Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.
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n. 運(yùn)輸,輸送;(舊時(shí)載客的)四輪馬車;〈英〉火車客車車廂;運(yùn)費(fèi);
?? carri=carry運(yùn)輸+age表物廂 →馬車,客車
"I dismissed the carriage and walked the last mile."
我把馬車打發(fā)走了,徒步走完最后一英里路.
近義:landau, chariot, clarence, portage, porterage, transport
n. 距離,路程;遠(yuǎn)處;疏遠(yuǎn);(時(shí)間的)間隔,長(zhǎng)久;
vt. 把…遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)甩在后面;疏遠(yuǎn);與…保持距離;
?? dist距離 + ance 表名詞,狀態(tài)、情況、性質(zhì)、行為 → n.距離,間距;遠(yuǎn)處
"A peal of church bells rang out in the distance."
遠(yuǎn)處響起了一陣教堂的鐘聲。
近義:isolation, separation, estrangement, aloofness, distantial, separate
反義:approximate, abut, immediacy, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood
vt. 保持;保留;遵守;阻止;
vi. (食品)保持新;保持健康;
n. 保持,保養(yǎng);供養(yǎng),撫養(yǎng);生活,生計(jì);飼料;牧草;
"Social services keep lists of at-risk children ."
社工組織保留有在家里可能遭受傷害的孩子名單。
近義:hold, husband, maintain, reserve, retain, save
反義:transfer, cede, give, transgress, trespass, violate
n. 馬;騎馬的軍人,騎兵;有腳的架;跳馬,鞍馬;
vt. 為…備馬;猛推或用力向上舉;
vi. 欲交配,,用于母馬;
adj. 馬的;騎在馬背上的;馬拉的,使用馬力的;較大的,較粗硬的;
?? 音“禍?zhǔn)隆保淌?馬焉知非福
"the anatomy of the horse"
馬的身體構(gòu)造
近義:mount, equine, horsy
n. 象,大象;
?? 大象尾巴上有螞蟻(ant)
"The new office block has become an expensive white elephant."
這座新辦公大樓成了昂貴的擺設(shè)。
近義:jumbo
adj. 邪惡的;缺德的;淘氣的,頑皮的;惡劣的;
?? wick(未可,諧音)+ed(的): 邪惡的是不可的
"From beginning to end his conduct had been despicable and wicked."
從頭到尾他的行為既卑鄙又可惡.
近義:ignoble, ill, immoral, infamous, iniquitous, low
反義:kind, softhearted, tender, decent, good, goodhearted