學測英文-精準背單字

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學測考點

smell
名詞「氣味」(a smell of old damp wood、fooled by the smell)
smell
動詞「聞」(members in the group to smell)

學測原句

  • 114 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›
    Left vacant for years, the deserted house was filled with a thick coating of dust and a smell of old damp wood.
    這棟荒廢的房子空了好幾年,裡面積了厚厚一層灰塵,還瀰漫著一股陳年潮濕木頭的味道。
    • left vacant for years:分詞構句,「空了好幾年」
    • deserted:「荒廢無人的」,desert 當動詞是「拋棄」,被拋棄的房子就是沒人住
    • a thick coating of dust:「厚厚一層灰塵」,coat 是「外套」,coating 就是像外套一樣罩在表面的一層
  • 108 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段
    Recent experiments with this device showed that 80% of the participants were fooled by the smell.
    最近用這個裝置做的實驗顯示,80% 的參與者被氣味騙了。
    • be fooled by…:「被…愚弄」
  • 115 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段
    In particular, they leave their poop in the same place for all the other members in the group to smell—just like humans leaving messages on social media.
    具體來說,牠們會把糞便留在同一個地方,讓群體裡其他成員都能聞到,就像人類在社群媒體上留言一樣。
    • in particular:「特別是」,particular 是「特定的」,就是特別指出某一點
    • for all the other members to smell:for + 人 + to V,「讓…去聞」
    • just like humans leaving…:leaving 修飾 humans
  • 111 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段
    The feel of a book, the smell, the weight, and the knowledge that a particular book might be more than a hundred years old—all these highlight the importance of preserving the physical book as a complement to technology.
    書的觸感、氣味、重量,以及知道某一本書可能已有一百多年歷史,這一切都凸顯了保存實體書、把它當作科技補充的重要性。
    • 破折號前面是並列的名詞片語,列出實體書帶給人的感受,all these 就是指這些;that a particular book might be… 是在說明 knowledge 的內容
    • might be more than…:「可能超過…」
    • highlight:「凸顯」
    • preserve:「保存」
    • physical book:「實體書」
    • complement:「補充物」,和 compliment(稱讚)拼法不同
    • as a complement to…:「作為…的補充」

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scent

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