The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains.
全村的人都日夜奮戰，要趕在9月的雨季之前把今年的莊稼收獲上來，打完場。
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 76 April Fools' Day
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 村民;鄉村，村莊;群落;
?? vill=villa茅房，別墅+age場所，物品 →村莊
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那條路經過村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近義：town, townlet, borough, locality, hamlet, peasant
反義：settlement, town, burg, municipal, urban, city
n. 聚集;集會;采集;積累;
v. （使）聚集( gather的現在分詞);集合;推斷;了解;
?? gather集會+ing名詞后綴 → 集會,聚會
"The job involves gathering and analysing data."
這項工作包括搜集和分析資料。
近義：assembly, audience, reunion, sitting, meeting, assemblage
反義：takedown, teardown, unrigging, disassembling, dismantlement, dismantling
n. 九月;[電影]情懷九月天;
?? Septem七+ber→古羅馬的七月，歷法修改后沿用成了九月 → 公歷九月
"Enrolment is the first week of September."
九月份的第一周注冊。
近義：sept, sept., sep, sep.
adj. 全部的，所有的;完整的;
n. 整體，整個;全部;
?? who(誰)+le(樂): 整個的 用W去堵洞(hole)不就變成 整個的了嗎？
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整棟大樓很快就熊熊燃燒起來。
近義：totality, unity, continuum, entirety, intact, integral
反義：quota, share, slice, imperfect, sketchy, unaccomplished
n. 工作, 運轉, 勞動\\na. 工作的, 勞動的, 經營的, 抽搐的, 運轉的
近義：march, operation, performance, running, behavior, actuating