Find the antonyms: “A penny will sink in water, but a cork will float.”
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譯句:找到句中的反義詞:“一分錢的硬幣放在水中會沉下去,但軟木塞會漂浮起來?!? ?
答案:sink, float?
詞匯:
antonym/'?nt?n?m/ n. 反義詞
[反義詞]:
n. synonym
[慣用語]:
root antonyms? 詞根反義詞
antonym dictionaries? 反義詞詞典
[例句]:
? The word wet is an antonym of the word dry.
? ? 單詞“濕”是“干”的反義詞。
? Antonyms are words of opposite meaning.
? ? 反義詞是指意思相反的詞。
penny /?p?ni/ n. 便士;(美)分
[近義詞]:n. coin
[慣用語]:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? have not a penny 很窮,不名一文
penny pincher 守財奴;小氣鬼
[例句]:
? He paid 50 pence for the book.
? 他付了50便士買這本書。
? A penny saved is a penny earned.? ? ?
? 省一文則賺一文?!?/p>
sink?/s??k/
vt. & vi. (使)下沉; (使)沉沒
n. 水池, 水槽
[近義詞]:v. fall, go down, come down
[反義詞]:n. float
[慣用語]:
sink in 滲入;完全被理解
kitchen sink 廚房洗滌池
sink down 沉落
heart sink 感到沮喪
[例句]:
? The dirty dishes are in the sink.
? ? 臟碟子在洗滌槽中。
? The sun was sinking in the west.
? ?太陽正在西下。
float /flot/
vt. 使漂浮
vi. 浮動;搖擺;飄動
n. 漂流物;浮萍;彩車
[反義詞]:n. sink, go down, go under
[慣用語]:
float on 浮在…上
free float 自由浮動
air float 氣墊,氣托
float switch 浮動開關(guān)
float off 浮起,漂浮
[例句]:
? Wood floats on water and dust floats in the air.
? ? 木頭浮在水面上而灰塵飄浮在空中。? ?
? It floats slowly away in the air.
? ? 它在空中慢慢飄走。