《了不起的盖茨比》:2-3
🍒阅读笔记
look out of 朝外看
spectacles=glasses=eyewear 眼镜
spectator=viewer=observer=witness=beholder
观众
enormous=colossal=immerse=titanic=gigantic
巨大的
which=yellow spectacles 定语从句,修饰眼镜
pass over 悬空
nonexistent nose ( 不存在鼻子)虚架
wag=joker=wit=clown=humorist=prankster
=jester=kidder 离奇幽默的人,异想天开的人
oculist 眼科医生
fatter his practice 招揽生意
practice=business=occupation=vocation
=career=profession 业务,诊所,律所
borough=district=region=area=zone 镇,区
eternal blindness 永久的失明(死亡的另一种说法)
sink down 陷入
move away 搬走
dim=fade=dull=blur=obscure=become faint
使…暗淡
paintless 没有涂料,文中指眼镜广告牌没有维修
brood on=muse=ponder=meditate=dwell upon
=ruminate=think 沉思,深思
solemn=serious=glum=grave=sedate=sober
阴沉的,死气沉沉的
dumping ground=rubbish heap 垃圾场,指灰烬堆
moral wasteland 道德垃圾场
be bounded by 被…划分界限
bound=demarcate=delimit=separate=delineate
划分界限
foul=polluted=unclear=impure=tainted=dirty
肮脏的
drawbridge 吊桥
barge=boat =lighter 船舶
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