size是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 大小， 尺寸， 规模； 尺码，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Angry as he was, Rikki-tikki was very frightened as he saw the size of the big cobra.
-- There, in the warm litter above the melons, very cun-ningly hidden, he found twenty-five eggs, about the size of a bantam's eggs, but with whitish skin instead of shell.
-- When thou art old, Kala Nag, there will come some rich rajah, and he will buy thee from the Government, on ac-count of thy size and thy manners, and then thou wilt have nothing to do but to carry gold earrings in thy ears, and a gold howdah on thy back, and a red cloth covered with gold on thy sides, and walk at the head of the processions of the King.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The deepest sounds of the retiring and invisible column had ceased to be borne on the breeze to the listeners, and the latest straggler had already disappeared in pursuit; but there still remained the signs of another departure, before a log cabin of unusual size and accommodations, in front of which those sentinels paced their rounds, who were known to guard the person of the English general.
-- 'Get you, then, into the bottom of the canoe,' returned the scout; 'you and the colonel; it will be so much taken from the size of the mark.'
-- Yet that is not the footstep of an Indian!the weight is too much on the heel, and the toes are squared, as though one of the French dancers had been in, pigeon-winging his tribe!Run back, Uncas, and bring me the size of the singer's foot.
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Captain Nichols noticed Strickland for his size and his singular appearance among the crowd that waited for the doors to open; they waited listlessly, some walking to and fro, some leaning against the wall, and others seated on the curb with their feet in the gutter; and when they filed into the office he heard the monk who read his papers address him in English.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At this moment a flock of birds, of a small size and pretty plumage, with long glancing tails, dispersed themselves among the branches strewing their feathers, which covered the ground as with fine down.
-- Among these birds, which were about the size of a fowl, the female was uniformly brown, while the male was gorgeous in his red plumage, decorated with white spots.
-- From the ocean their gaze returned to the island which they commanded entirely, and the first question was put by Gideon Spilett in these terms: "About what size is this island?"
-- Their size exceeded that of a rabbit, their hair was yellow, mingled with green spots, and they had the merest rudiments of tails.
-- It was only a koala, better known under the name of the sloth, being about the size of a large dog, and having stiff hair of a dirty color, the paws armed with strong claws, which enabled it to climb trees and feed on the leaves.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then came the public-house, freshly painted in green and white, with tea-gardens and a bowling green, spurning its old neighbour with the horse-trough where the waggons stopped; then, fields; and then, some houses, one by one, of goodly size with lawns, some even with a lodge where dwelt a porter and his wife.
-- The real name of the little man was Harris, but it had gradually merged into the less euphonious one of Trotters, which, with the prefatory adjective, Short, had been conferred upon him by reason of the small size of his legs.
-- On one side of the house was a little stable, just the size for the pony, with a little room over it, just the size for Kit.
-- Giving the child an encouraging look, intended to reassure her and let her know, that, although she stood in the presence of the original Jarley, she must not allow herself to be utterly overwhelmed and borne down, the lady of the caravan unfolded another scroll, whereon was the inscription, 'One hundred figures the full size of life,' and then another scroll, on which was written, 'The only stupendous collection of real wax-work in the world,' and then several smaller scrolls with such inscriptions as 'Now exhibiting within' 'The genuine and only Jarley' 'Jarley's unrivalled collection' 'Jarley is the delight of the Nobility and Gentry' 'The Royal Family are the patrons of Jarley.'
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- On the hard membrane of the skull there were two small discolored spots of about the size of four centimetres, the membrane itself being of a dull gray color, et cetera, et cetera, to the end of thirteen more clauses.
-- "It must have been the size of a large cucumber," he added, evidently amused by the giant figure of the merchant, as he imagined him.
-- Beside her stood a woman of the size of a ten-year-old girl, very dark, with a long back and very short legs.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "To judge from the size of the place, this Palace of Green Porcelain had a great deal more in it than a Gallery of Pal脙娄ontology; possibly historical galleries; it might be, even a library!To me, at least in my present circumstances, these would be vastly more interesting than this spectacle of old-time geology in decay.
-- It was a round thing, the size of a football perhaps, or, it may be, bigger, and tentacles trailed down from it; it seemed black against the weltering blood-red water, and it was hopping fitfully about.
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In a moment everybody was holding out a ticket: they were about the same size as the people, and quite seemed to fill the carriage.
-- It certainly was a very large Gnat: 'about the size of a chicken,' Alice thought.
-- 'And as for you,' she went on, turning fiercely upon the Red Queen, whom she considered as the cause of all the mischief but the Queen was no longer at her side she had suddenly dwindled down to the size of a little doll, and was now on the table, merrily running round and round after her own shawl, which was trailing behind her.
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