Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 死亡;（某種）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
?? dead(死)+th(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁決
近義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反義：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
adv. 真，真正;實在，果真;實際上;事實上;
?? real真實的+ly表副詞 →真正地
"Tom was really hungry and ate up everything served."
湯姆確實餓壞了,把端到桌上的東西吃得精光.
近義：honestly, indeed, just, authentically, particularly, properly
反義：hypocritically, insincerely, lyingly, meretriciously, misleadingly, untruthfully
n. 感覺;直覺;知覺;轟動;
?? sens感覺 + ation 表示行為、狀態、結果 → n. (感官的)感覺能力;(下意識的)感覺;知覺;轟動,引起轟動的事件(或人物)
"He lost all sensation in his legs through cramp."
他的腿部因抽筋而失去知覺.
近義：feeling
反義：imperviousness, insensitiveness, insensitivity, severity, steeliness, sternness
n. 女仆，侍女;少女;處女，未婚女子;
?? 媽媽(ma)雇傭一名有身份(id)的少女當 女仆 少女是“美的”（諧音） 網友：馬 勝 敏 補充：美的 記憶:看到美的姑娘你就送上秋天的菠菜(暗送秋波)
"There is a maid to do the housework."
有個女仆做家務事。
近義：help, housemaid, maiden, maidservant, servant, skivvy
adj. 令人非常高興的，討人喜歡的;令人愉快的;宜人;
"A delightful guide was my guardian angel for the first week of the tour."
令人愉快的導游是我第一周旅行的守護神。
近義：appetizing, lovable, lovely, luscious, palatable, pleasurable
反義：antipathetic, ingrate, loathsome, offensive, rough, surly
vt. 停止，終止，結束;
vi. 終止，停止;永不停止的過程;停止行動;
n. 停止;
?? 息事（諧音）寧人： 停止 考試時，看見(c)題目很容易(ease)，就 停止思考{cease=stop} 網友：yqy補充： 因為容易（ease）所以停止（c，
"Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job."
一旦就業，即停發福利救濟。
近義：quit, stop, leave, desist, cut, finish
反義：keep, maintain, insist, persevere, persist, proceed