But she interrupted herself at that point. She had come in the form of a seed. She could not have known anything of any other worlds. Embarrassed over having let herself be caught on the verge of such a naive untruth, she coughed two or three times, in order to put the little prince in the wrong.
“The screen?”
〖精读笔记〗
interrupt [ˌɪntəˈrʌpt] vt.中断；打断
at that point在那时
form [fɔːm] n.形式，形状；形态，外形
seed [siːd] n.种子
could not have known此处could+完成式，表示对过去的推测
embarrassed [ɪmˈbærəst] v.使...困窘；使...局促不安（embarrass的过去分词形式）
embarrassed over sth.对于什么而尴尬/难堪
let sb do sth.让某人做某事
be caught被动形式，表示“陷入”
verge [vɜːdʒ] n.边缘；绿地；极限；山墙突瓦
on the verge of接近于，濒临于
naive [naɪˈiːv] adj.天真的,幼稚的
untruth [ˌʌnˈtruːθ] n.谎言
cough /kɒf/ v.咳，咳嗽
