Such experiences are not unusual for the amateur conchologists, people who collect shells. Conchologists的意思可以根据该词后面的同位解释"people who collect shells"理解为收集贝壳的人或贝壳收藏家。
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Jack is now a florist, who keeps a shop for selling flowers in our district. "florist" 的意思就是其后定语从句"who keeps a shop for selling flowers 所描述的"拥有一家专门卖花的商店的人",即"花店主"
4. 利用文章中对词的举例及解释猜 测词义
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Today young couples who are just starting their households of ten spend lots of their money on appliances ,for instance ,washing machines , refrigerators and color TVs. 通过所举的例子(washing machines ,refrigerators and color TVs) 可以看出,"appliances" 应是这些名词的总称,即"家用电器"。
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Finally the enemy surrendered .They threw down their weapons and walked out of the home with their hands over their heads 通过后一句对"surrendered"的解释:扔掉武器(throw down their weapons ),举起双手(with their hands over heads )可知其意是"投降" 5. 利用构词法知识(前缀和后缀)猜测词义
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They overestimate the interviewee s ability and asked him many difficult questions "estimate"是"估计"的意思,"over-"是前缀,意为"过分,过度,超 过"等,因此"overestimate"就是"高估"的意思 。
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We were told that ours was the most spacious room in the hotel .That was why we had to pay so much for it . "spacious"是由"space(名词,空间)"+"+-ious(形容词后缀 "变化而来的,因此,可猜测其词义为"宽敞"。