meth(meta-=after)+od(way)→方法;体系;秩序(=a way after,a following after)
🗣️ 情景例句
It was a pleasant surprise.
那是个惊喜。
I want to make a long distance phone call.
我是想打个长途电话。
She always referred to them as 'the shifting population', for they came and went with such frequency that I never even got a chance to learn their names.