He slipped as he tried to waltz on the parquet floor.

他想在镶木地板上旋几个舞步，滑倒了。

The parquet floors shone like mirrors; highly polished silver was displayed in gleaming glass cabinets; even my uncle's huge collection of books was kept miraculously free from dust.

镶木地板洁如明镜，擦得发亮的银器陈列在明亮的玻璃柜里，连姑夫的大量藏书也保存得很好，奇迹般地一尘不染。

Then, quite suddenly, as if they had only just made up their minds that that was what they had to do, the men came gliding over the parquet.

然后，突然之间，好像他们只是刚刚下定决心， 那是他们必须做的， 男人们滑过镶木地板。

We were in a spacious, high-ceilinged hallway, with parquet flooring and a huge gilt mirror on the wall, a slew of white-card invitations jostling for space in its frame.

我们在一个宽敞、天花板很高的走廊里，铺着镶木地板， 墙上挂着一面巨大的镀金镜子， 镜框里挤满了一大堆白卡邀请函。

I passed a vast empty dining room, what looked like a guest bedroom and two closed doors, following the distant murmur of conversation, my feet soft on the parquet floor.

我经过一个空荡荡的大餐厅，看起来像一间客房和两扇紧闭的门， 随着远处低语的谈话声， 我的脚软软地踩在拼花地板上。

But on one of those early summer evenings in May that always come along bearing gentle promises about the summer ahead, she rolled up to him, the wheels leaving soft marks on the parquet floor.

但某个五月的夏夜傍晚，空气里预示着即将到来的盛夏模样，她来到他身边，轮椅在身后的地板上留下浅浅印记。