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马在路上小跑着。 The horse trotted down the road.
发言共占去三小时. The speeches occupied three hours.
我儿子上小学三年级. My son's in the third grade.
一小时之内我就会到。 I'll be coming within an hour.
他住在一个舒适的小屋里。 He lives in a cosy little room.
整个工作只需要半个小时。 The whole job only takes half an hour.
这个小男孩能够数到一千。 The little boy can count up to a thousand.
这个小男孩跑去找他的哥哥。 The little boy ran off to get his brother.
小女孩立志要做一名科学家。 The young girl aspired to be a scientist.
他们通过一条小路爬到山上。 They climbed up the mountain through a defile.
我对座次表作了小小的调整。 I've made a few minor adjustments to the seating plan.
把面包切成小片，然后给我两片。 Cut the bread into small rounds and give me two.
他每天早晨花两个小时练习赛跑。 Every morning he spent two hours training for the race.
他用一把小刀把自己的名字刻在墙上。 He scratched his name on the wall with a knife.
步行了四个小时以后，我们开始累了。 After walking for four hours we were beginning to flag.
辛苦工作了四个小时后，他觉得非常饿。 He felt very hungry after four-hours' hard work.
她的小说我都喜欢, 最新的一部尤其好. I like all her novels, but her latest is particularly good.
工作了十五个小时之后，我开始感到累了。 After working for fifteen hours I began to tire.
旅行社的那位小姐告诉我下午一点开门. The lady at the tourist office told me it opened at 1 pm.
那个小男孩第一次会将汉字慢慢地读出来。 That boy can spell out the Chinese for the fast time.
现在的时装和我还是小女孩时候流行的样子很不一样了。 Fashions have changed a lot since I was a little girl.
她以简练的风格写小说。 She writes novels with economical style.
小偷跳上汽车逃走了。 The thief jumped into a car and made his escape.
这个小村庄离城市很远。 This hamlet is distant from the town.
他太小气，不肯请我们吃饭。 He's too mean to buy us a meal.
别忘了给服务员小费. Please remember (ie Don't forget to tip) the waiter.
数小时后, 他清醒过来。 It was many hours before he came back to life.
小猫喝了牛奶，又洗了脸。 The little cat drank its milk and washed its face.
他用一张小的王牌吃了我的A牌。 He took my ace with a low trump.
电话在底楼的小书房里。 The telephone was in the little study on the ground floor.
我们明天早晨进行一个小测验。 We will have a quiz tomorrow morning.
小男孩的手指让墨水给染脏了。 The little boy stained his fingers with ink.
老师给小学生布置了假期作业。 The teacher gave the children holiday tasks.
他花了半个小时做完这项工作。 It took him half an hour to finish the work.
她把杯子小心地放在架子边。 She carefully positioned the cup on the edge of the shelf.
我出生在河北省的一个小村庄。 I was born in a small village in Hebei Province.
狮子一走近，小动物们都跑开了。 The lion's approach drove away the small animals.
小学教育受地方政府的保护。 Primary education comes under the umbrella of local government.
她送我的纪念品很小而且不值钱。 The keepsake she gave me is small and not very costly.
这部小说引起了千万读者的想象。 The novel captured the imagination of thousands of readers.
看到这个小女孩哭起来，他的心软了。 His heart melted when he saw the little girl crying.
父亲给我买了一只小狗作为生日礼物。 My father bought me a puppy as a birthday gift.
那小猫爬到树上却不敢下来。 The little cat climbed to the top of the tree and became afraid to get down.
她工作的时候就把小儿子送到托儿所。 She sent her little son to a nursery when she was working.
在我祖父看来，我爸爸仍然是个小孩。 It seems to my grandfather that my father is still a child.
我舒适地靠在大沙发上，开始看小说。 I nestled down on the big sofa and began to read novels.
骑士们在小酒店里会合，讨论他们的计划。 The knights met in the tavern to discuss their plan.
这个小男孩因为结巴不敢回答老师的问题。 The boy dare not answer the questions because of his stammer.
最小的儿童上一年级, 最大的上六年级. The youngest children are in the first form, the oldest in the sixth form.
开往北京的火车将于半小时后从三站台开出。 The train to Beijing will depart from platform 3 in half an hour.
这个小女孩因为斜视不敢在公共场合露面。 The little girl dares not to appear in public because she is cross-eyed.
我一想到要对这样的听众讲话，就有些胆小。 I was rather daunted by the thought of addressing such an audience.
盒式音像带上有个小窗, 能看见里面的磁带. There is a little window in the cassette case so that you can see the tape.
那些喜欢和他一起踢足球的小男孩都把他当作叔叔。 He is uncle to all the little boys who like to play football with him.
我们送给那个可怜的小女孩一份生日礼物作为友谊的表示。 We sent the poor girl a birthday present in token of friendship.
因为缺乏一名运动员我们只好叫这个小男孩做我们的队员。 In the default of one player we have to take the little boy as our team member.
小孩有柔软的身体。 Little babies have lithe bodies.
小女孩在河里淹死了。 The little girl drowned in the river.
她太小了，不能骑脚踏车。 She is too little to ride a bicycle.
这本杂志登载优秀的小说。 This magazine published excellent stories.
我昨晚喝了一小瓶白兰地。 I drank a miniature bottle of brandy last night.
他们在碎石小径上散步。 They went out for a walk on the gravelled path.
这小镇上什么事也没发生过。 Nothing ever happens in this town.
他点燃了生日蛋糕上的小蜡烛。 He lit the candles on the birthday cake.
这个小镇很适宜于一位青年医生安家。 The town is a good location for a young doctor.
警察在小偷的家里发现了一些被盗的财物。 The police found some stolen property in the thief's house.
我们只能做些较小的让步，但这就可能打破僵局。 We can only make minor concessions, but it might break the deadlock.
第一只小鸟醒来了，男孩还能听见珍珠鸡在他的前边叫着。 The first bird woke and the boy could hear the guinea-fowl calling ahead of him.
小溪突然转向东流。 The stream takes a sudden bend to the east.
老鹰抓住小鸡飞走了。 The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.
那种浅底小船叫小舟。 The small shallow boat is called a cockle.
胶囊里充满了可溶的小颗粒。 The capsule is filled with small soluble cases.
他一转旋钮，声音就变小了。 As he turned the knob, the sound diminished.
小孩穿着紧绷的靴子很难受。 The child was uncomfortable in his tight boots.
飞机以每小时900公里的速度飞行。 The airplane flies at 900 kilometers an hour.
那个害羞的小男孩遇到陌生人就紧张。 The bashful boy was nervous with strangers.
首先，要向杯子里放一小片锌板。 You should first put a small piece of zinc plate into the cup.
这栋房子周围有几个小男孩在晃荡。 There are several young boys loitering around the building.
别看这辆汽车小, 里面还比较宽敞. Considering the smallness of the car, it is relatively roomy inside.
木匠量了一下棚屋的尺寸, 立刻估计出它的大小。 The carpenter ran his ruler over the shed and sized it up at once.
小手鼓一种用手敲击的鼓，连结在一起声调和谐的一对中的一个 One of a pair of connected tuned drums that are played by beating with the hands.
小姐, 别对我这麽傲慢! Don't get uppish with me, young lady!
我养了一些小鸡当宠物。 I breed some chicks for pets.
她把画儿上的一小部分擦乾净了. She cleaned a small segment of the painting.
这只小动物有一双淡褐色的眼睛。 This small animal has a pair of hazel eyes.
车朝我开过来时约翰叫道:"小心!" "Look out!" Jone called as the car came towards me.
送小孩上学的重担又推给了我！ I got saddled with taking the children to school again!
你认为她的小说属于文学类，还是其它类? Would you classify her novels as serious literature or other?
在大家到齐之後两小时，她终於姗姗来到。 She finally drifted in two hours after everyone else.
你弟弟小小的年龄竟高出你一大截，真令人恼火！ How maddening to have your younger brother tower over you, at his age, too!
我那趟班机误点了, 我只好看书消磨时间[打发了两小时]. My flight was delayed, so I killed time/killed two hours reading a book.
史密斯小姐（去年访问了中国）打算嫁给爱尔伯特先生。 Miss Smith( who visited china last year) is going to marry Mr. Abbott.
