重点词汇词组：

After a minute's weaving about through the whirl of rainbow feathers1, he2 noticed3 a large silver key4 that had a bent wing5, as if it had already been caught and stuffed roughly into the keyhole6.

长难句分析

解：1状语+2主语+3谓语+4宾语+5定语从句+6方式状语从句

析：“that had a bent wing”是定语从句，修饰先行词key，关系代词that在定语从句中作主语，不可省略；“as if it had already been…the keyhole”是由as if引导的方式状语从句，有时用虚拟语气，若从句表示与现在事实相反，谓语动词用一般过去时；若表示与过去事实相反，用过去完成时；表示将来的可能性不大，用would (might, could)+动词原形。

1.close in 慢慢围上来，包围

例：The advancing soldiers closed in on the town.

前进的士兵一步步包围了镇子。

常见搭配：

①close (sth.) down 关闭；（使）倒闭

例：Our local butcher is closing down.

我们当地的肉铺快停业了。

②close sth. off 封锁，封闭

例：Police quickly closed off the area.

警方迅速封闭了该地区。

相关俚语：close your eyes to sth. 对……视而不见；不理会

例：She closed her eyes to the fact that her son was stealing.

她对儿子偷窃的事视而不见。

2.not take one's eyes off sb/sth 无法将目光从……挪开；盯着……看

例：He was so handsome--I couldn't take my eyes off him.

他太英俊了——我无法将目光从他身上移开。

相关俚语：

①clap/lay/set eyes on sb./sth. 第一次看见，注意到

例：Everyone keeps talking about Patrick, but I've never clapped eyes on the man.

大家一直都在谈论帕特里克，可我从没见过这个人。

②have an eye for sth. 对……有鉴赏眼光

例：She has an eye for detail.

她观察敏锐，善于发现细节。

3.come at 向……逼近；扑向……

例：He came at me with a knife.

他拿着刀向我冲来。

常见搭配：

①come into sth. 继承

例：She came into a bit of money when her grandfather died.

祖父死后，她继承了一小笔钱。

②come under sth. 归……管；由……处理

例：Playground guidelines come under the Department of Health and Safety.

游乐场管理准则由卫生与安全部负责制定。

4.go down 下去，下沉

例：Everyone took to the lifeboats when the ship started to go down.

轮船开始下沉时，所有人都上了救生艇。

常见搭配：

①go into sth. 讨论；研究；描述

例：This is the first book to go into her personal life as well as her work.

这是第一本不仅深入研究她的作品而且还详细叙述她的个人生活的书。

②go up to sth. 到达；延伸到

例：The path going up to the back door is very muddy.

通向后门的小路很泥泞。

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