词汇学0chapter3.ppt

Bill weeded the garden. cut off weeds in the garden core an apple peel an orange dust a cap (c) to remove N. John braked the car. stopped the car with a brake screw the two pieces together elbow one’s way through the crowd (d) to do sth. with N. She mothered the orphan. (human n.) looked after the orphan like a mother Tom parroted what the boss had said. (animal n.) repeat sth. like a parrot The police shadowed the suspected spy. ( inanimate n.) follow the spy closely like a shadow (e) to act as N. Please cash this cheque for me. change this cheque into cash We can group animals into several types. She was orphaned when her parents died in a plane crash. (f) to make / change sth. into N. Will your please mail the parcel? sent the parcel by mail We bicycled to the Summer Palace. went to the Palace by bicycle (g) to send sth. / go by N. (h) We summered in Qingdao. spent summer in Qingdao to spend the period of time denoted by N. back Major types under v. → n. conversion (a) He had a desire to be a scientist. desired to be a… state of mind / sensation (b) His usual morning commute to work an act of commuting event /activity dynamic verbs This kind of nouns usually occur following verbs like give, have, make, or take, and are preceded by the indefinite article. (c) This little restaurant is quite a find. sth. found, esp. sth. valuable or pleasing object or result of v. (d) He is a great bore. He is a person who bores everyone. agent of v. (e) The cloth is a good cover for the table. I covered the table with a cloth. instrument of v. (f) This is the divide between the two rivers. This is the place where the two rivers divide. Place of V. (g) Those of phrasal verbs into nouns 仅仅两周后他就从大学辍学了。 He dropped out of college after only two week