英语听书《白鲸记》第173期
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And as for going as cook,though I confess there is considerable glory in that, a cook being a sort of officer on ship-board--yet, somehow, I never fancied broiling 1 fowls 3; 我虽然承认当厨司相当光荣,而且在船上,厨司也算得是个头目...可是,不知怎的,我从来没有烧烤子鸡的雅兴;
though once broiled 4, judiciously 5 buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl 2 than I will. 虽则鸡子一烤好,牛油涂得不多不少,盐和胡椒也加得恰到好处,那我是会比谁都起劲地称赞它,虽不至于五体投地,也一定是心悦诚服的.
It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bakehouses the pyramids. 古埃及人当初就是由于对烤朱鹭烧河马有种崇拜偶像似的偏爱,所以到今天你还在那些个金字塔,也就是他们那些巨大的烧烤房里看见这些动物的木乃伊.
adj.酷热的，炽热的，似烧的v.（用火）烤（焙、炙等）( broil的现在分词 )；使卷入争吵；使混乱；被烤（或炙）
- They lay broiling in the sun. 他们躺在太阳底下几乎要晒熟了。
- I'm broiling in this hot sun. 在太阳底下，我感到热极了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.家禽，鸡，禽肉
- Fowl is not part of a traditional brunch.禽肉不是传统的早午餐的一部分。
- Since my heart attack,I've eaten more fish and fowl and less red meat.自从我患了心脏病后，我就多吃鱼肉和禽肉，少吃红色肉类。
鸟( fowl的名词复数 )； 禽肉； 既不是这； 非驴非马
- A great number of water fowls dwell on the island. 许多水鸟在岛上栖息。
- We keep a few fowls and some goats. 我们养了几只鸡和一些山羊。
a.烤过的
- They broiled turkey over a charcoal flame. 他们在木炭上烤火鸡。
- The desert sun broiled the travelers in the caravan. 沙漠上空灼人的太阳把旅行队成员晒得浑身燥热。
adv.明断地，明智而审慎地
- Let's use these intelligence tests judiciously. 让我们好好利用这些智力测试题吧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His ideas were quaint and fantastic. She brought him judiciously to earth. 他的看法荒廖古怪，她颇有见识地劝他面对现实。 来自辞典例句
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