2024-05-16 英语学习纪要

steering wheel 方向盘
wind up
1.完成，停止 wind up his visit 结束他的行程
2.关停（企业/组织） The Bank of England seems determined to wind up the company.
3.最终沦落到 He could wind up in gaol...

题目里面使用的表达是 wind up on the steering wheel
scale -> 可以用于描述动物的鳞片
crawl v.
1.爬行
2.缓慢前进 The traffic was crawling along.
3.crawl to sb.巴结某人 She's always crawling to the boss.
treaty n.（国家与国家之间的）协定 The Rome Treaty.
orphan n.孤儿/adj.被遗弃的

把这个词和 Infant (婴儿)记混了
另有 orphanage 孤儿院，我一开始理解成在哺乳时期
sit-up 仰卧起坐
那么自然的：
push-up 俯卧撑
squat 蹲起
terrified her out of her wits 把她吓得魂不附体

wit 才智。out of wits 失了智
capture v.

其实最早接触的是拍照摄像的含义，但是这是一个引申义，本义应该是"捕获"
The decision involved months of lobbying and coordinated conversations between a number of factual agencies.

lobby 最先想到的是“大堂”的名词含义，但是这里是“游说”的意思
coordinated conversation 就更迷糊了，坐标对话是什么玩意？其实是 coordinate 作为动词时译为“协调”
factual agencies 也可能反应不过来，但大概理解成办事处就可以了
cargo n.(船或飞机装载的)货物

is responsible for the cargo of both public and private spacecraft