小词详解 | savage
Savage vs Salvage
Savage vs Salvage
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
我有城市,但没有房子。我有山,但没有树。我有水,但没有鱼。我是什么?
It [That] beats me是口语,意为“这可把我弄糊涂了”,“我感到莫名其妙”。本例还可简说成Beats me。
metamorphosis [ˌmetə'mɔːfəsis ]n. 变形
Mettle vs Meddle
In the morning of life came a good fairy with her basket, and said:
as、because、for与since这些连词均含有“因为”之意。
What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
什么东西会跑却从不走路,总是咕哝却从不说话, 有床却从不睡觉,有嘴却从不吃东西?
消费品以旧换新
trade-in of old consumer goods
metaphysical [ˌmetə'fizikəl ]adj. 超自然的,形而上学的
island half(复合名词)意思不是“半岛”而是“半页广告”,peninsula, byland和biland才是“半岛”。
Some days ago a correspondent sent in an old typewritten sheet, faded by age, containing the following letter over the signature of Mark Twain:
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