for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
16个密封舱已有5个进水。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

watertight ['wɔtɚtaɪt]
adj. 不漏水的;水密的;防渗的;无懈可击的;
💡 water水+tight 紧的 → 防水的；无懈可击
"The case has to be made watertight."
案由必须做到无懈可击。
近义：hermetic, hermetical, impenetrable, leakproof, staunch, airproof 反义：leaky, pervious
sixteen [,sɪks'tin] 词频1
n. 十六，十六个;十六岁;十六点钟;十六的记号; num. 十六;第十六; adj. 十六的;十六个的;
"She is sixteen but has a mental age of five."
她十六岁，而智力年龄是五岁。
already [ɔl'rɛdi] 词频1 词根: al
adv. 早已，已经;先前;
💡 all(所有)+ready(准备):所有都准备好了- 已经
"He was already aboard the plane."
他已经登机了。
flooded
a. 洪水浸没的；浸没的, 淹没的；灌溉；充斥
近义：inundated, puddly, swamped, swampy, waterlogged 反义：arid, lean, moistureless, athirst, parched, barren
compartments
n. 隔间（ compartment的复数形式 ）

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

Some time ago, and interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea.
不久之前，在爱琴海的基亚岛上，考古工作者有一项有趣的发现。
Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines.
狱卒热切地观察着，急于想了解他的同事是否记熟了台词。
Most funny stories are based on comic situations.
大部分令人发笑的故事都是根据喜剧情节编写的。
Why people are prepared to tolerate a four-hour journey each day for the dubious privilege of living in the country is beyond me.
人们为什么情愿每天在路上奔波4个小时去换取值得怀疑的乡间的优点，我是无法理解的。
I often visited The Gables when I was boy.
我小时候常去“山墙庄园”作客。