我基本上同意你的建议, 但是有几个小问题有待商榷. Basically I agree with your proposals, but there are a few small points I'd like to discuss.
一个小男孩在街上拦住了我，问道；“先生，现在几点了？” A little boy stopped me in the street and asked me, "What's the time, mister?"
“Micro”这个词的意思是“小”，Microclimate＂是指小区域里的气候条件。 Micro means small, and microclimate refers to the climate conditions over a small area.
小学生们正在放假。 School children are on vacation.
她从小就学会了织布. She had been taught to weave as a child.
他个子小但身体很健康。 He was small and healthily built.
家庭是社会最小的单位。 The family is the smallest social unit.
我的小女儿像天使一样可爱。 My little daughter is as lovely as an angel.
当然，我们从小学就是朋友了。 Sure. We are friends since primary school.
那小男孩在父母身边感到安心。 The little boy felt secure near his parents.
我在谈话中当然会十分小心的。 I'll certainly be most discreet in my conversation.
小男孩喜欢在书页空白边上做笔记。 The little boy likes to make notes in the margin of books.
她的第一部小说一问世，便使她一举成名。 She won her overnight fame by her first novel.
现在很多小孩都可以说是少年老成了。 Now many children can be called young but experienced.
自从我上次离开这里以来，这小城已变得认不出来了。 The town has altered out of all recognition since I was last here.
自从我上次离开这里以来，这小城已经变得认不出来了。 The town has altered out of all recognition since I was last there.
小羊在田野里跳跃。 Lambs skipped in the field.
他靠写小说维生。 He earned his bread by writing novels.
六十分等于一小时。 Sixty minutes is equal to an hour.
但愿有草地与小羊。 I wish there were meadows and lambs.
我们把小麦磨成面粉。 We grind up the wheat to make flour.
她往瓶子里插了些小花。 She arranged some flowerets in the vase.
小时是时间的一个量度单位。 An hour is a measure of time.
她把那小鸟握在掌心里. She held the small bird in the hollow of her hand.
他们正在把小麦磨成面粉。 They are grinding wheat into flour.
小孩们在沙堆里挖了一个地道。 The kid dug a tunnel in the sand.
小猫把那个盒子当做它的床。 The kitten uses that box as its bed.
小船稳稳地顺著运河突突地航行. The boat chugged along the canal.
不幸的小伙子啊, 他刚刚死了妻子. Poor chap, his wife has just died.
这所小学附属于一所大学。 This elementary school is affiliated to a university.
自从他是小孩时，他就喜欢狗。 He has liked dogs since he was a child.
这个小女孩不太善于做加法。 The little girl is not very clever at addition.
那小女孩把鼻子贴在窗户上。 The child pressed her nose against the window.
你必须提前两小时到达机场。 You must arrive at the airport two hours early.
他切菜时不小心割破了手指。 He sliced his finger by accident when cutting vegetables.
他决定开一间小规模杂货店。 He has decided to open a grocer store in a small way.
有人关照我，要我小心别伤害他。 I was told to beware lest I injure him.
他给了我一个小册子记录电话号码。 He gave me a pamphlet for my call numbers.
那个专门小组被选中参加讨论。 The panel was chosen to take part in discussion.
这种小麦可以在寒冷的春天生长。 This strain of wheat can grow during a cold spring.
这些东西的区别只是大小不同而实质一样. They differ in size but not in kind.
我们时间很紧, 只好胡乱吃了顿小吃. We were in a hurry so we had to make do with a quick snack.
我们可以在话剧开演前一小时去取票. We can pick up the tickets an hour before the play begins.
虽然我倒油时很小心, 但还是洒了一些. Although I poured it carefully, I spilt some of the oil.
印刷字体太小，我不带眼镜就看不清。 The print is too small for me to read without glasses.
这些别有风味的小蛋糕是该地的特产。 These small spiced cakes are a peculiarity of the region.
他的家乡只是地图上一个不起眼的小城。 His hometown is an insignificant city on the map.
他用绳子打个圈，套在这头小公牛的角上。 He looped the rope around the steer's horns.
一定要先看清小号字体印刷部分再签字. Make sure you read all the small print before signing.
他下决心每天要读一小时有益读物。 He made a resolution to read something profitable for one hour every day.
她离开小岛而在法国的大都市中成名。 She left the small island and became famous in metropolitan France.
这个小女孩太可爱了，我把她叫做小精灵。 The little girl is so lovely that I call her a sprite.
我上司让我给这位新网球冠军写篇小传。 My boss asked me to write a profile for the new tennis champion.
在赛跑时让年龄小的男生提早了10秒钟起跑. The smaller boys were given a start of 10 seconds in the race.
电脑控制板上有许多小灯和电子设备。 There are many lights and electrical instruments on the computer console.
我这篇小说中所有的地点和人物都是虚构的. All the places and characters in my novel are entirely fictitious.
我们前面的那辆汽车突然转入左边的小路上去了. The car in front of us suddenly branched off to the left.
她最近的一部小说在出版当年就印行了三次. Her last novel ran into three reprints in its first year of publication.
她的最新小说尽管广为宣传, 结果还是彻底失败. Despite all the publicity, her latest novel was a complete flop.
我们每人各据一间小小的办公室，与其他人分隔开。 Each of us is boxed off( from the others)in his own little office.
这个小男孩沿着草地的边上走，小心不踩到地里。 The little boy walked along the grass verge, trying not to step into the field.
从一间屋子的量度可以推断出整座建筑物的大小. One can extrapolate the size of the building from the measurements of an average room.
这工作的附加福利包括一辆小汽车和免费健康保险。 The fringe benefits of this job include a car and free health insurance.
好长时间，我妈妈和我嫂子一直争论这样小的细节问题。 My mother and my sister-in-law have been arguing about such minor details for a long time.
我丈夫想买一条小狗，但我得照料它，因此我坚持不同意。 My husband wanted to buy a puppy, but I would have to look after it so I put my foot down and said No.
那个小男孩不得不按吩咐的去做，否则他哥哥要将他痛打一顿。 The little boy had to do as he was told or his brother would have knocked him into the middle of next week.
当一束光线穿进暗淡的房间时，我们可以看到空气中有许多小颗粒在飞舞。 We can see many molecules flying in the air when a sunbeam penetrated the dark room.
他从前写过一些成功的小说，但在最近的一部中他才真正充分发挥了自己的特长。 He wrote successful novels before, but he really come into his own with the latest one.
无核的小水果容易压烂. Soft fruit squashes easily.
该雕像大小为实体的两倍。 The statue is twice life-size.
这部小说里的叙述比对话多. The novel contains more narrative than dialogue.
他强调小心驾驶的重要性。 He emphasized the importance of careful driving.
哼一哼你喜爱的曲子的开头几个小节. Hum the opening bars of your favourite tune.
家庭小商业遭到大公司的吞并. Small family businesses are often gobbled up by larger firms.
如果你不把煤气调小一点，肉就要焦了。 The meat will scorch if you don't lower the gas.
风猛烈地刮了一整天后，日落后变小了。 The wind was strong all day, but it moderated after sunset.
老人们为电影和小说的大胆感到震惊。 The old people is shocked by the new freedom in movies and novels.
小女孩失去了平衡，从平衡木上摔了下来。 The girl lost her balance and fell off the balance beam.
这些小学生尚未学会正确使用标点符号. The children have not yet learned to punctuate correctly.
那部新出版的美国小说是市场上的畅销货。 The newly published American novel sold like hot cakes.
在有关钱的问题上，我总是尽量小心谨慎。 Where money is concerned, I always try to be very careful.
仿佛一件小事引起了一连串连锁反应似的。 It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions.
彼得是我们最小的孩子, 我们另外还有三个孩子. Peter is our youngest child, and we have three others besides.
一位空中小姐走过来，问他是否想要些饮料。 An air stewardess came and asked him if he would like some drink.
当小男孩走到汽车前面时，汽车司机按响了喇叭。 The driver blew his horn when the child stepped in front of the car.
小女孩凝视着在篮子里互相翻来滚去的小猫。 The little girl stared at the little cats tumbling over each other in their basket.
