The village was formed of semicircle huts.这个村庄是由半圆形的茅舍组成的.He indicated a semicircle with a radius of about thirty miles.他标示出了一个半径大约为30英里的半圆形。a semicircle of chairs摆成半圆形的椅子We sat in a semicircle facing the teacher.我们面对着老师...
他抱怨说英国广播公司播音员省略了他们的话。He complained about BBC announcers eliding their words.在这种情况下这动词可以省略.In this case the verb may be understood.房间里静得连(地上)掉根针都能听见. [用于sothat 结构,有时that可以省略]以便,为了,所以It is so quiet in the room that you can...
从一开始比分就成拉锯局面.The score had been seesawing from the very start.接着两名赛跑运动员就拉锯似地交替领先.Then the lead went seesaw between the two runners.她正在用一把钝刀拉锯般地切着面包.She was sawing the bread with a blunt knife....
He knew his place in the pecking order.他知道自己排老几。A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.一只知更鸟在地上啄食面包渣。It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find.时值冬季，麻雀啄食着能够找到的任何东西。...
The imminence of war was on everyone's mind.每个人都感受到了战争的迫近。But the very imminence of the emergency paralyzed his invention . Good!常言说得好,急中生智,可汤姆这回却束手无策,对,就这么办.The imminence of negotiations thus probably spurred rathe...
Burke cast a cursory glance at the menu, then flapped it shut.伯克匆匆地瞥了一眼菜单，然后啪地合上了。I let myself out into the street and pulled the door shut.我出门上街并拉上了门。The envelope has been tampered with and then taped shut again.信封被人动过手...