He picked up the phone expecting to hear the chairman's gruff voice.他拿起电话，心想会听到主席粗哑的嗓音。a gruff manner粗暴的态度Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted.他外表冷漠，心地却十分善良。He could be gruff and monosyllab...
They sat on the clubhouse terrace, downing a round of drinks.他们坐在俱乐部会所的露台上，大口喝着别人请的饮料。He'd come into the clubhouse every day.他每天都会来俱乐部会所。The accommodation is some distance from the clubhouse, so a hire car comes in ...
Who has the brain and money to stage this smash and grab?谁有脑力和财力策划这场砸了就抢的案子?The gifted author wrote one smash after another.这个天才的作家创作了一篇又一篇轰动一时的作品。The demonstrators used trucks to smash through embassy gates...示威者用卡车撞开了使...
Community leaders want to strengthen controls at external frontiers.社区领导想要加强对小区外围的管理。Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world.人类行为所产生的影响远远超出人类世界的范围.They are highly interested in the front...
It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat.它会出钱雇农民开垦这块低矮丛林来种植麦子。The road winds for miles through parched earth, scrub and cactus.公路蜿蜒数英里，穿过炙烤的大地、灌木丛和仙人掌。The area was then colonized by scrub.后来这块地灌木丛生。...
The hut is in the midst of the forest.小屋在森林深处。Eleanor arrived in the midst of a blizzard.埃莉诺在暴风雪大作时到达。He rushed into the midst of the hooligans and laid about him fearlessly.他冲到那群恶棍中间,毫无畏惧地向四面八方乱打.I greatly esteem your m...
在诺丁汉我经历了自己在童话剧演出中最尴尬的时刻之一。I had one of my most embarrassing moments in panto in Nottingham.诺丁汉警方昨晚找到了他们声称的可疑包裹。Nottingham police last night found what they described as a suspicious package.起了疑心的爱好者揭发了这一勾当，警察在诺丁汉逮捕了一名男子。...
He sat on a tapestry cushion next to the hearth...他坐在壁炉边上的一块绣花软垫上。Jo had a book, Meg carried a cushion, Beth a basket and Amy a sketch book.乔带了本书, 梅格带著坐垫, 贝丝拿著篮子;艾美抱著本素描簿.He lay on the sofa with a cushion under his head....