他目送着列车驶去，直到它成了远方的一个小黑点。 He watched the train away until it was only a dot in the distance.
哪怕是出了再小的差错，老板也会对他横加斥责。 His boss will jump on every little mistake he makes, no matter how trivial.
把路上的耽搁算进去, 你要用半小时才能到车站. It will take you half an hour to get to the station, allowing for traffic delays.
堤岸，小路高出的堤岸或小路，如沿着一条沟渠的堤岸或小路 A raised bank or path, such as one along a canal.
把全部家具都塞进那个小房间是很费了一番心思的。 It took some ingenuity to squeeze all the furniture into the little room.
这些被警察抓住的犯罪分子只是些小鱼，他们的头子却跑掉了。 These criminals arrested by the police are only minnows, their leader has escaped.
那一群说三道四的常客们聚集在小酒店里，议论那对医生夫妇。 The regulars are holding a mother's meeting down at the pub to discuss the news about the doctor and his wife.
只要有好的服务，小型的汽车旅馆会继续吸引那些宁愿住小旅馆而不住大旅馆的人。 As long as good service is provided the small motels will continue to have people who choose to stay there rather than in large motels.
寓言一种通常短小的故事，用来表示启发或谨慎的观点，常利用说话或有人的行为的动物为角色 A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like human beings.
小心得肺炎。 Take care of getting pneumonia.
她娇弱的身体需要小心照料。 Her delicate health needs great care.
他把小屋的阁楼当作阅读室。 He made the attic in the small house a reading room.
图画里有一间带篱笆的小房子。 There is a house with wattle fence in the picture.
他总是小心翼翼地按规章办事。 He's always careful to do things by the book.
牛群踩出了一条通往池塘的小径。 The cattle had trodden a path to the pond.
他在敌人面前胆小如鼠，真是可鄙。 His cowardice in face of the enemy was contemptible.
她不断修改自己的小说以使其趋于完善。 She matured her novel by constant revision.
导弹有极微小的偏斜也可能酿出大祸. The smallest deflection of the missile could bring disaster.
在市区线以内车速不能超过每小时35英里 Cars cannot exceed35 miles per hour within city limits.
这个瘦小软弱的孩子成为全班嘲笑的对象。 The small weak child became the scorn of the class.
小女孩把贝壳穿成一串，戴在脖子上。 The little girl threaded the shells together and wore them round her neck.
那个小男孩在他母亲身边跳跳蹦蹦地往前走。 The little boy skipped along at his mother's side.
一个厨房里的小火炉就会把整个房子都熏黑。 One small fire in the kitchen will cover the whole house in soot.
遵照指示, 警察在展览会期间警戒小偷。 The police have been instructed to keep an eye out for pickpockets at the fair.
小船一种小划艇，尤指从船到岸渡运供应品 A small rowboat, especially one used to ferry supplies from ship to shore.
沿着屏幕的底部排列所有最小化的应用程序。 Arrange the icon of all minimize application across the bottom of the screen.
将某人的收入分至四年从而使税赋降至最小程度 Average one's income over four years so as to minimize the tax rate.
麦克插手阻止两个小伙子打架，结果他俩都迁怒于他。 Mike stepped in to stop a fight between two lads and they both turned on him.
鹦鹉螺是种小型海洋动物。 Nautilus is a small sea animal.
小羊羔在田野里跳跃嬉戏。 The lambs were capering about in the fields.
这座小教堂於1880年举行献堂礼. The chapel was dedicated in 1880.
向女神祭献了一头牺牲小牛. A calf was offered up as a sacrifice to the goddess.
产量的大小在於我们努力的程度. How much is produced depends on how hard we work.
他们在崎岖不平的乡村小路上走着。 They walk on the rugged country road.
她的小说描写的是伦敦现代的生活。 Her novel depicts life in modern London.
小孩跑进街道时，司机猛然煞车。 The driver stopped short when the children ran into the street.
孩子们让小丑的滑稽动作逗得哈哈大笑. The children laughed with glee at the clown's antics.
这只鸟的头顶上有一小簇红色的羽毛。 The bird has a tuft of red feathers on top of its head.
小偷被逮住了，但他的同伙却逃之夭夭。 The thief was arrested, but his confederate escaped.
我那套狄更斯小说只差一卷就能配齐了. I only need one volume to complete my set of Dickens's novels.
有命令要我们必须在一小时内挖好战壕。 Orders came that we should spade the trench in an hour.
夏天那条小河的水量减少，成了涓涓溪流。 The stream is reduced to a mere trickle in summer.
这小孩子要表明对大人的憎恨就难免受罚。 The child cannot express his hatred of adults with impunity.
他是个不错的小伙子, 但好像没有什麽进取心. He's a nice enough lad, but he doesn't seem to have much gumption.
那麽说是你把金属线穿过那个小孔的了, 真灵巧! So you fitted that wire through that little hole there: that's very ingenious!
一个小贼在黑暗的街上拦住玛丽，把她的钱包拿走了。 A thief stopped Mary on a dark street and made off with her wallet.
他小心翼翼地沿著突出的檐向那惊惶失措的男孩靠近。 He eased himself along the ledge to reach the terrified boy.
由于严重的干旱，今年均小麦产量从1000吨减到800吨。 Because of the serious drought, the wheat output this year decreased from1000 tons to800 tons.
他们原来想买一所大房子，後来不得不降低要求买一所较小的。 They had to lower their sights and buy a smaller house than they would have liked.
这个魁梧的男人穿着同样的衣服，在他那馅饼盘大小的手里捧着另外一只小猫。 The huge man was wearing the same clothes and carrying another kitten in his pie plate hand.
减少元件和电路的几何尺寸，以达到增加电路的封装密度、减少功耗和减小信号传播延迟的目的。 The reduction in size of components and circuits for increasing package density and reducing power dissipation and signal propagation delays.
如果病人住在公用病房里。很少有护士经过时不为他们做点小事情。这是护士的一项传统，即提供“亲切关怀护理”（TLC），亦即为病人提供持续不断的细小服务。 If patients are in an open ward, few nurses will pass them by without doing some little thing for them. It is in a nurse's tradition to give what is called"TLC", tender loving care, some constant little service to the sick.
显然，美国运通在罗宾逊离开以后将成为较小的公司。可能出售它的希尔森·里曼兄弟公司，放弃成为“财务超级市场”的梦想。公司的作风也可能改变－从一个贵族和官僚作风的帝国变成一个较为实事求是的公司。 Clearly, AmEx will be a smaller company in the post-Robinson era. It is likely to sell its Shearson Lehman Brothers division, giving up dreams of becoming a"financial supermarket." Company culture, too, may change, from an aristocratic and bureaucratic empire to a company that is more down to earth.
这所学校原先很小. The school was originally quite small.
城市之外的一个小地方 A little place outside the city.
我就他的小说向他提问。 I plied him with questions about his novel.
小孩通过图画识字很好。 It is a good idea for children to learn to read by way of pictures.
小酒店里净是身穿花呢衣服的农民. The pub was full of tweedy farmers.
小心--你要是出事故, 我要负责的. Be careful if you have an accident I'll be liable.
起初谁都没有注意到小孩不见了. At first nobody noticed the child's disappearance.
我算不上是个好水手，但我喜欢坐着我的小船在河上游玩。 I am not much of a sailor, but I like to about, in my little boat on their river.
矮小的人身材短小的人 A person small in stature.
制作小模型要手巧。 Making small models requires manual skill.
这本小册子做得很精致。 This booklet is delicately made.
她喝茶时弯起小指头。 She crooked her little finger as she drank her tea.
她像一个渴望玩具的小孩。 She is like a child lusting for toys.
他照大小顺序排列这些书。 He ranged the books according to size.
她歌唱得象小鸟一样快乐。 She sing as merrily as a little bird.
这两种估计差别很小. There's only a marginal difference between the two estimates.
微小者微小的或小型的人或物体 A very small person or thing.
此剧系由一部小说改编而成。 The play has been adapted from a novel.
那些儿童分成小组做游戏. The children were separated into groups for the game.
他跑得飞快，足以抓住那小偷。 He ran fast enough to catch the thief.
