Vocabulary: 第9章 最后一英里
from 贝佐斯传
- 挖x2 | Chapter Rank #698to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
- 时候x4 | Chapter Rank #371time; length of time; moment; period
- 父母x3 | Chapter Rank #483father and mother; parents
- 把x13 | Chapter Rank #107handleto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- 装x1 | Chapter Rank #1203adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack
- 一辆x2 | Chapter Rank #699
- 英尺x1 | Chapter Rank #1204foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
- 长x3 | Chapter Rank #484long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- 卡车x5 | Chapter Rank #289truck; CL:輛|辆[liang4]
- 拖车x4 | Chapter Rank #372to tow; towed vehicle; towing vehicle
- 里x13 | Chapter Rank #108lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 搬x2 | Chapter Rank #700to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately
- 佛罗里达州x1 | Chapter Rank #1205Florida
- 杰克逊x1 | Chapter Rank #1206Jackson (name); Jackson city, capital of Mississippi
- 维尔x2 | Chapter Rank #701
- 郊区x2 | Chapter Rank #702Jiao District or Jiaoqu, a district of Tongling City 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2 ling2 Shi4], Anhui; Jiao District or Jiaoqu, a district of Jiamusi City 佳木斯市[Jia1 mu4 si1 Shi4], Heilongjiang; Jiao District or Jiaoqu, a district of Yangquan City 陽泉市|阳泉市[Yang2 quan2 Shi4], Shanxi; Jiao District or Jiaoqu, a district of Changzhi City 長治市|长治市[Chang2 zhi4 Shi4], Shanxisuburban district; outskirts; suburbs
- 开x2 | Chapter Rank #703to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- 一家x9 | Chapter Rank #157the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
- 店x1 | Chapter Rank #1207inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store
- 母亲x2 | Chapter Rank #704mother
- 高中x1 | Chapter Rank #1208senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
- 得x11 | Chapter Rank #126used in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need toto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 癌症x1 | Chapter Rank #1209cancer
- 为了x8 | Chapter Rank #180for; for the purpose of; in order to
- 少x1 | Chapter Rank #1210few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldomyoung
- 让x22 | Chapter Rank #57to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 烦心x1 | Chapter Rank #1211annoying; vexing
- 先是x1 | Chapter Rank #1212
- 找到x5 | Chapter Rank #290to find
- 一份x4 | Chapter Rank #373
- 顾客x1 | Chapter Rank #1213customer; client; CL:位[wei4]
- 工作x24 | Chapter Rank #54to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- 后来x14 | Chapter Rank #99afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 又x6 | Chapter Rank #238(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 去x11 | Chapter Rank #127to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 今天x1 | Chapter Rank #1214today; the present time; now
- 倒闭x1 | Chapter Rank #1215to go bankrupt; to close down
- 连锁x2 | Chapter Rank #705to interlock; to be linked; chain (store etc)
- 瑟x1 | Chapter Rank #1216a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
- 维斯x1 | Chapter Rank #1217
- 商店x2 | Chapter Rank #706store; shop; CL:家[jia1]
- 这些x28 | Chapter Rank #39these
- 经验x2 | Chapter Rank #707experience; to go through; to experience
- 接手x1 | Chapter Rank #1218to take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)
- 管理x10 | Chapter Rank #142to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 另一家x2 | Chapter Rank #708
- 实体x1 | Chapter Rank #1219entity; substance; thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence); the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it)
- 零售商x3 | Chapter Rank #485retailer; shopkeeper; retail merchant
- 派x3 | Chapter Rank #486used in 派司[pa1 si5](literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pie
- 很大x5 | Chapter Rank #291