单词辨析 | paddock,padlock

本次我们来辨别2个单词,它们分别是:

  • paddock
  • padlock

他们虽然没有完全相同的翻译,但是

paddock和padlock的字形上修改1个字母后paddock能变成padlock。

第1个单词:paddock

美音:/ˈpædək/,英音:/ˈpædək/
含义:n. 围场;小牧场
网络含义:装备区

英文短含义:A paddock is an area that holds racehorses before a race. Jockeys get the horses ready to go in the paddock./

围场是赛前用来存放赛马的区域。骑师让马准备好进入围场。

英文长含义:If you’ve ever gone to a horse race, or seen a race like the Kentucky Derby on TV, you’ve seen a paddock. This is the pen for the horses, where they hang out before racing. In the paddock, horses are saddled and paraded around by their jockeys. Two other meanings of paddock are related: one is a field for horses on a farm, and the other is an area for race cars to prepare before a race.

如果您曾经参加过赛马,或者在电视上看过肯塔基赛马比赛,那么您就已经看过围场了。这是马的围栏,他们在比赛前会在那里闲逛。在围场里,马被他们的骑师装上鞍并游行。围场的另外两个含义是相关的:一个是农场上的马场,另一个是赛车在比赛前准备的区域。

例句1:As Smith walked Seabiscuit into the paddock stall, a stooped man emerged from the crowd and approached him.
当史密斯带着 Seabiscuit 走进围场摊位时,一个弯腰的男人从人群中出现并走近他。
– from Seabiscuit: An American Legend

例句2:At three-thirty the horses began the long walk down the center of the track to the saddling paddock.
三点三十分,马开始沿着赛道中心向马鞍围场长途跋涉。
– from Seabiscuit: An American Legend

例句3:Down the middle of the valley ran a stream with marshy paddocks on either side.
山谷中间有一条溪流,两边都是沼泽地。
– from The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

第2个单词:padlock

美音:/ˈpædlɑːk/,英音:/ˈpædlɒk/
含义:n. 挂锁;关闭;禁止进入
网络含义:挂锁

英文短含义:A lightweight lock that attaches using a pivoting hook is called a padlock. Many high school students use lockers that can be locked with padlocks to keep their smelly gym clothes safe./

使用旋转钩连接的轻型锁称为挂锁。许多高中生使用可以用挂锁锁住的储物柜,以确保他们的臭运动服安全。

英文长含义:A padlock’s hook or shackle is hinged so that it can fasten through an opening, clicking shut securely. Most padlocks require a key to open them, while others use a combination, a series of wheels that you turn and align to show a certain password before the padlock will open. You can use padlock as a verb, too: “Be sure to padlock the back gate when you leave!”

挂锁的钩子或卸扣是铰接的,这样它就可以通过开口固定,咔哒一声关闭。大多数挂锁需要钥匙才能打开,而其他挂锁则使用组合,即一系列轮子,您可以转动并对齐以在挂锁打开之前显示特定密码。您也可以将挂锁用作动词:“离开时一定要挂锁后门!”

例句1:The light was set on the ground, then there was a fumbling of a key in the padlock.
灯光照在地上,然后挂锁里的钥匙在摸索。
– from Chains

例句2:As I ate, I cheered up a little and thought possibly, just possibly, I had been too pessimistic about the padlocks.
吃的时候,我有点振作起来,想可能,只是可能,我对挂锁太悲观了。
– from Z for Zachariah

例句3:A remarkably foul odor hung in the air, and the passage descended to a lonely black door with an iron padlock.
空气中弥漫着一股明显的恶臭,通道下降到一扇孤零零的黑色门上,门上挂着铁挂锁。
– from The Mysterious Benedict Society


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