The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its home blaring, roared down the arcade.
寧靜突然被打破，一輛大轎車亮著前燈，響著喇叭，呼嘯著沖進了拱廊街，
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 意外地，忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
?? sudden突然的 + ly ...地 → adv.突然地
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他發覺自己醒了過來，而且高度警覺。
近義：impromptu, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, overnight, sharply
反義：progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
n. 商場，游樂中心;拱廊，連拱廊;有拱廊的街道;
?? arc弓+ade表名詞→連拱廊，如cascade瀑布
"We go to the amusement arcade on Saturdays to play the electronic games."
每個星期六我們去娛樂城玩電子游戲.
近義：archway, porch, veranda, verandah, skywalk, skybridge
n. 沉默，無言，無表示，無聲，沉靜，肅靜，寂靜，緘默;無音信，失去聯系，忘卻，湮沒，無表示，無音訊;[樂]停止;
vt. 使安靜;使沉默;壓制;
?? 沉默死(si)冷(len-leng)廁(ce)無人知
"There was an awkward silence."
一陣令人尷尬的沉默。
近義：hush, lull, quiet, quieten, shush, still
反義：perturb, shake, agitate, disrupt, disturb, hullabaloo
adj. 破碎的，打碎的;（腿，臂等）已骨折的;（線條）虛線的，斷續的;被打斷的;
v. 打破，折斷(break的過去分詞);打破（紀錄）;損壞;
"He escaped with only a broken arm."
他得以逃生，只是斷了一只胳膊。
近義：rimose, rimous, ruptured, torn, chapped, cracked
反義：operational, prepared, ready, sound, undamaged, unharmed
adv. 大大地;夸大地;詳細地;順風地;
adj. 大的;大規模的;大型號的;廣泛的;
v. 玩個痛快;（尤指跳舞和飲酒）作樂;
"The two large classrooms have been assigned to us."
這兩間大教室分配給了我們。
近義：major, sizeable, big, sizable, some, capital
反義：small