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1. array verb
原句: The primary occupant was arrayed like a dancer.
意思: to arrange a group of things in a pleasing way or so that they are in order
字源: Middle English (in the senses ‘preparedness’ and ‘place in readiness’): from Old French arei (noun), areer (verb), based on Latin ad- ‘towards’ + a Germanic base meaning ‘prepare’.
例句: Jars of all shapes and sizes were arrayed on the shelves.
2. ritual noun
原句: We have known from the '90s on that a big role of kings was to be a ritual dancer.
意思:
a. a series of actions that are always performed in the same way, especially as part of a religious ceremony
b. something that is done regularly and always in the same way
字源: late 16th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin ritualis, from ritus ‘(religious) usage’.
例句:
a. She objects to the ritual of organized religion.
b. Sunday lunch with the in-laws has become something of a ritual.
3. remnant noun
原句: Remnants of textiles and ingots of a brilliant red pigment called specular hematitite.
意思: a part of sth that is left after the other parts have been used, removed, destroyed, etc.
字源: Middle English: contraction of obsolete remenant from Old French remenant, from remenoir, remanoir ‘remain’.
例句: The woods are remnants of a huge forest which once covered the whole area.
4. pigment noun [uncountable/countable]
原句: Remnants of textiles and ingots of a brilliant red pigment called specular hematitite.
意思: a substance that exists naturally in people, animals and plants and gives their skin, leaves, etc. a particular colour
字源: Middle English, from Latin pigmentum, from pingere ‘to paint’
例句: Haemoglobin is the red pigment found in blood.
5. bevy noun
原句: A bevy of online talk videos combine the principles of "radical openness" and "the power of ideas to change the world".
意思: a large group of people or things of the same kind
例句: A bevy of movie stars arrived at the White House.