The killing of the bison changed the whole wildlife of the plains. With fewer bison, grass shoots were not eaten, so grass did not grow as strongly.
屠宰野牛改變了平原的全部野生生物。野牛少了,嫩草沒有牛來吃了,草就長得不粗壯。
高三英語課文 Unit 13 The USA

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從本句中提取的重要詞匯

wildlife ['wa?ldla?f]
n. 野生的鳥獸等; adj. 野生生物的;
?? wild野生的+life生命 → 野生動植物
"to be interested in wildlife conservation"
對野生動物保護感興趣
近義:fauna
killing [['kili?]]
n. 謀殺, 殺戮\\na. 殺害的, 疲憊的, 迷人的
近義:homicide, kill, liquidation, assassination, manslaughter, massacre
bison ['baisn]
n. 野牛;
"In the year 1700, about 60 million bison wandered freely in North America."
在1700年約有6000萬頭野牛在北美無拘無束地活動.
近義:buffalo
whole [hol] 詞頻1
adj. 全部的,所有的;完整的; n. 整體,整個;全部;
?? who(誰)+le(樂): 整個的 用W去堵洞(hole)不就變成 整個的了嗎?
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整棟大樓很快就熊熊燃燒起來。
近義:totality, unity, continuum, entirety, intact, integral 反義:quota, share, slice, imperfect, sketchy, unaccomplished
grass [ɡr?s] 詞頻1 詞根: gr-
n. 草,青草;草地,草坪;告密者;〈俚〉龍須菜; vt. 用草覆蓋;使…長滿草;使…吃草; vi. 漸漸被草覆蓋;放牧;
?? 工人(gr)把自己像(as)蛇(s)一樣藏在 草地里
"A cigarette set the dry grass alight ."
一支香煙把干草點燃了。
近義:informer, sneak, source, spy, squealer, stooge

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