While the five babies were babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tents in hospital nursery,
眼下，五胞胎還靜靜地躺在醫院嬰兒室的氧氣帳里，
新概念英語第三冊 Lesson 45 The power of the press

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hospital ['hɑsp?tl] 詞頻1 詞根: /h?/
n. 醫院;收容所;養老院;〈古〉旅客招待所;
?? hospit客人+al...的→客氣對待病人的地方 →醫院
"He has picked up slowly since he came out of hospital."
他自出院以來,身體恢復得很慢.
近義：nosocomium
nursery ['n?s?ri] 詞頻3 詞根: 養育
n. 嬰兒室，幼兒園;苗圃;臨時托兒所;溫床，滋生地;
?? nurse養育，護理+ry行業 →托兒所
"One area of contention is the availability of nursery care."
爭論的一個方面是提供幼兒保育的可能性。
近義：playgroup, childcare, creche, arboretum, seedbed, vivarium
oxygen ['ɑks?d??n] 詞頻2 詞根: oxy
n. [化]氧，氧氣;
?? oxy含氧的+gen出生，產生→氧氣
"the first Briton to climb Everest without oxygen"
第一個未借助氧氣設備登上珠穆朗瑪峰的英國人
still [st?l] 詞頻1
adv. 仍，仍然;更，還要;靜靜地;〈詩〉常，不斷地; adj. 不動的，靜止的;不狂暴的，溫柔的;沒有活力的，死氣沉沉的; n. 平靜，寂靜;劇照;靜止攝影;蒸餾器; vt.& vi. （使某物）平靜下來，安靜;〈古〉燒（酒），蒸餾; conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
盡管快80歲了，他還是十分活躍。
近義：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify 反義：incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
quietly [?kwa??tli] 詞頻1
adv. 平靜地;靜止地;輕聲地;在暗中;
"She was still quietly simmering from her row with Nathan."
在和內森爭吵之后她心里還窩著火.
近義：noiselessly, silently, softly, soundlessly, stealthily, surreptitiously 反義：loudly, riotously, smash, uproariously, vociferously, obstreperously

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