The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened to be within reach of predatory human hands.
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adj. 掠奪成性的;食肉的;捕食生物的;
?? pred搶掠+ator物+y...的→掠奪的,掠奪成性的;食肉的;捕食生物的
"She was safe from predatory birds on the verandah."
在陽臺上她不會遭到猛禽的襲擊.
近義:predaceous, predacious, prey, rapacious, raptorial, ravenous
n. 人,人類;
adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴,屬于...的,傳說人是由土造出的 → 人類
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老師打了個比喻,把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義:mortal
n. 月亮,月球;衛星;月狀物,新月狀物;
vi. 閑逛;出神;[俚語] 露出屁股以戲弄;
vt. 虛度;
"old film footage of the moon landing"
一段登月的老影片
近義:muse, daydream, dream, fantasize
adj. 長的;長時間的;冗長的,過長的;長音的;
adv. 長久地;始終;遙遠地;
n. 長時間,長時期;[語]長音節;(服裝的)長尺寸;長褲;
vi. 渴望,極想;
?? 渴望見到很 長的龍(long) 長龍(拼音long)擺尾 網友:顧亮亮 補充:龍很長
"How long will I be under the anaesthetic ?"
我會麻醉多長時間?
近義:lengthened, lengthy, moderately, pretty, quite, rather
反義:little, minute, small, squat, slight
v. 到達,走到;夠…,抓…;完成;
n. 手腳能夠到的范圍;范圍,區域;影響的范圍,管轄的范圍;
?? 樹(r)下每人(each)都 伸手去夠,但都不能 到達樹尖 網友:yqy 補充:【同】achieve,attain, reach 【辨析】achieve 著重在
"The ball bounced twice before he could reach it."
球彈了兩次他才接到。
近義:obtain, attain, achieve, gain, get, pass