他边听边点头，还吸着一支粗短的烟斗。He nodded and puffed on a stubby pipe as he listened.他抽了口烟斗，摇了摇头。He took a puff on his pipe and shook his head.房间内有烟斗烟丝的淡淡馨香。The room held the faint, sweet odour of pipe tobacco....
He's a big shot in Chilean politics.他是智利政坛的风云人物。German synthetic nitrates knocked out Chilean nitrate mining after 1920.1920年以后,德国合成硝酸盐给了智利硝石开采当头一棒.I was not deeply engaged in Chilean matters.我本人亦未过细研究智利问题....
He was short and stocky, and had a thick neck.他矮壮结实，脖子很粗。He is stocky though not chubby.他长得敦实,可并不发胖.He always feels ashamed for his short, stocky figure.他矮壮的体形总是让他觉得羞愧。...