In the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.
在這段時(shí)間里,卡車司機(jī)不得不清掃那幾百只破瓶子。
新概念英語第三冊(cè)
Lesson 33 A day t remember
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 其時(shí),其間;
adv. 同時(shí),其間;
?? mean平均+time時(shí)間→ n.其時(shí),其間 ad.當(dāng)時(shí),在那當(dāng)中,同時(shí)
"I'll contact them soon. Meantime don't tell them I'm back."
我會(huì)盡快和他們聯(lián)系。在此期間,不要告訴他們我回來了。
近義:interim, meanwhile
n. 駕駛員,司機(jī);驅(qū)動(dòng)器,驅(qū)動(dòng)程序;驅(qū)逐者,驅(qū)趕者;(高爾夫球)球棒;
?? driv駕駛+er表示人→駕駛員,司機(jī)
"That stupid lorry driver has gone and jammed our car in."
那個(gè)笨手笨腳的卡車司機(jī)走了,卻把我們的車堵在這兒了.
近義:chauffeur, motor, propeller, thruster, booster, propellant
n. 運(yùn)貨汽車,機(jī)動(dòng)卡車;
?? lo(log)+rry(carry):古代拉木頭用- 卡車
"Emergency food supplies were brought in by lorry ."
應(yīng)急食物是用卡車運(yùn)來的。
近義:truck, motortruck, juggernaut
vt. 打掃,清理;掃除;徹底搜索;掠過;
vi. 打掃;掃過;蜿蜒;大范圍伸展;
n. 打掃;延伸;揮動(dòng);全勝;
?? “四圍鋪”(諧音)→開 打掃 """"是為仆""""(諧音)→每天 打掃衛(wèi)生是作
"Please sweep under the carpets."
請(qǐng)打掃一下地毯下面。
近義:broom, beat, whirl, wash, desolate, sweeping
反義:maculate, muddy, attaint, smear, smirch, smooch
adj. 破碎的,打碎的;(腿,臂等)已骨折的;(線條)虛線的,斷續(xù)的;被打斷的;
v. 打破,折斷(break的過去分詞);打破(紀(jì)錄);損壞;
"He escaped with only a broken arm."
他得以逃生,只是斷了一只胳膊。
近義:rimose, rimous, ruptured, torn, chapped, cracked
反義:operational, prepared, ready, sound, undamaged, unharmed