The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw 'a large cat' only five yards away from her.
搜尋美洲獅的工作是從一座小村莊開始的。那里的一位婦女在采摘黑莓時(shí)的看見(jiàn)“一只大貓”，離她僅5碼遠(yuǎn)，
新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)
Lesson 1 A Puma at large
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 村民;鄉(xiāng)村，村莊;群落;
?? vill=villa茅房，別墅+age場(chǎng)所，物品 →村莊
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那條路經(jīng)過(guò)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
adv. 離開，遠(yuǎn)離;在遠(yuǎn)處;消失;
adj. 不在的;遙遠(yuǎn)的;客場(chǎng)比賽;
?? a(on)+broad→在遠(yuǎn)方；離去；不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅館里, 這些老人和往常一樣喝個(gè)不停.
近義：abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
hunt
[h?nt]
詞頻1
詞根: /h?n/
vt.& vi. 打獵;獵取;
vt. 打獵;追捕，獵殺;在…處狩獵;搜索;
vi. 追逐獵物;尋找;前后擺動(dòng);積極地尋找;
n. 打獵;狩獵旅行;參加狩獵旅行的人;
"John Hunt, familiarly known to his friends as Jack"
約翰?亨特，朋友昵稱他為杰克
近義：prey, chase, shoot, hunting, inquiry, investigation
adj. 小的;難為情的;低級(jí)的，卑劣的;細(xì)微的，微弱的;
adv. 小小地;卑鄙地;
n. 細(xì)小部分，腰部;瑣碎東西;身份低的人;矮小的人;
"These small particles agglomerate together to form larger clusters."
這些顆粒聚結(jié)形成較大的團(tuán)。
近義：little, meager, meagre, minute, reduced, scanty
反義：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital