由於母親收藏了一整屋的唱片,湯姆小時候便有機會接觸各種類型的音樂。

Tom was exposed to a wide variety of music as a child through his mother's vast record collection.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 由於 yóu
  1. due to
  2. as a result of
  3. thanks to
  4. owing to
  5. since
  6. because
2 母親 qīn
  1. mother
  2. also pr. qin

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3 收藏 shōucáng
  1. to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark
  2. a collection
=4 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=4 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 liào unofficial variant of liào
5
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
6 zhěng
  1. (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly
  2. (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat
  3. (bound form) to put in order; to straighten
  4. (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate
  5. (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb
  6. (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
7
  1. (bound form) house
  2. (bound form) room
=8 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 唱片 chàngpiàn
  1. gramophone record
  2. LP
  3. music CD
  4. musical album

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10 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
11 小時候 xiǎoshíhou in one's childhood
=12 便 biàn
  1. plain
  2. informal
  3. suitable
  4. convenient
  5. opportune
  6. to urinate or defecate
  7. equivalent to jiù: then
  8. in that case
  9. even if
  10. soon afterwards
=12 便 pián
  1. used in 便宜 piányi
  2. used in 便便 piánpián
  3. used in 便嬛 piánxuān
13 有機 yǒu organic
=14 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=14 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=14 kuò only used in 會撮会撮
15 接觸 jiēchù
  1. to touch
  2. to contact
  3. access
  4. in touch with
16 各種 zhǒng every kind of; all kinds of; various
17 類型 lèixíng
  1. type; kind; category
  2. (computer programming) type
=18 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=18 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=18 really and truly
=18 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
19 音樂 yīnyuè music

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