那条小路就是我们这片地的界线. The lane is the boundary of our land.
这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。 A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.
把小麦从农场运到面粉厂。 Wheat is transported from the farms to the mills.
他出身于一个小资产阶级家庭。 He came from a petty-bourgeois family.
别再为我们花的每个小钱费心思了. Stop niggling about every penny we spend.
路面结冰了，今晚要格外小心。 Take special care tonight because the road is icy.
小说常被改编为舞台剧本。 Novels are often adapted for the stage, television and radio.
这些小学生是由两位老师带领的. The children were shepherded around by two teachers.
这个小岛包含著小而完整的自然界. This small island contains the whole of nature in microcosm.
这俱乐部被知识分子小集团把持著. The club is dominated by a small clique of intellectuals.
我的小狗一听到打雷就藏到床底下。 My little dog always hides under the bed when it thunders.
最小的响声也会吓着这个胆小的孩子的。 The least noise would startle the timid child.
不到半小时后，他开始有点忍耐不住了。 After half an hour, his patience began to wear out.
小型的或微小的尺寸很小或尺寸缩得很小的 Being on a small or greatly reduced scale.
背书小学生将已准备好的课文口头背出来 Oral delivery of prepared lessons by a pupil.
私人小汽车能给人很大的舒服和机动性。 A private car gives a much greater degree of comfort and mobility.
别怪他打碎那个花瓶, 他毕竟是小孩子嘛。 Don't blame him for breaking that vase; after all he is a child.
头一天夜里，我们在一个小居民点停留下来。 On the first night we stopped over in a small settlement.
由于洗后缩小，那件衬衫现在小得不能穿了。 As a result of shrinkage, the shirt is now too small to wear.
昨日有十二小时的晴天, 预报却说仍有雨. We had twelve hours of sunshine yesterday, as against a forecast of continuous rain.
那些小男孩儿巴不得让那欺负人的坏蛋也尝点苦头. The smaller boys badly wanted to give the bully a dose of his own medicine.
接连听了几个小时的背景音乐，使我觉得昏昏沉沉。 Incessant background music makes me punch-drunk after a couple of hours.
是为了它那不曾要求，不曾知道，不曾记得的小小的需要。 It is for small needs it never asks, or knows or remembers.
一晚放映三个同一主题的访问记实, 真是小题大做. It was surely overkill to screen three interviews on the same subject in one evening.
他正在阅读一部引人入胜的惊险小说，什么也惊动不了他。 He is at an absorbing thriller and can't be disturbed.
开汽车的人让两个小学生上车，把他们一直带到了县城。 The motorist picked up a couple of pupils and took them as far as the county town.
附近的居民们一致赞成市政委员会关于关闭这座小印染厂的决定。 The residents in the neighbourhood all applauded the council's decision to close the small dye factory.
一块长方形地一组小块的，通常是土地中长方形的用地，用于深入研究某地区动植物的分布 Any of a group of small, usually rectangular plots of land arranged for close study of the distribution of plants or animals in an area.
他拐进了小巷。 He turned down the lane.
她爱好搜集小摆设. She collects bric-a-brac.
我饲养了12只小鸡。 I had bred a dozen of chickens.
猎人藏在小木屋里。 The hunter hid in a log cabin.
小棚屋在房子的一边. The shed is to the side of the house.
我曾饲养过一只小狗。 I once raised a little puppy.
小丑扮出了可笑的鬼脸。 The clowns pulled funny faces.
大树小树都已长出嫩芽. The trees and hedgerows are in bud.
那小队攀登山的北坡. The team climbed the north face of the mountain.
矿坑小矿体或矿石的堆积 A small body or accumulation of ore.
新抹的泥灰在几个小时内能干 Fresh plaster will fix in a few hours.
那棵植物开着鲜艳的小紫花。 The plant has a brilliant purple floweret.
在动物园我看见了两只小骆驼。 I saw two small camels in the zoo.
有人发现她趴在小屋的地板上. She was found prostrate on the floor of the cell.
小偷乘没人注意时溜了出去. The thief slid out (of the door) while no one was looking.
她佩戴了一把小梳子作为装饰品。 She wore a small comb as an ornament.
一盏小灯笼在黑暗中微微闪光。 A little lantern blinked in the darkness.
小舱室，厨房船上的小舱室或厨房 A small cabin or the cook's galley on a ship.
她的小说是描写势利小人的讽刺作品. Her novel is a satire on social snobbery.
第二天一早小船就沿河向下游驶去了。 The boat dropped down the river early the next morning.
双拍子的每小节含有两拍或偶数拍的 Consisting of two or a multiple of two beats to the measure.
这个学生用半小时草草拼凑了一篇文章. The student cobbled together an essay in half an hour.
他的儿子已成长为一个健壮勤劳的小伙子。 His son has grown up into a sturdy hardworking young man.
我见她打扮得像个小丑，把我笑得直不起腰来。 I just curled up when I saw her dressed as a clown.
再往里走，坑道缩小成了一条窄窄的通道。 The tunnel contract to a narrow passageway as you go deep.
我读了两遍这首诗，这个小女孩就会背诵了。 The girl repeated the poem after I had read it twice.
小集团的倾向于联成一个群体并排斥外来者的 Inclined to cling together as a group and exclude outsiders.
这种心理治疗是在一起活动的小组之间进行的. The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.
你必须非常小心地护理，以免伤口沾上污物。 You must take the most scrupulous care to keep the wound free from the dirt.
这部小说已由俄文原著改编成无线电广播节目。 This novel has been adapted for radio from the Russian original.
经过长时间包围之后，这个小镇已被起义军攻克。 After a prolonged siege, the town was rendered up to the insurgents.
缩小贫富之间的差距是政府面临的主要难题之一. Reducing the gap between rich and poor is one of the main challenges facing the government.
连续几个小时她都在唉声叹气，希望能从她母亲那弄点钱。 By sighing away for hours, she hoped to get some money from her mother.
威利玩他父亲的手枪时不小心走火了, 把墙壁打出一个洞。 Willie accidentally lets off his father's shotgun and made a hole in the wall.
四个构成的一组因共同的财产或行为而联系在一起的四人小组或联盟 A group or combination of four associated by common properties or behavior.
这家小公司推出新产品获得成功，因为这种新产品恰好是大众所需要的。 The small company hit the mark with its new product because it was just what the public wanted.
我们经过好多小时的辩论以后，谈判有了转折，没用多久便达成了协议。 After all those hours of arguing, the talks began to head out and it was not long before we were able to reach an agreement.
犁沟由流水形成的槽或小沟 A furrow or groove formed by running water.
小牛摸索着妈妈的乳房找奶吃。 The calf fumbled for its mother's udder for milk.
那是个小巧玲珑的开罐头工具。 It's an artful little gadget for opening tins.
他们决定把小单元廉价出租. They decided to let (off) the smaller flats at lower rents.
小提琴的弦上得太紧，突然断了。 The violin string snapped because it was fastened too tight.
我们大家涌进了哈丽特那狭小的客厅. We'd all crowded into Harriet's small sitting-room.
这个水库是用来为我们小镇存储水的。 This reservoir is used to store water for our town.
董事长用两小时阐述了公司的规划. The chairman expatiated for two hours on his plans for the company.
为避开跟踪的人，我迅速跑进一条小巷。 In order to avoid the man following me, I shot into a lane.
在这个童话中，主角是个丑陋顽皮的小妖精。 The hero in this fairy story is an ugly goblin.
老虎逃出了动物园, 张牙舞爪乱窜了几小时. The tiger escaped from the zoo and ran amok for hours.
我们沿着一条人迹罕至的小径到达了寺庙。 We reached the temple through an unfrequented mountain track.
锣锤，小锤敲锣或打钟的机械中的一部分，如用于钟表中的 A part of an apparatus that strikes a gong or bell, as in a clock.
餐车饭店一种小型的通常具有柜台和座位的廉价的餐馆，并设计在类似于餐车的屋子中 A small, usually inexpensive restaurant with a long counter and booths and housed in a building designed to resemble a dining car.
小心别切断了手指头! Mind you don't cut your fingers off!
你需要几个小时的睡眠? How many hours' sleep do you need?
