For half an hour I sat with straining ears.

我竖起耳朵坐了足足半个小时。

As she sat straining her ears toward town, a faint glow appeared above the trees.

她坐在那里侧耳倾听市区的声音，这时树顶上升起一片隐隐的火光，使她觉得奇怪。

Harry stood motionless, staring through the open doorway at the dark upstairs landing, straining his ears for further sounds, but none came.

哈利一动不动地站着，通过洞开的房门望着漆黑的楼梯平台，竖起耳朵捕捉动静，但再也没有听见任何声音。

All the time Laura and Mary strained their ears to hear the sound of wagon wheels.

劳拉和玛丽一直竖起耳朵听马车车轮的声音。

Elena, for the last time, strained her ears to listen: was not that the familiar voice floating up to her?

埃琳娜最后一次竖起耳朵听：那不是她熟悉的声音吗？

As the friends strain their ears to hear what was being said, a solitary gunshot echoed out across the nocturnal landscape.

当朋友们竖起耳朵想听清他们在说什么时，一声孤独的枪响在夜色中回荡。

For a long time Mammy strained her sharp ears but she could distinguish nothing except the clatter of silver on china, and the muffled soft tones of Melanie's voice.

于是，嬷嬷又侧耳细听了很久，但除了银餐具碰着瓷器的声音以及媚兰那模模糊糊的轻柔语调调外，仍然什么也听不清楚。

It did not come, and after vainly straining his ears he called out in a voice that shook with joy: " Hello, Matt" !

它没有来，在徒劳地竖起耳朵后，他用快乐颤抖的声音喊道：“你好，马特”！

Those who are always straining their ears for the call of the remote, to the neglect of the call of the imminent, are like Sakuntala[19] absorbed in the memories of her lover.

那些总是侧耳倾听远方的呼唤而忽视近在眼前的呼唤的人， 就像 Sakuntala[19] 沉浸在她爱人的回忆中一样。

A knot of heads gathered about her, and Amy strained her ears to hear what was going on, for broken sentences filled her with curiosity, and frequent peals of laughter made her wild to share the fun.

一大堆脑袋正围着她，艾米拼命竖起耳朵听他们在说些什么，因为听到的片言只语让她心中充满惊恐，那些圆睁的眼睛和高举的手臂折磨着她的好奇心，不时爆发的阵阵笑声又让她忍不住想一起去分享乐趣。

A gang of chattering girls separated Snape from James, Sirius and Lupin, and by planting himself in their midst, Harry managed to keep Snape in sight while straining his ears to catch the voices of James and his friends.

一群叽叽喳喳的女生把斯内普跟詹姆、小天狼星和卢平他们隔开了，哈利把自己安插在他们之间，设法不让斯内普脱离自己的视野，同时竖起耳朵倾听詹姆和他的朋友们的对话。