Mary. I wish we had the tallow candles of England.
希望我们有英国的牛油蜡烛。
单词 | Tallow Candle |
释义 |
Tallow Candle
原声例句
美国小学英语4 Mary. I wish we had the tallow candles of England. 希望我们有英国的牛油蜡烛。 欧也妮·葛朗台 One tallow candle sufficed the family for the evening. 一支牛脂蜡烛足以让一家人度过一个晚上。 马克·吐温短篇小说集 The placing of these millions added seriously and most uncomfortably to the family expenses--in tallow candles. 数以百万计的钱花在牛油蜡烛上, 严重地增加了家庭的开支, 也让他们很不自在。 雾都孤儿(原版) He bore in his right hand a tallow candle stuck in the end of a cleft stick. 他右手拿着一根插在劈开的棍子末端的牛油蜡烛。 为女权辩护(下) And, that, without virtue, a sexual attachment must expire, like a tallow candle in the socket, creating intolerable disgust. 而且,如果没有美德,性依恋必定会过期,就像插座中的牛油蜡烛一样,造成无法忍受的厌恶。 欧也妮·葛朗台 " Mamma, " she said, " my cousin will never bear the smell of a tallow candle; suppose we buy a wax one" ? “妈妈,”她说,“我的表妹绝对受不了牛脂蜡烛的味道;我们买一根蜡蜡烛吧”? 七角楼(上) There was likewise a square box of pine-wood, full of soap in bars; also, another of the same size, in which were tallow candles, ten to the pound. 还有一个松木方盒,里面装满了皂条。还有一个同样大小的,里面有牛油蜡烛,每磅十支。 冰与火之歌:群鸦的盛宴(中英对照) " I know what I saw. The light was queer and bright, much brighter than any beeswax or tallow candle. It cast strange shadows and the flame never flickered, not even when a draft blew through the open door behind me" . " 我看到什么自己很清楚。那支蜡烛发出的光线古怪又明亮,比蜂蜡或牛油蜡烛明亮得多。它投射出奇特的影子,而且从不闪烁,即使有风从敞开的门里吹进来。" 欧也妮·葛朗台 For a long time the miser had given out the tallow candle to his daughter and la Grande Nanon just as he gave out every morning the bread and other necessaries for the daily consumption. 很长一段时间以来,守财奴一直把牛油蜡烛送给他的女儿和 la Grande Nanon,就像他每天早上分发面包和其他日常消费品一样。 为奴十二年 The cotton coat has been washed clean, the stump of a tallow candle has been applied to the shoes, and if so fortunate as to possess a rimless or a crownless hat, it is placed jauntily on the head. 棉大衣洗得干干净净,牛油蜡烛的残头点在鞋上, 有幸有一顶无边无冠的帽子, 得意地戴在头上。
英语百科
The Tallow Candle"The Tallow Candle" (Danish:Tællelyset) is a 700-word literary fairytale by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). It was written in the 1820s, making it one of his earliest works and his first known work in the fairytale genre, but its existence was apparently unknown to scholars or the public for almost two centuries. A copy of the manuscript was discovered in a filing box in the National Archives of Funen in October 2012. |
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