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They were odd, silent, nearly all old, and from the way they stared they looked as though they'd just come from dark little rooms or even—-even cupboards!
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他们古怪、沉默,几乎都很老。看他们睁大眼睛的样子,好像是刚从黑暗的小屋子里出来,甚至——甚至是刚从小橱柜里出来。 |
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They were of a respectable family in the north of England.
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他们属于北英格兰一个有名望的家庭。 |
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They were off to visit a friend of theirs.
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他们动身去拜访他们的朋友。 |
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They were often compelled to work twelve or fourteen hours a day.
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他们常常不得不每天工作12或14个小时。 |
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They were old second-class cars, but instead of cane seats or glass windowpanes that could be raised or lowered, they had wooden benches polished by the warm, unadorned bottoms of the poor.
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这是老式的二等车厢,但不是藤制座位和可以升降的玻璃挡板,其木头座位已经被穷人温暖、朴实的臀部磨得锃亮。 |
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They were on cloud nine.
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乐颠颠如处九重天极乐之境。 |
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They were on the upper floor, and from our window we could command a view of the avenue gate, and of the inhabited wing of Stoke Moran Manor House.
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它们在上层,我们从窗口可以看到街道进出口和斯托克默林宅第有人住的那一侧。 |
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They were on their way to the library.
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他们正要去图书馆。 |
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They were once considered life-line to spiritual and physical health and well-being.
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它们曾经被认为是身体和精神治疗的命脉,也是安乐剂。 |
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They were once friends, but now they are enemies.
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他们曾一度是朋友,而现在他们却是敌人了。 |
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They were only allowed to enter the hall after a body search by male and female security guards and police.
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他们经过男女保安和警察的搜身后才能进到厅中。 |