1) He gave me a basketful of beaches. (他给了我满满一篮子桃子。)
2) She put a spoonful of salt in the soup. (她往汤里撒了满满一勺盐。)
3) Tom is carrying an armful of books. (汤姆抱着一捆书。)
sort out是一个常用词组,意思是“整理,分类”,如:
1) Sort out those of bigger size and put them in a box. (把大点的整理出来,放在盒子里。)
2) It took quite a while to sort out all our luggage. (把我们所有的行李整理好花了不少时间。)
bottom在句子中做名词用,意思是“底部”。bottom还有“尽头、末端”的意思。请看例句:
1) There is some deposit in the bottom of the teapot. (茶壶底部有些沉淀物。)
2) At the bottom of the mountain, there is a beautiful village. (在山脚下有个美丽的村子。)
3) I felt grateful to you from the bottom of my heart. (我衷心地感谢你。)
4) Bottoms up. (干杯。)
12. These diamonds were probably carried from where they were formed to India by great sheets of moving ice that covered parts of the earth 20,000 years ago.
where they were formed是where引出的名词性从句,作介词from的宾语。请看下面的句子:
1) He didn't say anything about where the accident took place. (他对事故在哪儿发生的只字未提。)
2) She hasn't made up her mind as to where she should go for the holiday. (她还没有决定到哪儿去度假。)