Simply put, you take an observation about something and you exaggerate it way out of proportions.

简单来说，你把看到的东西夸张到超乎现实的地步。

They did not always venture even to ask this question, but took an observation of the cap, and judged accordingly.

很多时候他们甚至连这个问题也不敢问，而是通过观察帽子来作出相应的判断。

And, to the great amusement of the rest, Mac gravely adjusted his eyeglasses and took an observation.

而且，让其他人觉得很有趣的是， 麦克严肃地调整了眼镜并进行了观察。

'You take an observation at the top, I presume, and come down here to record your observations'.

“你在顶部进行观察， 我想，然后下来这里记录你的观察结果” 。

'I am afraid—the fact is, I wanted to take an observation at twenty minutes past two, ' began Swithin.

“恐怕——事实是，我想在两点二十分进行观察，”Swithin 开始说道。

Tom blew his smoke aside, after he had been smoking a little while, and took an observation of his friend.

汤姆抽了一会儿烟， 然后把烟吹到一边， 打量着他的朋友。

Taking the shortest way to the boathouse, he waited for them to appear, but no one came, and he went up the hill to take an observation.

他抄近路到船坞去，等候她们的出现，可是谁也没有来。他爬上小山去观察。

Beth took an observation of the new boys and decided that the lame one was not 'dreadful', but gentle and feeble, and she would be kind to him on that account.

贝丝观察了这两个新来的男孩，觉得那个瘸腿的并不“可怕”，而是温和无力的，因此她会善待他。