这小巷有车胎轧出的凹痕. The lane was rutted with tyre tracks.
｀小便＇是｀排尿＇的委婉语. `Pass water' is a euphemism for `urinate'.
这部小说以战前的伦敦为背景。 The novel is set in pre-war London.
飞机起飞推迟了（两个小时）. There was a delay (of two hours) before the plane took off.
在权力斗争中我们只是一批小卒。 We are mere pawns in the struggle for power.
我经常到海滩去捉小虾和螃蟹。 I often go to the beach to catch shrimps and crabs.
约翰感到难以为一家大小置备衣着。 John felt it hard to rig out his family.
我们梦想在乡间买一所小别墅。 We dreamed of buying a little cottage in the country.
小矿车，柳条箩矿井中用的车、盆或筐 A truck, tub, or basket used in a mine.
把土豆和青菜传一传－－小心，烫手。 Pass the potatoes and the greens--careful, they're hot.
我憋不住了（要小便）, 得找个厕所. I can't hold out (ie retain my urine) much longer; I must find a toilet.
｀啊!＇、 ｀小心!＇、 ｀哎哟!＇都是感叹词语. `Oh!', `Look out!' and `Ow!' are exclamations.
小毛孩子, 别跟我来这一套, 要不然有你後悔的. Don't try anything on with me, kid, or you'll be sorry.
艾奥宙斯所爱的少女，被赫拉变成丁小母牛 A maiden who was loved by Zeus and transformed by Hera into a heifer.
在乾旱时, 每天有几小时停止供应自来水. The water was turned off for several hours a day during the drought.
我们爬上小丘的顶端，由此可以俯瞰城市。 We climbed to the top of the small elevation, from which we could look at the town.
玉米、小米和高粱较易适应不同的自然条件。 Maise, millet and kaoliang adapt readily to varying natural conditions.
这个贫穷的小男孩在他十岁的时候就被雇为羊倌。 The poor boy was hired as a shepherd when he was only ten.
哥特式小说着重描写怪诞、恐怖和孤寂的小说 A novel in a style emphasizing the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate.
我愿替你做这件事, 只消给我一点小小的报酬（50英镑）. I will do it for you for a small consideration (of 50).
＂孩子们，大家聚拢点，爱丽丝小姐给你们讲个寓言故事。＂ "Children, gather round, and Miss Alice will tell you a fable."
许多伟人曾经是贫苦、不足轻重的小孩。好汉不怕出生贱。 Many great men were once poor, unimportant boys. Great oaks form little acorn grow.
他囗头遗言上遗留给我一点小小遗产作为他对我关爱的表徵。 He left me a small legacy in a nuncupative will, as a token of his kindness to me.
"你当然认识他喽？""不大认识。他毕竟不属于我们这儿的老派正统的小圈子。" "You know him, of course? " "Not to speak to. After all, he's hardly of our square little circle down here."
小火山口一种底部平坦、大致呈圆形的火山爆发后形成的盛满水的低洼地 A flat-bottomed, roughly circular volcanic crater of explosive origin that is often filled with water.
当她母亲回家来告诉她，她的狗已被车辗死时，这个可怜的小姑娘痛哭起来。 The poor little girl cried her heart out when her mother came home and told her that her dog had been run over.
烟斗，烟筒抽烟用具，由木头、粘土或其他物质组成的管子，一头带有小吹嘴 A device for smoking, consisting of a tube of wood, clay, or other material with a small bowl at one end.
这伙小偷计划好在警察进房搜查时，把偷来的手表栽赃到同住的房客身上。 The thieves had planned to plant the stolen watches on a fellow lodger if the police came to search the house.
这伙小偷打算在警察来搜查房子时，把偷来的手表栽赃到同住的一名房客身上。 The thieves had planned to plant the stolen, watches on a fellow lodger if the police came to search the house.
该飞机的飞行速度可慢了一点，但它转的圈子可以小得多——这在近距离激战中是一大优势。 The plane may be slightly slower but it can turn in a much tighter circle-a big advantage in a dog fight.
内集团一群因共同的信仰、态度和兴趣而集合在一起并明显排斥外人的小集团；小集团 A group of people united by common beliefs, attitudes, or interests and characteristically excluding outsiders; a clique.
人体模型如真人大小的、全身或半身的人体模型，用于量试衣服是否合适或展示服装；人体模型 A life-size full or partial representation of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes; a dummy.
经过五年的艰苦工作，他们完成了一套高质量的教材。该书分为六级，从小学4年级到初中3年级。 After five years of hard work they presented a high quality textbook, which consisted of six levels from grade4 to grade9.
祈祷椅礼拜着跪着祈祷时使用的一种可折叠的小凳子，尤指英格兰国王举行加冕礼时使用的 A folding or small desk stool at which worshipers kneel to pray, especially one on which the British sovereign kneels at the time of coronation.
窑用于加硬，燃烧或烘干物料如谷物、粗粉或粘土的各式的小窑，特指用来焙干或烧陶器的砖砌的窑 Any of various ovens for hardening, burning, or drying substances such as grain, meal, or clay, especially a brick-lined oven used to bake or fire ceramics.
专门小组聚在一起策划或讨论一个问题、裁判一场比赛或在无线电台或电视台小测验节目中充当一个队的一群人 A group of people gathered to plan or discuss an issue, judge a contest, or act as a team on a radio or television quiz program.
检流计，电流计一种仪器，用以探测、测量和测定微小电流方向，采用线圈在磁场中产生的机械效果的方法 An instrument used to detect, measure, and determine the direction of small electric currents by means of mechanical effects produced by a coil in a magnetic field.
天文学外层空间事物的科学研究，尤指天体及天文现象的位置、大小、分布、运动、构成、能量及演化的科学 The scientific study of matter in outer space, especially the positions, dimensions, distribution, motion, composition, energy, and evolution of celestial bodies and phenomena.
沙漏；滴漏用于计时的仪器，由两个玻璃盒组成，中由一细颈相连，盒内装有一定量的沙子，水银或其他流动物质，这些物质在一固定量的时间里，通常为一个小时，从上方的盒内慢慢流入下方的盒子中 An instrument for measuring time, consisting of two glass chambers connected by a narrow neck and containing a quantity of sand, mercury, or another flowing substance that trickles from the upper chamber to the lower in a fixed amount of time, often one hour.
我已经写了三个小时了。 I've been writing for three hours.
他展现了非同小可的本事。 He showed no small skill.
下一堂课我要讲小数. I'll deal with decimals in the next lesson.
她从小就想当演员. She's wanted to go on the stage from an early age.
小男孩在点名时不见了。 The boy turned up missing at roll call.
我步行一个来回用一小时。 It takes me an hour to walk there and back.
少数民族音乐会持续了两个小时。 The minority nationality concert lasted two hours.
机器使人们有可能用较小的气力做较多的工作。 Machines make it possible that people do more work with less energy.
明年做小生意将比去年更加困难，我们得更加努力工作，以便度过难关。 Next year will be more difficult for small business than last year, and we will have to work even harder to weather the storm.
他是个小机灵鬼。 He is a smart boy.
公告某人为小偷 Post a man as a thief.
人口密度小的农村地区 Low-density urban areas.
这小孩儿吐了我一身. The baby puked (up) all over me.
小偷在阴暗处躲着。 The thief lurked in the shadows.
我走在田间小路上。 I walked on the path of the field.
我那趟航班晚了一小时. My flight was an hour late.
面试延续了近一个小时 The interview lasted about an hour.
他自己承认是个胆小鬼. He is a coward by his own admission.
我们在渡口等了两小时. We waited at the ferry for two hours.
一小笔少量，微不足道的数目 A small, trifling sum.
这些货物必须小心搬运。 This freight must be carefully handled.
他女儿是一个调皮的假小子。 His daughter is a saucy tomboy.
那个胆小鬼被团里开除了。 The coward was drummed out of the regiment.
我给自己一小时跑那一段路程。 I gave myself an hour for the journey.
我逐步构想出小说的情节. The plot for the novel gradually developed in my mind.
这本小说很可能成为经典著作. This novel may well become a classic.
更改小小的改变，调正或限制 A small alteration, adjustment, or limitation.
