If it were severe, they all fell.
如果地震劇烈，所有的木棒都會倒下。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 42 Recording an earthquake
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 嚴峻的;嚴厲的;劇烈的;苛刻的;
?? sever誠懇+e→嚴肅的；嚴厲的
"a severe asthma attack"
哮喘嚴重發作
近義：intense, serious, strong, fierce, acute, chronic
反義：indulgent, lenient, liberal, mild, pliant, sensitive
vt. 砍倒，打倒;
n. 獸皮;一季的木材采伐量;
adj. 殘忍的;兇惡的;
v. 掉下;摔倒;變壞(fall的過去式);
?? 和fall的過去式fell拼寫一致 *
"He hacked at the branch until it fell off."
他朝著樹枝砍,直到砍下來為止.
近義：noxious, mortiferous, deadly, deleterious, fatal, level