A yellow light on the dashboard flashed angrily and Bruce cheerfully announced that there was no oil in the engine!
儀表盤一盞黃燈閃著刺眼的光芒,布魯斯興致勃勃地宣布發動機里沒油了!
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 39 Nothing to worry about
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 黃色的;黃皮膚的;黃種人的;膽怯的;
vt.& vi. (使某物)變黃或發黃;
n. 黃色;黃種人;黃色顏料;
"an eerie yellow light"
神秘兮兮的黃燈
近義:xanthous, poltroon, pusillanimous, recreant, unmanly, yellowbellied
n. 光;發光體;電燈;點火器;
adj. 輕的;明亮的;淺色的;少量的;
v. 點燃;照亮;用光指引;
adv. 輕地,輕裝地;
?? 房間光線(light)明暗度正好(right)
"The office was light and airy."
辦公室又明亮又通風。
近義:illuminate, illumine, lighten, brighten, ignite, incandescence
反義:quench, douse, extinguish, murk, murkiness, obscurity
n. 儀表板, 擋泥板
近義:dash, fascia, console
adv. 憤怒地,生氣地;氣呼呼;氣沖沖;
"Local residents have reacted angrily to the news."
當地居民對這一消息表示憤怒。
近義:irefully, splenetically, wrathfully, biliously, crossly, furiously
反義:joyfully, joyously, lightheartedly, merrily, playfully, exultingly
n. 發動機,引擎;工具;火車頭;機車;
vt. 給…安裝發動機;
?? 諧音“引擎” engineer工程師-engine工程
"We had to completely disassemble the engine to find the problem."
我們只好把發動機全部拆開以尋找故障原因。
近義:motorize, machine, motor, loco, locomotive