A farm worker, who stayed up all night claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the moonlight.
有一個徹夜未眠的雇工還聲稱他看見一個人影在月光下收割莊稼。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 30 The death of a ghost
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 工人,員工;勞動者;[蟲]工蜂,工蟻;
?? work工作+er人 →工人
"The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently."
工人給機(jī)器上油以使機(jī)器運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)更有效.
近義:laborer, labourer, navvy, peon, toiler, workingman
反義:malingerer, shirker, slacker
n. 數(shù)字;算術(shù);人物;身材;
vi. 計(jì)算;出現(xiàn);扮演角色;
vt. 計(jì)算在內(nèi);估計(jì);推測;認(rèn)為;
?? fig做,塑造,虛構(gòu)+ure名詞后綴,狀態(tài) →做出的狀態(tài)→形象,人物
"Figure the situation to yourself, what can I do?"
你設(shè)身處地想想, 我能做什么?
近義:appraise, reckon, weigh, calculate, consider, deem
n. 農(nóng)場,農(nóng)莊;農(nóng)家;畜牧場;農(nóng)田;
vt. 耕種;養(yǎng)殖;承包,包出;佃出(土地);
vi. 經(jīng)營農(nóng)場;
?? 在 農(nóng)場揮動手臂“伐木” 農(nóng)場在遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的(far)的山(m)下
"the conversion of farm buildings into family homes"
農(nóng)場建筑物改建為家庭住宅
近義:ranch, rancho, farmhouse, raise, cultivate, grow
反義:settlement, town, burg
n. 夜;晚上;(舉行盛事的)夜晚;
"I don't like going out alone at night."
我不喜歡夜晚單獨(dú)外出。
近義:nighttime, nite, evening, nightly, nocturnal, pm
反義:daylight, daytime
n. 切斷, 切下, 路塹\\n[化] 切屑
近義:snippet, clipping, snip, trimming, clip, trim
反義:innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless