1.「finger」:常见意思名词“手指”,这里是动词touch or feel something with your fingers“用手指触摸”之意。
原句:... and I have fingered its curves, the split in the center and the embossed figures “1620,”...
例句:He fingered the few coins in his pocket. 他用手指摸了摸兜里的几枚硬币。
2.「poke」:常见意思“刺、戳”,这里是to move or push something through a space or opening“伸出、探出”之意。
原句:... how Nimrod, the swiftest of the horses, poked his nose into my hands for a pat and a lump of sugar.
例句:He poked a hand into one of his pockets. 他把一只手插进口袋。
3.「rock」:常见意思名词“岩石”。这里是动词to move gently backwards and forwards or from side to side“来回摆动”之意。
原文:I felt the great billows rock and sink.
例句:The waves rocked the boat from side to side. 波浪使小船左摇右晃。
4.「bound」:常见意思是bind 的过去分词“使…关系密切”。这里是形容词If a vehicle or person is bound for a particular place, they are traveling towards it.“要去…的,驶往…的”之意。
原文:Mr. Endicott told me about the great ships that came sailing by from Boston, bound for Europe.
例句:The ship was bound for Italy. 这艘船驶向意大利。