泥吧的部落格

somersault [ˋsʌmɚ͵sɔlt]

原句:Beside them walked offiecers, looking foolish and fierce, and before them went litttle boys, turning somersaults in time with the band.

解釋:

<noun.>

1.a movement in which somebody turns over completely, with their feet over their head, on the ground or in the air

ex.He turned back somersaults.

    Her heart did a complete somersault when she saw him.

<verb.>

The car hit the kerb and somersaulted into the air.

caterpillar  [ˋkætɚ͵pɪlɚ]

原句:The tram-car became entangled in thier ranks, and moved on painfully, like a caterpillar in a swarm of ants.

解釋:a small creature like a worm with legs, that develops into a butterfly or moth (= flying insects with large, sometimes brightly coloured, wings). Caterpillars eat the leaves of plants.

archway  [ˋɑrtʃ͵we]

原句: One of the little boys fell down, and some white bullocks came out of an archway.

解釋:a passage or an entrance with an arch over it

ex.We went through a stone archway into the courtyard.

tactile [ˋtæktɪl]

原句:...study the tactile values of Giotto, or the corruption of the Papacy, may return remembering nothing but the blue sky and the men and women who live umder it.

解釋:connected with the sense of touch; using your sense of touch

ex.visual and tactile communication.

    He's a very tactile man (= he enjoys touching people).

ensue [ɛnˋsu]

原句:A conversation then ensued, on not unfamiliar lines.

解釋:to happen after or as a result of another event

synonym:follow

ex.An argument ensued.

ensuing(adjective)

ex.He had become separated from his parents in the ensuing panic.

   They lost track of each other in the ensuing years.