Vocabulary

生字解釋

詞類變化或片語

造句

odd (adj.)

/ɑd/

奇怪的; 奇數的

1. odds 勝算

2. make no odds 無大區別

1. The odds are in our favor.

2. It makes no odds that if he doesn’t show up.

Simultaneously (ad.)

同時地

Simultaneous (adj.) 同時的

1. The simultaneous failure of all elevators in the building shocked every one.

2. The two engines stopped simultaneously.

Folklore (n.)

民間傳說; 民俗

1. folks (n.) 家人; 同鄉

2. folksy (adj.) 民俗風的

1. My folks are going to meet me in New York.

2. The design of the basket is folksy.

Stump

蹣跚而行

1. stumped (pp.)

2. stump (n.) 殘留的樹幹

1. John stumped into the house looking like he was drunk.

2. There are some tree stumps we can sit on in the forest.

Buoyancy (n.)

/′bɔɪnsɪ /

浮力

1. buoy (n.) 浮標; 浮筒

/bu I/

3. buoy up (v.) 鼓舞

1. Buoys show ships and boats where they can go, and warn them of danger.

2. Tom did his best to buoy her up.