对洪水的预测并不是一门精确科学。Forecasting floods is not an exact science.他们在房屋周围堆沙袋以抵御洪水的侵袭。They sandbagged their homes to keep out floods.据说,那里遭受了一场大洪水的袭击.It is said that there has been a big flood....
The plates and glassware were rimmed with gold.这些盘子和玻璃器皿都镶着金边。They can be bought at any glassware shop .可在任何一家玻璃器皿店中买到。There was a great deal of breakage in that shipment of glassware.那批玻璃器皿损坏了很多....
她母亲数了数编织针上的针数。Her mother counted the stitches on her knitting needles.编织紧密的布最适合作画。Fabrics with a close weave are ideal for painting.她在诗中编织着奇思妙想。She weaves imaginative elements into her poems....
Duncan Campbell is nationally known for his investigative work.邓肯·坎贝尔因其调查工作闻名全国。We rang Duncan to ask where he was going on holiday.我们打电话给邓肯，问他要去哪里度假。Jim lives further down the road than Duncan.吉姆比邓肯住在这条街更远的地方....