字詞研究 (41)

字詞研究 (41)

101) tower /towel:

1. tower [ta?r] n. 塔；the Eiffel T~ (艾飛爾高塔)

Standing on top of the big tower, Jim watched the breath-taking view of the city below.

Jim站在高塔上面，俯視下面城市令人銷魂的景色。

比較:

pagoda  n.(東方式) 塔; 浮屠; 納骨塔

pavilion  n.小亭 (中國式八角亭)

booth 電話(投票)亭

tower vi.  比…高; 超越… 

a.     The castle ~ s over the hills. 城堡高於小山丘。

b. Janet ~s above her sisters in algebra.   Janet 的代數比她妹妹好。

towering a. 高聳的

You’ll discover the magic of our sparkling lights, whimsical decorations,

~100-foot trees Santa and his elves, carolers, and snow every night.

你們每晚會找到閃爍燈光的魔力、遐想的裝飾、高過100呎樹木的聖誕老人在雪中與他的唱詩班一。

(本句描繪一座燈塔-light house的魅力與它對航行中船隻之助益)

2.     towel n. 浴巾；paper ~ 紙抹布；bath ~ 浴巾; paper (facial) tissue

紙面巾

** toss (throw) in the ~ (拳擊比賽) 拋出毛巾- (認輸)

The coach of a boxer tossed in the ~, ending the game. 一位拳賽者的教練

扔出毛巾，而結束比賽。

102) track / trick/ truck:

1. track n. 軌道；音道；痕跡；軌；field and ~ 田徑 keep ~ of + n. 與人保持聯繫 / lose ~ of + n. 失去聯繫。

*The city is on the fast ~ 城市快速成長。*

比較：

track 指水準的軌道

orbit n. 指繞行的軌道, 如行星 (planet) ，人造衛星 (satellite) 等。

track v. 追蹤

The police spent some time ~ ing the suspects of bombing in London.

警方花了一點時間來追蹤倫敦爆炸案的嫌犯。

truck n. 貨車，a dumping ~ 運拉汲車

2. trick n. 欺詐; 詭計；欺詐 play a ~ on + 人; 開玩笑；惡作劇；欺騙

Stop playing a trick on the poor little girl. 別再對這位可憐的小姑娘惡作劇。       

* T~ or treat! 美國小孩在萬聖(鬼) 節 ( Halloween -每年十月卅一日)

向鄰居們說的話意謂：「不給糖吃, 就惡作劇。」

103) velvet / valet:以上二字發音接近：

1. velvet n.天鵝絨。The gloves are made of ~. 手套用天鵝絨做的。

It is an iron hand in a ~ glove. 笑藏刀；外柔內剛。

2. valet n. = manservant 男僕 (專指在大飯店或上流餐廳門前或入口處

為客人停車、提行李等服務。)

V~ parking 代客泊/停車

a. Arriving at the hotel, he was stunned to see the ~ asleep on the luggage cart.扺達旅館時，他吃驚地看到男僕躺在行李車上熟睡。

b. 代客泊/停車廣告：

“Drop off your car at any station to start your day, and pick it up at the station

of your choice when you’re done.” 

把車子停在任何停車站，您開始辦事；辦完事後您可以在選擇的停車站取車。(強調停、取車的方便)

Justin Lai 編著

11/07/2013

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