养信鸽是他的业余爱好.Keeping carrier pigeons is his hobby.剑桥发出了召唤, 他象一只归来的信鸽似的作出响应.Cambridge had called; he had responded like a homing pigeon.一只信鸽被放出去递送消息.A homing pigeon was sent forth to carry the message....
History will characterise all these transactions as insane.历史将判定所有这些做法是属于疯狂行为.He works in an insane asylum.他在一家精神病院工作.He was a great entertainer but going insane.虽然他还是那样善于逗趣,但他的神经显然越来越不正常了.When the magnetics drop to zero...
This book has a foreword by the President.这本书有一篇总统作的序言.She has written the foreword to a book of recipes.她为一本食谱写了前言。That dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.那部词典有一篇序文, 不是前言....
This onomatopoeic word suggests to me the sound a mousetrap makes when it snaps shut.这个拟声词让我想起捕鼠夹子突然合上时的声音。Onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises.拟声词是用来模仿声音的.A word which imitates the sound of a thing or an action is...