半小时之后，我又启程赶路了。 Half an hour later I set out again on my journey.
年龄的大小往往与发病率有关. We can often correlate age with frequency of illness.
这懒小子一整天一点事都没干。 The lazy boy has not done a stroke of work all day.
小说家塑造人物并设计作品的情节. A novelist creates characters and a plot.
从这家到那家的路程要用一小时。 The journey takes about an hour, door to door.
别为了丢失一支笔就这样大惊小怪。 Don't make so much fuss over losing a pen.
这只母象比小象重一百倍。 The mother elephant is one hundred times heavier than the baby elephant.
那所房子燃烧了数小时火才扑灭。 The house burned for hours before the blaze was put out.
他出名是靠他的戏剧, 并不是靠小说. His fame rests more on his plays than on his novels.
我们的邮政系统临时出了一点小问题. There's been a slight hiccup in our mailing system.
我并没有从那本小说里得到多少乐趣。 I didn't get much enjoyment out of that novel.
小云块，碎云小云彩或与之相象的某物 A small cloud or something resembling one.
这个小孩以他父亲的名字而命名。 The child was named after its father, given its father's first name.
这就是我们从小汽车换乘公共汽车的地方. This is where we change from car to bus.
小商店受到大型超级市场不断排挤. Small shops are being crowded out by the big supermarkets.
引座小姐带领我沿著通道到我的座位上去. The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.
她追问那小孩让其说出把包放到了何处。 She pumped out of the little boy where he had put the bag.
一种需要经过放大才可阅读的微小图象。 An image that is too small to be read without magnification.
这部小说的情节多靠巧合安排而无真实感。 The plot of the novel relies too much on coincidence to be realistic.
小教堂附属于大教堂的比其小的做礼拜的地方 A place of worship that is smaller than and subordinate to a church.
那小说作者在书的结尾让他的女主人公自杀了. The novelist makes his heroine commit suicide at the end of the book.
两个小男孩和一条狗成了街头艺人仅有的观众. Two small boys and a dog comprised the street entertainer's only audience.
除了远处的零星的小冲突之外，这个地区是和平的。 This area is peaceful except for a few skirmishes in the distance.
个位在阿拉伯数字系统中紧靠在小数点左边的数字 The number immediately to the left of the decimal point in the Arabic numeral system.
要射中飞行中的小鸟，尤其是高空飞行的小鸟，非常困难。 It is difficult to shoot a flying bird, especially a small bird flying high up in the sky.
在春天，我们通常将钟表向前拔一小时，以利用夏天的日光。 In spring, we usually set the clock ahead one hour, to take advantage of the summer daylight.
活页文选小短文或专题论文，常关于一个流行的题目，出版时未经装订 A short essay or treatise, usually on a current topic, published without a binding.
总的来说，这篇文章写得不坏，但是有些小错，因此显得美中不足。 The essay is well-done on the whole. It is, however, marred here and there by slight inaccuracies.
小汽车的优点是能够在其它车辆间穿行，并且常常比大客车先到达。 The advantage of a little car is that it can weave through the traffic and often get there faster than the big buses.
他几次报名应征，但都不合标准，先是由于年纪太小，而后又由于长得太瘦。 He tried several times to enlist, but first he was too young, then too thin, to make the grade.
这里您可以看到两名工人，他们刚刚割好三大马车金黄色的通心粉小麦杆。 Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cart-loads of golden brown macaroni stalks.
在计算机图形学中，以常数值乘以图象的坐标来放大或缩小全部或部分显示图象。 In computer graphics, to enlarge or reduce all or part of a display image by multiplying their coordinate by constant values.
她一定要孩子们穿得暖暖的，他们有点小毛小病便提心吊胆，她对他们实在关心得太过分了。 She does fuss the children about so-making sure they're well wrapped up, and worrying about minor illnesses.
第二天早上我与妻子离别之时，我已经走出门外几步，她叫我回来，小声地对我说要多加小心。 My wife, however, next morning, at parting, after I had gone some paces from the door, called me back, to advise me, in a whisper, to have all my eyes about me.
他自幼学小提琴. He learned to fiddle as a young boy.
一部十分深奥的小说 A novel of great depth.
那小城尚在五英里以外. The town is still five miles off.
她拉小提琴只是为了好玩。 He plays the violin for the fun of it.
小路漫漫消失在密林深处. The path petered out deep in the forest.
他们就这个案子辩论了几个小时。 They argued the case for hours.
她写了很多浪漫小说，质量很差。 She churns out romantic novels.
主席一直以沉闷的语调讲了几小时. The chairman droned on for hours.
我们因交通堵塞而受阻一个小时. We were stuck in a traffic jam for an hour.
他恶毒的表情吓坏了这个小女孩。 His venomous look terrified the little girl.
你可以看到小孩在河对岸玩耍。 You can see children playing on the other side of the river.
这本小说是去年最畅销的书之一。 This novel was one of last year's best-selling titles.
那不是深宅大院, 只不过是个小农舍. It's not a very grand house, just a little cottage.
沿这条小径走终究会见到大路的。 Follow the footpath and you'll eventually hit the road.
这个花园布局很好, 有许多宜人小径. The garden is well laid out, with many pleasant walks.
这位老人是小麦病虫害方面的权威。 This old man is a leading authority on wheat diseases.
她认为看浪漫小说是虚度时光。 She thought that reading romantic novels was a frivolous way of spending her time.
为这样的小事辞职未免愚蠢而轻率。 It would be foolish and impetuous to resign over such a trivial matter.
她驾车小心地从这条很多石头的小路上驶过去。 She drives carefully up the rocky lane.
总裁的年龄甚至是比他的一些雇员还小。 The president was so young that he was junior to some of his employees.
参加协商的人花了十个小时才敲定一桩生意。 It take the negotiator ten hours to nail down a deal.
这家杂志刊登了一个中学生所写的短篇小说。 The magazine publish a short story write by a high school student.
公路干线遭水淹没，我们只得择乡间小径绕行。 The main road was flooded so we had to go round by narrow country lanes.
我要是找到了那小子，我饶不了他，你看他做的这事。 I'll take that boy apart when I find him: look what he's done now.
我在墙上钉了一个图钉，然后在上面挂了一张小图片。 I hammered a tack into the wall and hung a small picture from it.
这一定很小，目前精神病的诊断方法还发现不了。 It must be so small that present methods of psychiatric diagnosis cannot find it.
首席小提琴手在交响乐队中的第一小提琴手兼助理指挥 The first violinist and assistant conductor in a symphony orchestra.
教师希望给小学生读宗教故事来提高他们的修养. The teacher hoped to elevate the minds of her young pupils by reading them religious stories.
马上把化肥给我们送来，要不，我们小麦播种就要给耽误了。 Send us the fertilizer at once, or our wheat sowing will be held up.
他铲起了一点土，非常小心，不去扰乱底下的任何东西。 He scooped out a little of the earth, being careful not to disturb anything that was underneath.
小钉板一种用木钉可塞入的孔做成花样的用来玩游戏的板 A board perforated with a pattern of holes into which pegs can be fitted for playing certain games.
去年我返乡探亲，惊讶地发现小村和村里的人都发生了变化。 Last year I returned home and was surprised to find both the village and the people completely changed.
那个越狱犯躲避警察追捕一个多星期之后，终于在一家小旅馆被抓获。 After eluding the police for over a week, the escaped prisoner was finally run down in a public house.
北极星第二星的光度中的一颗星，位于小熊星座把柄的末端，几乎位于北天极 A star of the second magnitude, at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper and almost at the north celestial pole.
我已经注意到有些雇员上班迟到一个小时. 我不点出名字来, 但是要是你觉得我说的是你.... I have noticed some employees coming to work an hour late. I shall name no names, but if the cap fits....
格雷在一小块地下开始种花，如今他的生意确实十分红火，英格兰各地都有他的花店。 Gray started growing flowers on a small piece of land. Now he has really made it big and owns flower shops all over England.
脚踏旋转平台一种由一圆形小平台组成的游乐场设备，当推动它或踩其踏板时能够转动 A piece of playground equipment consisting of a small circular platform that revolves when pushed or pedaled.
鹰捕食小鸟。 Hawks prey on small birds.
