He smiled from ear to ear when he received this birthday gift. 当他收到这生日礼物时笑得合不拢嘴。 当中的smile from ear to ear是指因开心而笑得合不拢嘴,也可用grin from ear to ear。 He grinned from ear to ear when h...
The weather will be fair today. 今天天气将是晴朗的。 fair有公平的意思,在上句中表示(天气)好的;fair也可指(妇女)美丽的,如: That girl is fair. 那是个漂亮的女孩。相当于 That girl is beautiful....
The poem has five stanzas. 这首诗有五小节。 stanza指诗的一节,很多人往往会把stanza和paragraph,把诗篇中的一节`段写成a paragraph,但诗篇中的一段`节应该用stanza;paragraph则指一般文章的一节,段。 Th...
I bought a ready-made suit. 我买了一套现成服装。 ready-made指现成的,预先制成的;和它相对的一个词是 tailor-made,指量身订做的。tailor是个名词,表示裁缝。 Do you like ready-made clothing or tailor-made c...
She was decked out in her nicest outfit for the party. 她穿着她最漂亮的衣服去参加这派对。 deck out这个词组表示装饰,打扮。用...装饰后要接介词with或用...打扮后面要接介词in。 The room is decked out with a...
Tumport resolved to continue his schooling no matter what. Tumport下定决心无论如何都继续求学。 当中的resolve表示决心,决定,是个动词。可用resolve加that来引导出决定的内容(that有时会被省略),也可用...
Her elder brother is five years her senior. 她的哥哥比她大五岁。 senior有年长的意思,也指年纪叫大的人。钢材那句话相当于 Her elder brother is five years older than she. 上面的那句话也可说成: Her elder brot...
Readers are looking forward to the sequel to this novel. 读者们都期盼着这小说的续集。 sequel表示电影`小说等的续集。注意...的续集要用介词to, the sequel to the novel,小说的续集。...
She is trying to slim. 她正设法减肥。 slim可作动词也可作形容词,形容词时表示苗条的;动词时表示变苗条,减肥。 Every girl wants to be slim 每个女孩都想身材苗条。 有时也听到在slim后面加down,意思都...
He was so busy that he neglected his health. 他太忙而忽视了自己的健康。 neglect表示忽视,疏忽。 neglect one's duty失职。 The child got sick because he was neglected at home. 这孩子因在家中被疏忽照顾而得病了。...