英語學習筆記

While Lombard Street is definitely the crowd favorite, there are much steeper streets in San Francisco. Filbert St. and 22nd St. have sections of road while a grade of 31.5 degrees. Normally, most people would consider a hill of only 16 degrees steep. Vermont St. is also quite windy with 7 turns in only 270 feet. Parallel parking must be fun!

definite adj. 準確的；確切的
definitely adv.
crow n. 烏鴉
crowd vt. 擠滿
crown n.王冠
steep adj. 陡峭的；峭壁的
filbert n. 【植】榛樹
consider vt. 考慮；細想, 相信；以為
grade n. (等級、品質、次第等的)一級；一等, 分數
windy adj. 微風的；風所形成的, 誇張的
parallel adj. 平行的
parallel parking 併排停車

cable car
telescope 望遠鏡
butterfly
cactus 仙人掌
baby stroller 嬰兒車
ball of yarn 毛線球
arrow 箭, 箭頭記號(圖表中用以指示方向者)
feather 羽毛
antenna n. 【蟲】觸角；觸鬚, 【無線】天線

They call Lombard the "crookedest street in the world". The hill's natural slope of 27 degrees would be to steep for many cars, so 8 sharp turns (or switchbacks) were added to climb the 412 feet. This makes for an incredibly twisty road with a speed limit of only 5 mph, by necessity. I'm pretty sure I'd be sick if I tired driving any faster than that.

Lombard n.倫巴底人；倫巴底民族之後裔
steep adj. 陡峭的；峭壁的
steep vt. 沾；浸
crooked adj. 彎的；屈曲的
crooked=twisted=awry=askew
slope n. 斜線；斜面
incredibly adj. 不足信的；難以置信的
twisty  vt. 絞, 扭歪；曲解 n. 纏繞；搓絞