which a predecessor of ours at the farm built in the meadow hard by the deepest pool for swimming and diving.
那船塢是農場一位前輩在一塊草地上蓋的,草地緊挨著一個專供游泳、跳水的深水池。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 56 Our neighbour, the river
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 前任,前輩;原有事物,前身;<古>祖先;
?? pre 前 + decess 消逝,死 + or表示人 → n. 前任,前輩;(被取代的)原有事物,前身
"The new governor dismissed the staff that served his predecessor."
新州長將前任州長的職員全部解雇.
近義:herald, pioneer, precursor, forerunner, harbinger, parent
反義:kin, offspring, son, boy, issue, scion
n. 游泳;眩暈;
v. 游泳( swim的現在分詞);漂浮;浸,泡;旋轉;
?? swimm=swim游泳+ing行業,狀態,行為 →游泳
"Swimming is good exercise."
游泳是有益的運動。
近義:lightheadedness, seasickness, vertigo, wooziness, dizziness, airsickness
n. 農場,農莊;農家;畜牧場;農田;
vt. 耕種;養殖;承包,包出;佃出(土地);
vi. 經營農場;
?? 在 農場揮動手臂“伐木” 農場在遠遠的(far)的山(m)下
"the conversion of farm buildings into family homes"
農場建筑物改建為家庭住宅
近義:ranch, rancho, farmhouse, raise, cultivate, grow
反義:settlement, town, burg
build的過去式和過去分詞
近義:constructed
n. 草地;牧場;
?? 麥動(諧音)-風吹 草地像麥動
"lambs gambolling in the meadow"
在草地上蹦蹦跳跳的小羊羔
近義:lawn, lea, paddock, pasture, prairie, sheepwalk