力的;
adv. 努力地;猛力地;嚴重地;沉重地;
n. 英〉硬海灘，登陸處;
"She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck."
她認為她的成功來自勤勞和一點運氣。
近義：strongly, rigidly, stiffly, resistant, resistive, steely
反義：malleable, mellow, mild, attenuated, softened, squashy
vt. 砍倒，打倒;
n. 獸皮;一季的木材采伐量;
adj. 殘忍的;兇惡的;
v. 掉下;摔倒;變壞(fall的過去式);
?? 和fall的過去式fell拼寫一致 *
"He hacked at the branch until it fell off."
他朝著樹枝砍,直到砍下來為止.
近義：noxious, mortiferous, deadly, deleterious, fatal, level