學測考點
steam
「蒸汽」(hot water and steam coming out of hellish holes in the ground)
學測原句
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 4 段Before Moran arrived, Yellowstone in the popular imagination was a harsh, wild place with hot water and steam coming out of hellish holes in the ground.在 Moran 到來之前,大眾想像中的黃石,是一個嚴酷荒蠻的地方,熱水和蒸氣從地面上如地獄般的洞裡冒出來。
- in the popular imagination:「在大眾的想像中」
- harsh:「嚴酷的」
- with + 受詞 + V-ing:with hot water and steam coming out…,「熱水和蒸氣正冒出來」
- hellish:「地獄般的」,hell 是「地獄」
- 110 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›The invention of the steam engine, which was used to power heavy machines, brought about a revolutionary change in society.蒸汽機可用來驅動重型機器,它的發明為社會帶來革命性的改變。
- steam engine:「蒸汽機」;which 指 steam engine,補充說明蒸汽機
- power:這裡是動詞,「提供動力」
- bring about:「帶來」
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