| 词组 | blue |
| 释义 | 作名词时，要注意以下几点。 1． 作“蓝色”解可有单、复数: dressed in blue painted in blues and yellows 2． blues 可以指 “( 起源于美国南方的) 布鲁斯音乐”，后面可跟单数或复数动词。单指“布鲁斯音乐”时前面常用定冠词: The blues was / were first per- formed in New Orleans. 3． blues 可作可数名词: Play us a blues. It's so cool to play those little blue- ses and other tunes. the best ballads and blueses 4． blues 指“忧伤”时，前面常加定冠词: have the blues a sudden attack of the blues boast boast 与 boast of 或 boast about 有所不同。 1． boast 常有褒义，指“以有 …… 而自豪”: The city boasts the highest num- ber of tourists in the country. 该城市以在全国游客最多而自豪。 2． boast of 和 boast about 常有贬义，指“吹嘘、夸口”: Don't believe him; he's just boas- ting about his own child. 别相信他，他只是在吹嘘他自己的孩子。 He's always boasting of his lan- guage skills. 他总是吹嘘自己的语言技能。 3． 但是在现代英语中，boast of 和 boast about 也有褒义: The newspaper can boast of a first-rate columnist. 该报能以其一流的专栏作家而自豪。 The school could boast about its playground facilities. 该校能以其娱乐场的设施而自豪。 boat boat 通常指“小船”，但是，在非正式用法中有时也可指“大船”: —How are you going to England? —I'm taking the boat. ( 能越洋去英国的船应该是大船) There are 3000 people on the boat. ( 能载 3000 人的船应该是大船) |
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