18-07-27 Shape Wide feet means youre someone who works hard, and are constantly in motion. Somebody with narrow feet may be prone to delegating responsibilities to others, giving them more time to enjoy the things in life that make them happy. Flat-footed pe...

14-07-06 And these valuable servants? Not equerries or other royal minions, but her trusty patent leather shoes, the unsung heroes of the Royal household. 近50年来，它们陪伴英国女王伊丽莎白二世探访各地，时刻保持优雅端庄却从不夺走女王的光彩。它们是英国王室的...

13-09-16 Dotty（薄弱的，精神不定的） Aunt Muriel received a letter one morning. While reading it, she burst onto tears. What's the matter? asked her companion. Oh, dear, sobbed Auntie, it's my favourite nephew. He's got three feet. Three feet? exclaimed her...

13-05-08 Foot是一个常用的英语名词，基本意思是脚，但是其用法要比汉语中的脚广得多。如果你听到有人说My foot!，千万不要以为他（她）在感叹自己的脚，其实他（她）是叫你别逗了!。 看到on one's foot，我们很容易猜出是站着的意思(注意：on foot是步行的意思，汉语不会说在脚...

13-03-04 A new University of Iowa study confirms what many women have long suspected -- that pregnancy permanently changes the size and shape of a woman's feet. Flat feet are a common problem for pregnant women. The arch（拱形） of the foot flattens out, pos...

13-02-01 例句：Bill always has a ready answer for all the problems we meet, because he can think on his feet. 原译：比尔对我们遇到的问题总有现成的回答，因为他能站着思考。 辨析：原译在词序上做了适当调整，把遇到的问题移到回答之前，这是值得肯定的。不过措辞上还...

11-08-07 英国一家百货商店新近调查显示，英国女性对大号鞋的需求在不断增加，而同时很多女性又羞于让别人看到自己的大脚。在受访的1000名穿8号鞋的女性中，有82％表示因为脚大而觉得不好意思，超过半数的人承认在商店买鞋时让售货员拿大号的鞋会很尴尬。 Demand for larger sho...

11-05-17 Climbing is possibly one of the riskiest things an adult tarantula（狼蛛） can do. Weighing in at anything up to 50gm, the dry attachment systems that keep daintier spiders firmly anchored are on the verge of failure in these colossal（巨大的，异常...

10-12-22 In the Warring States Period, a man in the State of Chu was offering a sacri fice（祭祀，供奉） to his ancestors. After the ceremony, the man gave a beaker（烧杯，大口杯） of wine to his servants. The servants thought that there was not enough wine...

10-02-24 The ability of the Kangaroo The zoo built a special eight-foot-high enclosure for its newly acquired kangaroo, but the next morning the animal was found hopping around outside. The height of the fence was increased to 15 feet, but the kangaroo got o...