Houses -- often three storeys high -- were built of stone.
房子一般有3層樓高,用石塊修建。
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often ['?f(t?)n] 詞頻1
adv. 常常;經常;時常;再三;
?? 十(ten)有八九的(of), 經常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義:manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes 反義:infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
high [ha?] 詞頻1 詞根: /hi:/
adj. 高的;高尚的,崇高的;高音調的;高級的,高等的; adv. (程度等)高地;高價地;奢侈地; n. 高處,高位;[氣象學]高氣壓;高壓地帶;高水平;
"acrobatics on the high wire"
走鋼絲雜技
近義:maximum, towering, upland, elevated, altitudinous, inebriated
built [[bilt]] 詞頻1
build的過去式和過去分詞
近義:constructed
stone [ston] 詞頻1 詞根: st-
n. 石頭;寶石;礦石;(膀胱或腎臟中的)結石; vt. 向扔石塊;用石頭鋪;以石擲向;除(水果的)硬核; adj. 石制的;石頭似的;[S-]石器時代的;粗陶制的; adv. 石一般的;
?? 石頭鋪路,“四通”(諧音)八達
"We went through a stone archway into the courtyard."
我們穿過石拱門進入院子。
近義:lapidate, pelt, rock, jewel, gem, gemstone
houses
n. 住宅;房子的總稱;家園;洋房 (house的復數)
近義:dwellings

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