cream是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 乳脂, (鲜) 奶油; 奶油色,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。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- 'How's the cream of clerkship, eh?'
-- How often am I to tell you that I brought him to you that I might always have my eye on him and know where he was and that I had a plot, a scheme, a little quiet piece of enjoyment afoot, of which the very cream and essence was, that this old man and grandchild (who have sunk underground I think) should be, while he and his precious friend believed them rich, in reality as poor as frozen rats?'
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The old maiden chided them for the cream and for permitting the woman to lie in the cow-shed, and was on the point of departing, but noticing the child, was moved to pity, and afterward consented to stand godmother to the child.
-- A fine, starched cloth with large monograms was spread on the table, on which stood a silver coffee-pot, containing fragrant, steaming coffee, a sugar bowl and cream pitcher to match, fresh rolls and various kinds of biscuits.
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:
-- 'Weak tea with cream in it.'
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Hermione poured a little cream into a saucer.
-- Hermione lifted the cat and put the cream before him.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The whole crew were half suffocated as they were tossed helter-skelter into the white curdling cream of the squall.
-- Steering as she had done, the wind had been somewhat on the Pequod's quarter, so that now being pointed in the reverse direction, the braced ship sailed hard upon the breeze as she rechurned the cream in her own white wake.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- In a few minutes, a lovely little coach, made of glass, with lining as soft as whipped cream and chocolate pudding, and stuffed with canary feathers, pulled out of the stable.
-- I'll build myself a beautiful palace, with a thousand stables filled with a thousand wooden horses to play with, a cellar overflowing with lemonade and ice cream soda, and a library of candies and fruits, cakes and cookies."
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