A signal of distress
遇难信号
🧩 词语组成解析
signal
['sɪgnl]
n. 信号，暗号;预兆，征象;动机;导火线;
vt. 向…发信号;用动作（手势）示意;以信号告知;
vi. 发信号;
adj. 显著的，优越的;暗号的，作信号用的;
sign记号，信号+al表名词 → 信号
of
[əv]
prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成;
aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];
distress
[dɪ'strɛs]
n. 悲痛;危难，不幸;贫困;[法]扣押财物;
vt. 使痛苦，使忧伤;[法]扣押（财物）;使贫困;
di(apart)+stress(draw tight)→使痛苦；迫使；痛苦；忧愁；穷困
🗣️ 情景例句
Next time you are in town, drop me a line.
下次你在城里的时候给我写信吧。
My right arm hurts. It hurts right here.
我的右手臂受伤。 它恰好受伤在这里。
Before Annie Sullivan came to our house, one or two people had told my mother that I was simple-minded.
安妮·莎利文来到我们家之前，已有一两个人告诉我母亲，说我头脑简单。