but one day, after heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prize plants.
后來有一天，一場大雨后，我在花園里漫無目的散步，突然注意到許許多多蝸牛在我的一些心愛的花木上慢悠悠的蠕動著。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 23 One man's meat is another man's poison
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
number
['n?mb?]
詞頻1
詞根: number
n. 數字;數量;號碼;編號;
v. 標號;總計;把…算作;
?? numer, number 表示”數字”;”計算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
過去十年，農業從業人數已經下降。
近義：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher
反義：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
prize
[pra?z]
詞頻1
詞根: prize
n. 獎賞;戰利品;值得努力爭取的東西;
vt. 珍視，珍惜;估價;
adj. 獲獎的，有望獲獎的;理應獲獎的;
?? prehend, pris 抓住,奪取,獲得#詞根助記：戰利品要靠自己抓取
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年諾貝爾文學獎得主為莫言，他“很好地將魔幻現實與民間故事、歷史與當代結合在一起”。
近義：appraise, appreciate, assay, regard, relish, respect
反義：reject, remonstrate, underestimate, undervalue, reprove, downplay
heavy
['h?vi]
詞頻1
詞根: /hi:/
adj. 重的，沉重的;大量的，濃密的;激烈的;重型的;
n. 重物;莊重的角色;
adv. 密集地;大量地;笨重地;
"There is heavy traffic in the downtown area tonight."
今夜鬧市區交通繁忙。
近義：hotshot, lion, mogul, nabob, notable, personage
反義：ingravid, lightweight, thin, underweight, weightless, filmy
n. 陣雨;淋浴;淋浴器;一大批;
vi. 下陣雨;似陣雨般降落;灑落;紛紛降落;
vt. 大量地給予;拋灑，使紛紛降落;
?? show(秀)+er(兒子):顯露出老二- 沐浴
"a hotel room with bath and shower"
配備有浴缸和淋浴器的旅館客房
近義：douche, rain, pour, scatter, shed, slop
n. 花園，菜園;公園;供應點心的露天設施;大型公共禮堂;
vt. 造園，開辟（一小片土地）作為花園;以花園裝飾;
vi. 從事園藝;
adj. 花園的，園藝的;普通的，平凡的;
?? 誤入別人garden（花園）里，要說pardon(對不起）
"a garden with three apple trees"
有3 棵蘋果樹的花園
近義：patio, yard, court, courtyard, dooryard, orchard