一分钟英语趣问答 71

Find the homophones in this sentence: "Daisy ate a piece of cake at half past eighrt."

译句：  找出下列句子中的同音异义词：“黛西在八点半时吃了一块蛋糕。”（答案附在文末）

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homophone/'hɑməfon/  n. 同音异义词

[例句]：

• Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both.

发音相同，但拼写和意思不同的两个单词是同音异义词。

•  The next homophone is which and witch.

下一组同音异义词是which和witch。

•  The first homophones are affect and effect.

第一组同音异义词是affect和effect。

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a piece of cake  一块蛋糕，轻松的事

[例句]：

• Would you like a piece of cake?

你想尝块蛋糕吗？

• It's a piece of cake.

小菜一碟。     

• It's going to be a piece of cake.

这种事不费吹灰之力。

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答案：  at，eight

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