A small rusty stove stood opposite the bunk, its pipe lifting crookedly and precariously above the dry palmetto thatching.

一个生锈的小炉子立在床位对面， 它的管子歪歪斜斜地悬在干燥的棕榈茅草上。

Well, in a nutshell, thatching involves covering the beams or rafters --- the wooden skeleton of a roof with reeds or straw.

好吧，简而言之，茅草盖包括覆盖横梁或椽子——用芦苇或稻草覆盖屋顶的木制骨架。

With all these reasons to start thatching roofs again, --- wouldn't it be wonderful to see this disappearing craft return to popularity?

有了所有这些再次开始使用茅草屋顶的理由，---看到这种消失的工艺重新流行起来不是很好吗？

The only way to cover the other six ricks was by thatching them with straw，and this was a long and difficult job to do alone.

盖伯瑞尔离开谷仓，回到麦垛边，用农场上的遮盖布把其中两垛盖上。若想把其他六垛也盖起来，唯一的办法便是用稻草盖，可一个人单独干，既费时又费力。

The house was encrusted with heavy thatchings, which dropped between the upper windows; the front, upon which the moonbeams directly played, had originally been white; but a huge pyracanth now darkened the greater portion.

屋顶上铺了厚厚的茅草，垂挂在高处两扇窗户中间；月光直射在房子正面墙上，那墙本来是白色的，但有很大一部分让一棵大红果常青棘给遮暗了。

He went on thatching in a kind of dream. She had spoken more warmly to him tonight than she had ever done when she was unmarried and free to speak as warmly as she liked.

她消失在黑暗中。盖伯瑞尔像在梦幻中一样继续盖稻草。比起她未婚时和自由自在地热情交谈时，今晚她的态度可热情多了。

Out of Lake Monroe we began to see fishermen pulling seines every few miles along the river. Here and there was a camp. Once a palmetto thatching made a tip-tilted shelter and a startlingly pretty girl in overalls looked out with a placid face.

从门罗湖出来，我们开始看到渔民沿着河每隔几英里拉一次围网。到处都是营地。有一次，棕榈茅草搭成一个尖顶倾斜的避难所，一个身穿工装裤的漂亮女孩面容平静地向外张望。