If you were to ask Harry what was in the bottle, he would tell you that it contained perfumed mud.
要是你問哈里瓶里裝著什么，他會告訴你是香水泥。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 52 Mud is mud
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 瓶子;一瓶（的量）;（嬰兒）奶瓶;酒;
vt. 把…裝入瓶中;控制;
vi. （街頭藝人演出后）收攏錢幣;
?? butta(桶)+le(表示縮小的名詞后綴)→瓶
"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：cork, backbone, valor, valour, boldness, braveness
vt. 一再騷擾;使煩惱;在戰(zhàn)爭中攻擊，掠奪搶劫;
n. 惡魔，惡鬼;胡鬧的青年人;倫敦佬;（人名）哈里;
"Harry tried to fix the chair, but he was all thumbs."
哈里想修理那把椅子, 可他笨手笨腳的.
近義：hound, irritate, nag, persecute, pester, plague
vt. 告訴，說;辨別;吩咐;講述;
vt.& vi. 分辨，辨別;告訴，吩咐;泄漏;保證;
vi. 泄密，告發(fā);（顏色、聲音等）顯示;識別;
n. [考古學]（古代村落遺址堆積而成的）臺形土墩;[方言]講的話;談話;傳聞;
?? 他告訴（tell）我，他哥哥很高（tall）
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義：maintain, assert, asseverate, mention, assure, name
反義：hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil
a. 芳香的；香味的
近義：aromatic, aromatized, odorous, balmy, redolent, scented
反義：malodorous, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, putrid, reeking