Stockings, at one point, were regular old socks.

长袜一度是普通的旧袜子。

And people were already ditching their old dirty socks in favor of fancy stockings designed specifically for the season.

人们已经抛弃了他们旧旧的脏袜子，而选择了专门为这个季节设计的花式长袜。

I reached swiftly between the mattress and box spring to grab the knotted old sock that contained my secret cash hoard.

我飞快地伸出手，在床垫和盒子之间扒拉着，抓起了那只用来存放我的私房钱的打了结的旧袜子。

You have to pretend you are as limp as a sock, as an old crumpled sock.

你必须假装自己软得像只袜子， 像一只皱巴巴的旧袜子。

Well, your investigation better turn up more than Toby Cavanaugh's old gym socks.

希望你调查的不仅仅是托比·加瓦诺的几双旧袜子。

Andersen called a local veterinarian to get advice, and was told to cut old socks into T shirts for Tintin and to protect the open wound.

安徒生打电话给当地的兽医征求意见， 被告知要将旧袜子剪成丁丁的 T 恤， 并保护伤口。

Of course, his birthdays were never exactly fun -- last year, the Dursleys had given him a coat hanger and a pair of Uncle Vernon's old socks.

当然，他的生日从来都没有一点儿意思。去年德思礼夫妇送给他一个挂上衣的挂衣钩和弗农姨父的一双旧袜子。

Harry sniffed and a foul stench reached his nostrils, a mixture of old socks and the kind of public toilet no one seems to clean. And then they heard it, a low grunting, and the shuffling footfalls of gigantic feet.

哈利吸了吸鼻子，一股恶臭钻进他的鼻孔，那是一种臭袜子和从来无人打扫的公共厕所混合在一起的气味。接着他们听见了——一阵低沉的咕哝声和巨大的脚掌拖在地上走路的声音。