1.The water is knee-deep. 齊膝深的水。

2. knee-high. 齊膝高。

3.The water is waist-high/deep. 齊腰深的水。

4. a shoulder-high cloth curtain. 一塊齊肩高的布窗簾。

5. shoulder-length hair. 披肩發(fā)。

6. breast-high/ deep. 齊胸高/深。

7. skin-deep. 膚淺的。

8. at arm’s length. 一臂之長(zhǎng)。

詞 匯 積 累

1. arrival n 趕到的人；到達(dá)

a. He was rescued by the arrival, in shorts and shirts, of most of the school football team.

他被趕來(lái)的人救了，他們中大部分來(lái)自校足球隊(duì)，穿著短褲和襯衫。

b. the arrival of the railroad age. 鐵路時(shí)代的到來(lái)。

2. art n 藝術(shù)

a. Quite a lot better than the old plants, though still not state of the art.

盡管還沒達(dá)到現(xiàn)有技術(shù)水準(zhǔn)，但比老工廠好很多。

b. perfect it to an art form. 達(dá)到爐火純青的地步。

3. arm n 手臂；arms (pl) 武器

a. Next thing I remember was my two friends were on either arms.

其次我記得我的兩個(gè)朋友在旁邊。

b. Cervantes did practice both arms and letters. 塞萬(wàn)提斯文武雙全。

4. ascendancy n 優(yōu)勢(shì)

And what might happen if they were to gain the ascendancy in the army council？

如果他們?cè)谲娛挛瘑T會(huì)中占據(jù)上風(fēng)，結(jié)果會(huì)怎樣？

5. aside n 旁白

a. A little aside. 順便說(shuō)一句。

b. I'll give you this as aside. 作為題外話。