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单词

exterior

读音
ɪkˈstɪriər
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词根

"Exterior"来自于拉丁语"exterior",意思是“外面的”,的词根是"-terior",来源于拉丁词根 "-ter",意思是"在...之内"或"在...之上"。基于这个词根可以衍生出一些其他的词,例如 "interior"(内部的)和 "inferior"(下属的)。

释义

adj. 外部的,外面的,外在的;(电影场景)室外的;外界的 n. (建筑)外部,表面;(人的)外型,外貌;(摄影)外景 [ 复数 exteriors ]

例句

The exterior of the house needs painting.
房子外墙需要油漆。
Beneath his bluff exterior he was a sensitive man.
他外表大大咧咧,但其实是个敏感的人。
The exterior walls were made of preformed concrete.
外墙是用预制混凝土建造的。

强化记忆

要记忆 "exterior",可以联想 "ex-" 表示 "out" 或 "outside","-terior" 可以联想到 "territory"(领土),因此可以理解为在领土的外面,也就是"外部"。"Exterior" 的造词来源于拉丁语。该词最初出现在16世纪,最初用于描述一个人外观或者物体外表包围的表面。在欧美文化中,这个词常常被用来描述一个物体,如房屋,汽车等的外观。

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A factory-farm tomato may kind of look like a regular tomato:bright red exterior ...But when you bite into it,
AM: There were many days I did not want to get up out of bedand face the exterior world.I was discouraged.
it limited the amount of temperature transferbetween the interior and exterior.Then in about the 1930s, with the advent of plate glass,
to just show you what these buildings may look like,because the exterior can change.It's really just the structure that we're talking about.
closest approach to the sun, as we will see in August,and then away again to the exterior.It's the first ever landing on a comet.
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