What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
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?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 水牛（分非洲水牛和亞洲水牛兩種）;（南非或北美的）野牛;威脅;恐嚇;
vt. 威脅;欺騙;迷惑;
?? bou, bov, bu 與牛相關#詞根助記：n 公牛(可能是bull的變體)
"You can see the fresh buffalo dung on the country road."
你可以在鄉間小路上看到剛屙下不久的水牛糞.
近義：bison
prep. 穿過;橫穿，橫過;與…交叉;在…對面;
adv. 橫過，越過;在對面;交叉;斜對面;
?? cro, cru =cross,表示”十字形,交叉”
"The only access to the farmhouse is across the fields."
去那農舍的唯一通路是穿過田野。
近義：through, athwart, on, per, thru, to
n. 日落（時），薄暮;晚霞;黃昏;
adj. 定期廢止的;
?? sun太陽+set安置好 → 日落
"Every evening at sunset the flag was lowered."
每天傍晚日落時都要降旗。
近義：sundown, dusk, eventide
反義：morn, morning, aurora, awakening, sunup, dawn
n. 生活，生計;生命，性命;一生，壽命;人生，塵世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎沒有目標。
近義：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
vt.& vi. 使閃光，使閃爍;拍出，發出（電報等）;〈口〉炫耀;
n. 閃光;閃光燈下攝成的照片;一瞬間;浮華;
adj. 閃光的，閃耀的，一閃而過的;浮華的;龐大的;
?? 鮮花(fl)燒成灰(ash)也能 閃光
"For flash photography, set the aperture at f.5.6."
用閃光照相，要把光圈孔徑定為5.6。
近義：abrupt, quick, sharp, sudden, unexpected, ostentatious