Grass's novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs.格拉斯的小说里充斥着稀奇古怪的人物：丑陋的怪人、小丑、稻草人和侏儒。...their conviction that the area was a frozen desert peopled with uncouth savages.他们深信...

A wave of superstitious fear spread among the townspeople.盲目的恐惧感在市民中蔓延。The townspeople received billets ordering them to lodge the regiment overnight.镇民接到命令,要为一团官兵提供一夜住宿.The flood cut the townspeople off from the rest of...