After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney.
他們鑿透了18英寸厚的墻壁,發現有個人卡在煙囪里。
新概念英語第三冊 Lesson 35 Justice was done

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wall [w?l] 詞頻1
n. 墻;屏障;隔閡;壁壘; vt.& vi. 筑墻圍住,用墻隔開;圍以墻; adj. 墻壁的;
?? vall- 墻,壁壘;樁線
"new offices with wall-to-wall carpeting"
房內鋪滿地毯的新辦公室
近義:hem, rail, rampart, surround, fence, parament 反義:level, overthrow, ravage, raze, shipwreck, strip
found [fa?nd] 詞頻1 詞根: found
vt. 創辦,成立,建立; v. 發現( find的過去式);找到;到達;發覺;
?? found基礎 → 為(房屋等)打基礎,建立,創立
"In some stories, genies are always found inside a lamp or bottle."
在一些故事里, 燈里或瓶子中總是裝有妖怪.
近義:base, ground, establish, institute, mount, rest 反義:invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, omit, outlaw
thick [θ?k] 詞頻1
adj. 濃的,茂密的;厚的,粗大的;稠密的;不透明的; adv. 密集地;不清晰地;〈口〉太過分;頻頻地,時常; n. 最厚的部分;最活躍或最激烈的部分;〈口〉笨蛋;〈俚〉可可粉;
?? thick-think:想得可(c)多了腦子變 厚
"Thick cobwebs hung in the dusty corners."
積有灰塵的角落掛著厚厚的蜘蛛網。
近義:heavy, husky, big, stout, burly, fat 反義:arid, lank, lean, meager, meagre, parched
chimney ['t??mni] 詞頻1 詞根: ch-
n. 煙囪;玻璃燈罩;煙囪狀東西;壁爐;
?? 清理(諧音):清理 煙囪,消除 污染 吃米粒(諧音): 煙囪做飯吃米粒 網友:zxl 補充:記法:做飯吃(chi)要裝煙囪,但要錢mney(money)買的。
"He threw the paper onto the fire and it flew up the chimney."
他把那張紙扔進火里,紙飄進了煙道。
近義:smokestack, funnel, flue
eighteen [,e'tin] 詞頻1
num. 十八;十八個; n. 十八歲;十八的記號;十九世紀;是八點鐘;
"The regulations rule out anyone under the age of eighteen."
按規定,18歲以下的人都不能參加.

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