他是个大块头，结实得像棵橡树。He was a huge man, built like an oak tree.这也是张很不错的桌子，榆木的，很结实。It was a good table too, sturdily constructed of elm.如果土壤过干，植株可能会过早结实。If the soil dries out the plants may bolt....
轮子一边转动，制陶工人一边拉坯。As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay.把混合好的糊糊舀到饼干坯上，然后放入已预热的烤箱烘烤。Spoon the mixture on to the biscuit base and cook in a pre-heated oven.他用拉坯轮机把一团粘土加工成了一只碗.He throws a bowl from a ball of clay....
In fact, his business career had distinctly unpromising beginnings.事实上，他的经商生涯从初期就明显前景暗淡。Sydney Carton , idlest and most unpromising of men, was Stryver's great ally.西得尼·卡尔登,最懒散和最无望的人, 是史曲勒孚的大盟友.You always say that g...