• 《海洋奇缘》第1章

    22-12-21 The old tapa cloth, made from the bark of trees, had a simple image of the ocean painted across it. For the audience of the story, the waves seemed to come to life in their imagination each time the storyteller told the ancient tale. In the beginnin...

  • a land flowing with milk and honey 富饶之地,鱼米之乡

    22-08-18 a land flowing with milk and honey 富饶之地,鱼米之乡 出自《圣经出埃及记》And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up to out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and...

  • 常用的21个英语习语 上

    22-05-11 1.sock away 存钱 You should sock away a certain amount each month. 你每个月都应该存一笔钱。 2.live from hand to mouth 收入勉强糊口 Bob had a little money socked away, so he didnt have to live from hand to mouth. 鲍勃存下来了一点钱,所以日子还算过得...

  • the land of milk and honey 鱼米之乡

    22-03-11 今天我在看一本英文书,非常有意思: 书名叫 milk and honey,很多人把它翻译为《牛奶与蜂蜜》。实际上,milk and honey是个固定成语,来自于《圣经》。 《圣经》把迦南(Canaan)称作应许之地(the promised land),说它是一块流着奶和蜜的土地,故又被称为奶蜜之地...

  • 美国地理人文知识

    21-10-04 The Fall Line瀑布线: A point where water-falls or rapids suddenly drop from a higher level to the lower one. 瀑布线指的是瀑布急速地从高处向低处流泻的点。 The Appalachian Range阿巴拉契亚脉: 1200 miles long,consists of the Piedmont Plateau, Appala...

  • the lie of the land 机构布局和运作方式

    21-08-02 The lie of the land 的意思是一个组织或机构的特定的运作方式。常常用来表达新人初来乍到,面对生疏的学习或工作环境,尚待了解各方面的形势和路数。 例句 I only joined the company a few weeks ago. I havent really figured out the lie of the land yet. Ive no...

  • land on one's feet 化险为夷

    21-06-23 化险为夷,汉语成语,意思是化险阻为夷途。比喻使危险的情况或处境变为平安。可以翻译为head off a disaster,turn danger into safety,与英文习语land on ones feet意思相近,表示to be in good condition after having a difficult experience或to make a lucky rec...

  • 安土重迁

    20-11-08 安土重迁,汉语成语,意思是安于故土生活(be satisfied to live in ones native land),不轻易迁往他处(be reluctant to move to another place)。可以翻译为attached to the land and unwilling to move或be too rooted down to consider moving to another place...