Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water.
沒過多久，噪音便徹底消失，快艇開始在水面上慢悠悠地漂流。
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 86 Out of control
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 完全地;完整地;完全，徹底，全部，一干二凈;很，非常，充分，十分，萬分;
?? com 共同 + plete=plet滿，填滿 + ly ...地 → adv. 完全地，徹底地；完整地
"No funding will be available until the technology is completely proven."
該技術得到充分驗證后才會有撥款.
近義：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively
反義：insufficiently, scarcely, scrappily, skimpily, truncately, unexhaustively
adv. 溫柔地;輕輕地;有禮貌地;文雅地;
?? gent溫和的+ly...地 →輕輕地；溫柔地，溫和地
"The flowers were gently swaying in the breeze ."
花兒在微風中輕輕舞動。
近義：mildly, softly, lightly, slightly, careful, mannerly
反義：loutishly, abusively, rudely, scurrilously, uncivilly, ungraciously
prep. 穿過;橫穿，橫過;與…交叉;在…對面;
adv. 橫過，越過;在對面;交叉;斜對面;
?? cro, cru =cross,表示”十字形,交叉”
"The only access to the farmhouse is across the fields."
去那農舍的唯一通路是穿過田野。
近義：through, athwart, on, per, thru, to
adj. 長的;長時間的;冗長的，過長的;長音的;
adv. 長久地;始終;遙遠地;
n. 長時間，長時期;[語]長音節;（服裝的）長尺寸;長褲;
vi. 渴望，極想;
?? 渴望見到很 長的龍（long） 長龍（拼音long)擺尾 網友：顧亮亮 補充：龍很長
"How long will I be under the anaesthetic ?"
我會麻醉多長時間？
近義：lengthened, lengthy, moderately, pretty, quite, rather
反義：little, minute, small, squat, slight
n. 噪音;嘈雜聲，喧鬧聲;聲音，聲響;雜音;
vt. 謠傳;哄傳;傳說;
vi. 發出聲音;大聲議論;
?? 音“鬧死”： 噪音太大，吵鬧死了 鼻子(nose)里加個(i)- 吵鬧
"If you close that door, you can shut the noise in."
你要是關上那扇門, 就聽不到吵鬧聲了.
近義：preach, propagate, report, reveal, spread, broadcast
反義：still, stillness, quietness