学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3547 biblical

 今天我们要学的词是 biblical. Biblical is spelled B-I-B-L-I-C-A-L, biblical.

 

Biblical 来自bible，《圣经》，biblical就是堪比《圣经》里所说的。 

 

Sudden sandstorms caused by an intense cyclone¹ swept across the Middle East, causing some people to claim a "biblical event" that engulfed² Egypt and moved east toward Israel. 强大旋风造成的沙尘暴突起，席卷了中东各地，有些人称这如同那场“《圣经》事件”，吞噬了埃及，向东移动到以色列。

 

好的，我们今天学习的词是biblical, biblical, biblical.

 

1 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

2 engulfed   

v.吞没，包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
• The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。 来自《简明英汉词典》