Thus the rods, by falling, and by the direction in which they fell,
木棒倒下的多少和倒下的方向
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
n. 方向;趨勢;方面;用法說明;
?? di使...變成+rect直+ion名詞后綴 →指示，指引，說明，指導;[批引的方位] 方向，方位
"She cast a welcoming smile in his direction."
她向他微笑以示歡迎。
近義：heading, line, orientation, path, route, tack
adv. 于是，因此;如此，這樣，像這樣，例如;到這程度，到這地步，這么;如下;
conj. 因此;
"Old people often try to economize on heating, thus endangering their health."
老年人常常想方設法節約用暖氣，結果損害了他們的健康。
近義：sic, so, that, this
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
a. 落下的, 墜落的, 下降的\\n[化] 消脹
近義：tumble, dropping, collapse, downfall, downturn, drop
反義：ascendant, ascendent, rising, uphill, upline, upward