bowl是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 碗(状物) , 钵,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。
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Meanwhile the heralds were bringing the holy oath-of-ferings through the city two lambs and a goatskin of wine, the gift of earth; and Idaeus brought the mixing bowl and the cups of gold.
-- With this he led them forward, and bade them sit on seats covered with purple rugs; then he said to Patroclus who was close by him, 'Son of Menoetius, set a larger bowl upon the table, mix less water with the wine, and give every man his cup, for these are very dear friends, who are now under my roof.'
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:
-- After a short and impressive pause, Chingachgook light-ed a pipe whose bowl was curiously carved in one of the soft stones of the country, and whose stem was a tube of wood, and commenced smoking.
-- Several pipes, that had been extinguished, were lighted again; while the new-comer, without speaking a word, drew his tomahawk from his girdle, and filling the bowl on its head began to inhale the vapors of the weed through the hollow handle, with as much indifference as if he had not been absent two weary days on a long and toilsome hunt.
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- He affirmed that on returning one night from the neighboring village of Sing Sing, he had been overtaken by this midnight trooper; that he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch, and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but just as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted, and vanished in a flash of fire.
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:
-- By my side was the empty bowl in which the concierge had brought me my cafe au lait and the fragment of croissant which I had not had appetite enough to eat.
-- After a moment's hesitation, Strickland scrambled to his feet, and together they went to the Bouchee de Pain, where the hungry are given a wedge of bread, which they must eat there and then, for it is forbidden to take it away; and then to the Cuillere de Soupe, where for a week, at eleven and four, you may get a bowl of thin, salt soup.
-- They were sombre blues, opaque like a delicately carved bowl in lapis lazuli, and yet with a quivering lustre that suggested the palpitation of mysterious life; there were purples, horrible like raw and putrid flesh, and yet with a glowing, sensual passion that called up vague memories of the Roman Empire of Heliogabalus; there were reds, shrill like the berries of holly one thought of Christmas in England, and the snow, the good cheer, and the pleasure of children and yet by some magic softened till they had the swooning tenderness of a dove's breast; there were deep yellows that died with an unnatural passion into a green as fragrant as the spring and as pure as the sparkling water of a mountain brook.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- cried Pencroft, who evidently had never seen his favorite plant except in the bowl of his pipe.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Accordingly, when Mr Groves had smoked his pipe out, knocked out the ashes, and placed it carefully in a corner of the fire-place, with the bowl downwards, he brought in the bread and cheese, and beer, with many high encomiums upon their excellence, and bade his guests fall to, and make themselves at home.
-- Indeed he so overflowed with liberality and condescension, that, in the fulness of his heart, he invited Mr Swiveller to partake of a bowl of punch with him at that remote and indefinite period which is currently denominated 'one of these days,' and paid him many handsome compliments on the uncommon aptitude for business which his conduct on the first day of his devotion to it had so plainly evinced.
-- To this end, he lighted up fresh candles and heaped more fuel on the fire; and having dined off a beefsteak, which he cooked himself in somewhat of a savage and cannibal-like manner, brewed a great bowl of hot punch, lighted his pipe, and sat down to spend the evening.
-- There he stopped; and raising the bowl of punch to his lips, drank a long deep draught, as if it were fair water and cooling to his parched mouth.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- 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.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Under the slope of the ceiling were the table with wash-hand bowl and jug, and across, another table with mirror.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- That instant, the White Whale made a sudden rush among the remaining tangles of the other lines; by so doing, irresistibly dragged the more involved boats of Stubb and Flask towards his flukes; dashed them together like two rolling husks on a surf-beaten beach, and then, diving down into the sea, disappeared in a boiling maelstrom, in which, for a space, the odorous cedar chips of the wrecks danced round and round, like the grated nutmeg in a swiftly stirred bowl of punch.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Mrs. Bumble, whose patience brooked no delay, caught up a bowl of soap-suds, and motioning him towards the door, ordered him instantly to depart, on pain of receiving the contents upon his portly person.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Miss Lydia is going to be mar-ried; and you shall all have a bowl of punch to make merry at her wedding.'
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Come, let us make a bowl of punch, and we'll forget all that; d'ye see what charming weather 'tis now?'
-- Even just the same common sort of joy which seamen gen-erally have, after they are got safe ashore from a shipwreck, which they drown all in the next bowl of punch, and for-get almost as soon as it is over; and all the rest of my life was like it.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- A bowl of soup was all that she could afford, and, with this quickly eaten, she went out again.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Pinocchio ran to look at himself in a bowl of water, and he felt so happy that he said proudly: "Now I look like a gentleman."
-- They went into the empty coop and there they found nothing but a bowl of water and a small basket filled with chick-peas.
-- Then he pulled a wooden bowl full of flour out of a cupboard and started to roll the fish into it, one by one.
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