Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy water of the North Atlantic,
“泰坦尼克”起航后的第4天，它正行駛在北大西洋冰冷的海面上。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 鑲嵌;環(huán)境;裝置;（某事、戲劇、小說等的）背景;
v. 放( set的現(xiàn)在分詞);安插;樹立;安排;
?? sett安置好 + ing 名詞后綴→ 安裝，調(diào)整；環(huán)境
"Does the bank charge a fee for setting up the account?"
在這家銀行開立賬戶要收費嗎？
近義：background, tweak, adjusting, adjustment, fix, induration
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(nóng)舍的唯一通路是穿過田野。
近義：through, athwart, on, per, thru, to
Titanic
[tai't?nik]
a. 四價鈦的\\n[化] 鈦; 正鈦; 四價鈦
近義：jumbo, phenomenal, titanesque, colossal, elephantine, enormous
反義：little, miniature, miniscule, minuscule, minute, pokey
sailing
['seili?]
n. 帆船運動;（乘帆船的）航行;（輪船的）航班;
v. 駕駛( sail的現(xiàn)在分詞);起航;坐船旅行;掠;
adj. 航行的;
"Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather."
有經(jīng)驗的海員會告訴你在這種天氣下的航行情況.
近義：navigation, shipping, yachting
n. 水;雨水;海水;海域;
v. 給…澆水;供以水;加水稀釋;流淚;
?? 字母W像水的波浪，聯(lián)想到水。
"A gentle wind disturbed the surface of the water."
微風拂動水面.
近義：irrigate, squirt, douche, weep, blubber, boohoo