
英语短篇小说 | The Skylight Room 带天窗的房间 欧·亨利
First Mrs. Parker would show you the double parlours. You would not dare to interrupt her description of their advantages and of the merits of the gentleman who had occupied them for eight years.
First Mrs. Parker would show you the double parlours. You would not dare to interrupt her description of their advantages and of the merits of the gentleman who had occupied them for eight years.
英语单词 gerrymander (弄虚作假)由单词 gerry + mander 组成,是由美国州长埃尔布利•杰瑞( Elbridge Gerry )的姓氏和 salamander (蝾螈)组合而成的。
MAMZELLE AURLIE possessed a good strong figure, ruddy cheeks, hair that was changing from brown to gray, and a determined eye. She wore a man's hat about the farm, and an old blue army overcoat when it was cold, and sometimes top-boots.
rigid、strict与rigorous这些形容词均含“刻板的、严格的”之意。
antagonist
英 [ænˈtæɡənɪst] 美 [ænˈtæɡənɪst]
对立者、对抗者、对手、敌人
There was commotion in Roaring Camp. It could not have been a fight, for in 1850 that was not novel enough to have called together the entire settlement.
right与privilege这两个名词均含“权利”之意。
Greek gift 直译是“希腊人的礼物”,出自荷马史诗《奥德赛》以及古罗马杰出诗人维吉尔( Publius Virgilius Maro ,公元前70 - 前19年)的史诗《伊尼特》( Aeneis )中关于特洛伊城陷落经过的叙述。
symmetry
英 [ˈsɪmətri] 美 [ˈsɪmətri]
对称;相似、相仿、相等
四五世纪时,居住在古罗马帝国东部、北部的以日耳曼人为主体的各蛮族部落大举迁徙、入侵罗马。曾经无比强大的罗马帝国在蛮族势力的反复冲击下四分五裂。
genesis
英 [ˈdʒenəsɪs] 美 [ˈdʒenəsɪs]
[正式]开端、创始、起源;《创世记》(《圣经》首卷,描述上帝创造世界)
SATURDAY.--I am almost a whole day old, now. I arrived yesterday. That is as it seems to me. And it must be so, for if there was a day-before-yesterday I was not there when it happened, or I should remember it.
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