...for no man lives in the external truth among salts and acids, but in the warm, phantasmagoric chamber of his brain, with the painted windows and the storied wall.

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external [?k'st?nl] 詞頻3 詞根: extra
adj. 外面的,外部的;表面上的;外用的;外國的; n. 外部,外面;外觀;外部情況;
?? exter出去+nal=al...的 → 出去的 →在外面的 →外部的
"The accounts have to be audited by a firm of external auditors."
這些賬目必須由一家外聘審計員的公司來稽查.
近義:appearance, image, look, looks, aspect, seeming 反義:inside, interior, inward, medullary, systemic, intern
truth [tr?θ] 詞頻1
n. 真理;真相,事實;忠實,忠誠;現實,現實性;
?? tru相信,真實+th抽象名詞 →事實,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness 反義:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
chamber [?t?e?mb?r] 詞頻3 詞根: ch-
n. 室,臥室,會客室;內庭;[多用于英國]律師的辦公室;議事廳; vt. 限制,幽禁,封閉或限制;使備有房間;
?? camer, chamber 房間;源于希臘語kamara, 拱頂
"The members left the council chamber."
議員離開了會議廳。
近義:quarter, room, saloon, bedroom, apartment, alcove
wall [w?l] 詞頻1
n. 墻;屏障;隔閡;壁壘; vt.& vi. 筑墻圍住,用墻隔開;圍以墻; adj. 墻壁的;
?? vall- 墻,壁壘;樁線
"new offices with wall-to-wall carpeting"
房內鋪滿地毯的新辦公室
近義:hem, rail, rampart, surround, fence, parament 反義:level, overthrow, ravage, raze, shipwreck, strip
among [?'m??] 詞頻1
prep. (表示牽涉)經過;(表示位置)處在…中;(表示范圍)在…之內;(表示所屬)為…所特有;
"a house among the trees"
樹林中的一座房子
近義:twixt, between, betwixt, amid, amidst, amongst
warm [w?rm] 詞頻1
adj. 暖和的,溫暖的;保暖的;熱情的;暖調的; vt.& vi. (使)變暖,被加熱,暖和起來; vt. 加熱;使熱情;使興奮; n. 暖和的地方; vi. 加溫;感興趣;變得友善或友好;
?? 沒(m)有戰爭(war)的世界是 溫暖的
"The snow will soon disappear when the warm weather comes."
天氣變暖時,雪很快就會融化.
近義:heat, heated, hot, sweltering, hearty, kind 反義:iced, icy, stiff, benumbed, chilly, cold

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