for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
16個(gè)密封艙已有5個(gè)進(jìn)水。
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
watertight
['w?t?ta?t]
adj. 不漏水的;水密的;防滲的;無懈可擊的;
?? water水+tight 緊的 → 防水的；無懈可擊
"The case has to be made watertight."
案由必須做到無懈可擊。
近義：hermetic, hermetical, impenetrable, leakproof, staunch, airproof
反義：leaky, pervious
n. 十六，十六個(gè);十六歲;十六點(diǎn)鐘;十六的記號;
num. 十六;第十六;
adj. 十六的;十六個(gè)的;
"She is sixteen but has a mental age of five."
她十六歲，而智力年齡是五歲。
adv. 早已，已經(jīng);先前;
?? all(所有)+ready(準(zhǔn)備):所有都準(zhǔn)備好了- 已經(jīng)
"He was already aboard the plane."
他已經(jīng)登機(jī)了。
a. 洪水浸沒的；浸沒的, 淹沒的；灌溉；充斥
近義：inundated, puddly, swamped, swampy, waterlogged
反義：arid, lean, moistureless, athirst, parched, barren