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TTS朗读的效果并不好，我劝楼主灭了这心思
我个人建议啊， Collins Cobuild 这种入门辞典应该尽快过了拉倒，别幻想什么【对理解的程度可以大大加深】。
什么叫大大加深啊？主观标准一大堆，我来举一个客观标准，就以英语出国考试为例吧，过去GRE考试有一种类比词汇题，专考你对词汇的理解，我随便来一个：
13. ALCOVE: RECESS::
(A) turret: chimney (B) dome: roof
(C) column: entrance (D) foyer: ballroom
(E) foundation: building
alcove 和 recess 是什么关系？请看入门辞典Cobuild：
alcove / ælkoʊv / (alcoves )
N-COUNT
An alcove is a small area of a room which is formed by one part of a wall being built further back than the rest of the wall.recess / rɪses, riːses / (recesses , recessing , recessed ) 1 N-COUNT [oft in N ] A recess is a break between the periods of work of an official body such as a committee, a court of law, or a government. ❏ The conference broke for a recess. 2 VERB When formal meetings or court cases recess , they stop temporarily. [FORMAL ] ❏ [V + for ] The hearings have now recessed for dinner. ❏ [V ] Before the trial recessed today, the lawyer read her opening statement. 3 N-COUNT In a room, a recess is part of a wall which is built further back than the rest of the wall. Recesses are often used as a place to put furniture such as shelves. ❏ ...a discreet recess next to a fireplace. 4 N-COUNT [usu pl ] The recesses of something or somewhere are the parts of it which are hard to see because light does not reach them or they are hidden from view. ❏ [+ of ] He emerged from the dark recesses of the garage. 5 N-COUNT [usu pl ] If you refer to the recesses of someone's mind or soul, you are referring to thoughts or feelings they have which are hidden or difficult to describe. ❏ [+ of ] There was something in the darker recesses of his unconscious that was troubling him. Table of Contents
我的妈呀 ！！alcove 的解释里面，有一小段跟recess 五个意思里面的第三个意思的解释相近……这……能观察出来的绝对是高手！
再看正版原装Collins：
Collins English Dictionary, 2015
alcove /ˈælkəʊv/
noun
1. a recess or niche in the wall of a room, as for a bed, books, etc
2. any recessed usually vaulted area, as in a garden wall
3. any covered or secluded spot, such as a summerhouse
ORIGINC17: from French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic al-qubbah the vault, arch
Synonyms
= recess, corner, bay, niche, bower, compartment, cubicle, nook, cubbyhole
recess
noun /rɪˈsɛs ; ˈriːsɛs/
a space, such as a niche or alcove, set back or indented
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ORIGINC16: from Latin recessus a retreat, from recēdere to recede
Synonyms
= break, rest, holiday, closure, interval, vacation, respite, intermission, cessation of business, schoolie
= alcove, corner, bay, depression, hollow, niche, cavity, nook, oriel, indentation
有人要讲，这样的释义不通俗呀！我就是想看【built further back than the rest of the wall】这样的语言，可是你看，原版Collins 里面也有【set back or indented】这样的语言哦，原版Collins 还把词源【recess来自recede】给你指出来了，好记得不得了。
所以你说说，Collins Cobuild 能让你【深】到哪里去啊
来对比一下【牛津】【朗文】两位同伴：
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 6th edition
alcove /ˈælkəʊv $ -koʊv/ noun [countable]
a place in the wall of a room that is built further back than the rest of the wall SYN recess
朗文释义差不多，不过指出了同义词【recess】哦
牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第四版）
alcove
n small space in a room, etc formed by part of the wall being set back; recess 壁凹（墙壁凹进处）; 凹室; 壁龛
很经典的牛津高阶第四版也有
不过貌似牛津高阶的新版本没了，这就是牛津高阶越做越烂的证据嘛，只不过有人真的是非最新版不要的
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发表于 2019-4-8 06:50:45
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