小溪在这儿分岔。 The stream diverges here.
小船沉没在波涛之中。 The boat dipped into the waves.
画眉是一种小鸣禽。 The thrush is a kind of small singing bird.
她一化妆就是几个小时. She spends hours painting her face.
他给我买了两只小乌龟。 He bought two small tortoises for me.
他用小号吹奏了一首曲子。 He played a tune on his trumpet.
小汽车的前面有一个凹痕. The front of the car has a dent in it.
别把你的小女儿娇惯坏了。 Don't pamper your little daughter.
大猫叼著小猫的颈背. The cat picked up the kitten by the scruff of its neck.
他用小提琴演奏了一首曲子。 He played a tune on the violin.
这个小村庄美如仙境。 This village is as beautiful as the fairyland.
小洞穴是唯一的避寒处。 A small cave was the only refuge from the cold.
小学生往往很钦佩老师. Schoolchildren often have/get crushes on teachers.
他把那小女孩诱惑得离开了家. He enticed the young girl away from home.
一个小男孩在阳台上放风筝。 A boy is flying a kite in the piazza.
她住在一个偏僻的小农场上. She lives on a small farm in the middle of nowhere.
警察跟踪小偷，直到他们的老窝。 The police tracked the thieves to their den.
这小提琴跟钢琴的调子不太和谐. The violin is not quite in tune with the piano.
他的小说开拓了想像力新天地。 His stories opened up new worlds of the imagination.
小贝壳常被用作简单的货币。 Small seashells were often used as a primitive kind of money.
制造这些小部件是非常昂贵的。 The manufacture of these small components is expensive.
战败的消息给小城蒙上了一层忧郁。 The news of defeat cast a gloom over the town.
箱子突然打开，从里面蹦出只小狗。 Suddenly the box split open and a puppy jumped out.
公共汽车向路边靠，让小轿车超过去。 The bus pulled in to let the cars pass.
那把锋利的刀上把我的手指划了道小口子. I snicked my finger on the sharp knife.
我看到小扬扛着两把锄头从旁走过。 I saw Xiao Yang walking by, shouldering two hoes.
惩罚条款印在不起眼的小号字体部分。 The penalty clause was hidden in the small print.
数百只小艇随同这艘班轮驶入港湾. Hundreds of small craft accompany the liner into harbour.
那只鹰向那小动物猛扑过去把它叼走了. The hawk pounced on its prey and carried it off.
有些小炊具非但没有用处反而碍事。 Some kitchen gadgets are more of a hindrance than a help.
我看到两个小孩正在一个小海湾里玩耍。 I saw two children were playing in a cove.
她非常文雅，吃蛋糕一定用小叉子。 She's so refined that she always eats cake with a little fork.
她一见路上有个小孩, 便猛踩刹车. As soon as she saw the child in the road, she jammed on her brakes.
没渗出来了，因为没箱上有一个小洞。 The oil leaked away because there was a small hole on the tank.
我遥望天空，只见风筝越来越小。 I looked up into the sky and saw the kite become smaller and smaller.
公共汽车往路边靠让小轿车超过去。 The bus pulled into the side of the road to let the cars pass.
狠心的女巫对孤苦无助的小女孩施发妖术。 The heartless witch cast a spell on the poor little girl.
哪个小淘气干的聪明事, 让水龙头开了一夜. Some bright spark has left the tap running all night.
我的小小捐献在巨大的总额中小得几乎看不见。 My small contribution was lost in the grand total.
他用两小时左右的时间草草拟出了故事的大纲。 He batted out an outline of a story in about two hours.
杰克不小心出了差错，老板狠狠训了他一顿。 Jack's boss jumped all over Jack because he made a careless mistake.
小树林缺乏茂密下层树丛的小树林或树木群体 A small wood or stand of trees that lacks dense undergrowth.
这花瓶底部没有那几个小斑点就十全十美了. This vase would be perfect but for a few small flaws in its base.
要从小诗人那儿榨出钱来，得施行一次大手术。 It take a major operation to extract money from a minor poet.
那小孩假装会看书，但他把书都拿颠倒了。 The boy pretended he could read, but he was holding the book upside down.
那个贪吃的小男孩把宴会上所有的糖果都吃光了。 The greedy little boy ate all the candy at the party.
经过几小时的激烈战斗，我们赶走了入侵的匪徒。 After a few hours of fierce fighting, we saw the intruding bandits off.
那个卑鄙小人在玩扑克牌时作弊，因此引起一场打斗。 A fight break out because that scumbag cheat at poker.
迷惑了数小时后，我最终弄明白了，并找到了答案。 After puzzling for hours I finally saw daylight and found the answer.
设计模型雕塑或建筑物等拟作作品的通常很小的模型 A usually small model of an intended work, such as a sculpture or piece of architecture.
赏钱，小费当得到服务所给的恩惠或礼物，通常以钱的形式给予 A favor or gift, usually in the form of money, given in return for service.
手铲刀身尖突并呈铲状的小型器具，在种植植物时用来挖土 A small implement with a pointed, scoop-shaped blade used for digging, as in setting plants.
小心点，哈里，你再这样盯着别的女人，她会把你的眼珠抠出来。 Be careful, Harry, she'll scratch your eyes out if you so much as glance at another woman.
小凯旋式古罗马欢迎将士凯旋归来的仪式，隆重程度稍次于凯旋式 An ancient Roman victory ceremony of somewhat less importance than a triumph.
动作倒错，失误动作一种如口误等被认为能揭示潜意识动机的小错误 A minor error, such as a slip of the tongue, thought to reveal a subconscious motive.
利昂没完成几何作业，因为他思想总在开小差，想着班上新来的女生。 Leon didn't finish his geometry homework because his mind kept jumping the track to think about the new girl in class.
对许多小女孩来说，童话故事构成了她们的梦幻世界，她们小小的生活天地也系于神话仙境。 For most little girls fairy tales are the stuff that dreams are made of, and their little lives are bounded by the fairyland.
鉴别器，鉴频器一种将输入信号的某一特征，如频率或相位转变为幅度变化装置，其变化大小因信号与标准或参考信号的不同程度而异 A device that converts a property of an input signal, such as frequency or phase, into an amplitude variation, depending on how the signal differs from a standard or reference signal.
尽管有大量的宗教派别，研究美国宗教惯常做法的学者发现，在许多情况下，许多新教教派之间在信仰方面并没有多大的不同，只是在仪式方面有较小的差异。 In spite of the great number of denominations, students of religious practice in the United State find that in many cases there are no major differences in belief, and only minor ones in ritual between many of the Protestant denominations.
日本公司有能力在发展与生产方面，较美国公司投资为多，是他们在半导体方面占上风的一个主要原因。现在，英泰尔计划在经济不景气时大量投资以压倒弱小竞争者。 The ability to outspend American companies on development and production has been a big reason Japanese companies have made gains in the semi-conductor business. Now Intel plans to borrow a page from the Japanese by spending heavily through a recession to gain ground on weaker competitors.
她是小宝贝! She's a little darling!
小心那个台阶! Mind (ie Don't trip over) that step!
她的新小说何时问世? When is her new novel coming out?
她面颊上有一颗小痣。 She has a tiny mole on her cheek.
小心别在地席上绊倒了. Be careful you don't trip (up) on the mat.
没必要为这件小事发火! There's no need to get in a pet about it!
马上过来, 你这个小捣蛋! Come here at once, you little monkey!
一可口美味；量小味美的食品 A tasty delicacy; a tidbit.
你是男子汉还是胆小鬼? Are you a man or a mouse (ie brave or cowardly)?
我们家的猫一窝养了4只小猫。 Our cat has a litter of four kittens.
不占空间的摄像机；小型汽车 A compact camera; a compact car.
他把一小块乾净的布缠住脚腕. He wrapped a clean rag around his ankle.
他忙於照料三个小孩儿. He's fully occupied in looking after/with three small children.
小说中的事远逊於实际体验. Fiction is a poor surrogate for real experience.
微小表微小的后缀、单词或名称 A diminutive suffix, word, or name.
她的小嘴巴一噘，眼泪汪汪。 Her little mouth pucker up and tear fille her eyes.
