When a passing tanker rescued them five days later,
5天后，一條油輪從那兒路過，搭救了他們。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 12 Life on a desert island
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
tanker
['t??k?]
n. 油罐車;油輪;一輛坦克乘員中的一名;
?? tank油[水]箱+er名詞后綴 → 油船,油輪
"The tanker began to spill its cargo of oil."
油輪已開始漏油。
近義：tankship
n. 通過, 逝去, 死, 流逝\\na. 經過的, 流逝的, 目前的, 短暫的, 及格的, 倉促的
近義：passage, transition, death, decease, demise, extinction
反義：lasting, lifelong, perdurable, permanent, perpetual, chronic
later
['let?]
adv. 較晚地;以后，過后;后來;隨后;
adj. 后來的;以后的;接近末期的;晚年的;
"He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later."
他被流放到澳大利亞，五年后在那里去世。
近義：posterior, subsequent, succeeding, ulterior, farther, following
反義：precedent, prevenient, previous, prior, forefatherly, advance