好。是要豪华型、中型还是小型车？ Ok. Luxury, mid-size or compact?
他在向小学生贩卖海洛因时被捕. He was caught pushing heroin to schoolchildren.
内脏内部脏器，尤指大小肠；内脏 The internal organs, especially the intestines; viscera.
种子，籽如苹果或桔子水果的小种子 The small seed of a fruit, as that of an apple or orange.
循环小数｀3.999...＇亦作｀3.9循环＇. The recurring decimal 3.999... is also described as 3.9 recurring.
他动辄发脾气，你要小心地对付他。 He gets angry ever easily; you must handle him with kid gloves.
小小蜜蜂多忙碌／利用良机不放松。 How doth the little busy bee/Improve each shining hour.
他的小说我都爱看, 只是最後一部除外. I enjoyed all his novels with the exception of his last.
容积，体积大小、体积或容积，常指很大时 Size, mass, or volume, especially when very large.
小职员迪克很快就被排挤出了这家店铺。 Dick, the junior clerk, was soon shouldered out of the shop.
死心踏地拥护者中的小核心；问题的关键 A small core of dedicated supporters; the core of the problem.
他在石头台阶上（跌倒了,）擦破了小腿的皮. He barked his shins (by falling) against some stone steps.
一小撮人在制定政策中已开始起主导作用. A smallgroup has begun to predominate in policy-making.
父母亲常会发觉难於跟他们的小孩沟通。 Parents often find it difficult to communicate with their children.
诗歌、小说和剧本的写作常常被称作创作。 The writing of poems, stories or plays is often called creative writing.
尖尾长艇大小及形状与该划艇相似的船；捕鲸船 A boat similar to such a rowboat in size and shape; a whaler.
次要矿山甬道矿井中连接两条大隧道的小巷道 A secondary mine passageway between two main shafts or tunnels.
我的秤准确无误，太太。可是你称过你的小儿子了吗？ My scales are all right, madam. Have you weighted your little boy?
链，带系在表或手镯上以防其丢失的小链子或带子 A small chain or band attached to a watch or bracelet to prevent loss.
小的隐居处所狭小、简陋的住所，比如隐士的山洞或棚屋 A small, humble abode, such as a hermit's cave or hut.
他小心翼翼地往后探身终于拿到了橱顶的那支笔。 He reached back carefully and got the pen on the very top of the cupboard.
我整天都在照料四个小孩, 确实已筋疲力尽了! I've been looking after four young children all day and I really am at the end of my tether!
看见那小孩挑着那么重的担子，使她大动怜悯之心。 The sight of the little boy carrying such a heavy load touched her to the quick.
杂志一种载有专论、小说、图片或其他内容的期刊 A periodical containing a collection of articles, stories, pictures, or other features.
＂我们在渡口等了三个多小时，还是不见船的影子。＂ "We waited more than three hours at the ferry, but no sign of a boat was seen."
消耗量就是以每小时加仑表示的所耗费的燃料总数。 Consumption is the total amount of fuel consumed expressed in gallons per hour.
我父亲小酌之後，就变得开朗可亲些，话也说得多了。 My father expanded a little when he have have a drink, and start to talk more freely.
他在短短的一生中, 从小偷小摸到杀人, 什麽罪都犯过. In his short life he had run the entire gamut of crime, from petty theft to murder.
我们家一条新来的小狗把我害苦了，它整天试图咀嚼家具。 Our new puppy played the very devil with me, he's been trying to chew the furniture all day.
我们用了两个小时才计算完毕，因此我们在4点钟结束了工作。 It took two hours to complete the calculation, so we logged off at4 o'clock.
我们那条母狗应能生一窝很好的小狗. 我们让约翰的狗给她配了种. Our bitch should produce a fine litter. We mated her with John's dog.
手泵式四轮小车由一个小马达或一台手泵驱动的小型无篷路轨车 A small open railroad car propelled by a hand pump or a small motor.
千瓦－小时电功率的单位，等于在一千瓦功率下一小时内消耗的功 A unit of electric power equal to the work done by one kilowatt acting for one hour.
菱形花纹的织物一种图案为小菱形叠复花型装饰的白棉布或亚麻布 A white cotton or linen fabric patterned with small, duplicative diamond-shaped figures.
他所执教是一所规模很小的大学, 他想摆脱存在於其中的地方主义桎梏. He wanted to escape from the provincialism of the small university where he taught.
在树林中走了一个小时而没有见到什么值得注意的东西，这怎么可能呢? How was it possible to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy of note?
微陨星微小的陨星颗粒，特指大量坠向地球或月球表面的微陨星 A tiny particle of meteoric dust, especially one of many that fall to the surface of the earth or moon.
元素，基本要素一个组合整体中的基本的、最主要的、不可再缩小的组成成分 A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity.
哲琪太太：嗯，坦白说，我不很好，小姐。今天早上我的狗被一辆车撞了。 Mrs. Jerky: Well, to be quite frank, I'm not so hot, young lady. This morning, my dog got hit by a car.
夜里在乡村小路上，他的车子两个轮胎漏气了，又没有备用轮胎，他肯定难办死了。 He had two flat tires and no spare on a country road, which was certainly a pretty kettle of fish.
彼得将他的那部新小说搁置了一年，与此同时，他给杂志撰写一些稿件以便赚点钱用。 Peter set his new novel aside for a year while he wrote some magazine articles to make a bit of money.
胆汁质（暴躁）的哲学家的世界观，要加上一小撮盐方能接受，惟以泻盐为较佳。 A bilious philosopher's opinion of the world can only be accepted with a pinch of salt, of epsom salt by preference.
脱轨器，转撤器通过在不同大小的扣链齿轮间移动链条而转换自行车齿轮（换档）的装置 A device for shifting gears on a bicycle by moving the chain between sprocket wheels of different sizes.
擦抹于球杆顶端的粉块用来擦弹子球棒梢或落袋台球棒梢以增加其与球的摩擦的一小方块白垩 A small cube of chalk used in rubbing the tip of a billiard or pool cue to increase its friction with the cue ball.
芽，萌芽茎或枝上小的隆起物，有时被包在保护性的介壳中，内中有未发育的根、叶子或花 A small protuberance on a stem or branch, sometimes enclosed in protective scales and containing an undeveloped shoot, leaf, or flower.
早晨我妈妈总是慌慌张张：做饭，收拾房间，送我最小的弟弟上幼儿园，然后去上班。 In the morning, my mother is always in a rush: she cooks, makes the room tidy, takes my younger brother to the nursery, and then goes to work.
＂与此同时，两小时前放进去了一只麦克风，使这些人能与他们最亲近的亲属保持联系。＂ "Meanwhile, a microphone, which was lowered into the mine two hours ago, has enabled the men to keep in touch with the closest relatives."
肉糜压缩饼一种北美印第安人用干瘦肉条捣碎并拌上油脂和浆果然后压制成小饼的食品 A food prepared by Native Americans from lean, dried strips of meat pounded into paste, mixed with fat and berries, and pressed into small cakes.
迪克一开始舍不得花钱去看医生，如果，他的心脏病日趋严重。这真是贪小失大，得不偿失。 Dick's heart trouble became worse because he wouldn't spend money to see a doctor at the beginning; he was indeed penny wise and pound foolish.
公社一个比较小、常在乡村的公社，它的成员分享公共财产、工作和收入，并常集中自己的财产 A relatively small, often rural community whose members share common interests, work, and income and often own property collectively.
治安官管辖权和管辖范围都小于县治安官的治安官，有权送达传票及逮捕（搜查）令并可以施行逮捕 A peace officer with less authority and smaller jurisdiction than a sheriff, empowered to serve writs and warrants and make arrests.
机械装置一个简单装置，如杠杆、滑轮或斜面刨，可以改变作用力的大小或方向或同时改变；简单机械装置 A simple device, such as a lever, a pulley, or an inclined plane, that alters the magnitude or direction, or both, of an applied force; a simple machine.
语素一种含有一个单词的有意义的语言单位，如人或一词素，如－ed在单词walked中，不能被划分为更小的有意义单位 A meaningful linguistic unit consisting of a word, such as man, or a word element, such as-ed in walked, that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts.