时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   The apartment doorbell rang. Two men were there to clean out the kitchen and bathroom vents 2. Lou invited them in. One man took a ladder into the bathroom. The other man took a ladder into the kitchen. They removed the vent 1 grills 3 from high on each wall. They stuck a vacuum hose into the vents and sucked out the dirt. One man washed both vent grills in the kitchen sink. The men replaced the grills. Lou was talking to the man in the kitchen. He forgot about the man in the bathroom. The man in the kitchen finished. He took his ladder outside. The other man appeared. He also carried his ladder out. They both said goodbye. Lou went back to the bathroom. Why was the door closed, he wondered. He opened the door. He looked at the toilet. The seat was up. Had that guy peed in his bathroom?



1 vent
n.通风口,排放口;开衩;vt.表达,发泄
  • He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
  • When the vent became plugged,the engine would stop.当通风口被堵塞时,发动机就会停转。
2 vents
(气体、液体等进出的)孔、口( vent的名词复数 ); (鸟、鱼、爬行动物或小哺乳动物的)肛门; 大衣等的)衩口; 开衩
  • He always vents his anger on the dog. 他总是拿狗出气。
  • The Dandelion Patch is the least developed of the four active vents. “蒲公英区”在这四个活裂口中是发育最差的一个。
3 grills
n.烤架( grill的名词复数 );(一盘)烤肉;格板;烧烤餐馆v.烧烤( grill的第三人称单数 );拷问,盘问
  • Backyard barbecue grills could be proscribed. 里弄烤肉店会被勒令停业的。 来自辞典例句
  • Both side inlets have horizontal grills and incorporate impressive fog lamps. 两侧进气口的水平烤架并纳入令人印象深刻的雾灯。 来自互联网
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aerial delivery
Al Jubb
alphabet length
Alpine woodsia
area codes
autopuley glider launching
bivariates
branchial carcinoma
brath
by-pass transformer
chabner
champagne whisk
change frequency
clematitol
coefficient of hydraulic stability
compedium
compensator for thermal expansion
coupling collar
cranchiid
cutting out paper dolls
cylinder accessory
damping by friction of liquids
double tariff
each session of parliament
expert group on tax treaties
extemporist
Fallsington
fiber-glass covered wire
film actress
force equilibrium
foxing over laying sole
functionability
futter
gingahs
gobbing
harmoic average index number
hemidiscus ovalis
ibos
imitation manganese bronze
impact speed
indicanmeter
infra red spectroscopy
inhibit/enable control
International Passenger Ship Association
itay
kept back
Laurenzana
lens luxation
letter to the editor
list of parts
lithos
locus perforatus posticus
low clearance point
main drive gear bearing cap
meaningful measurement
mechanism of self lubrication
megacandelas
mendelevium compound
molybdoferredoxin
naggles
neutron-irradiation-induced embrittlement
nitro polymer
nominatings
non-polar condenser
not put it past someone
open an attach
over extended
percel
Pinus torreyana
planishers
pohlia cavalieri(ther)chen
posterior carpal arch
preventive action
ralphson
random polarization
Reorganization of Company
reticulated veins
rosin ethylene glycolester
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saryf
saulat
Scotch Blackface
sebastiane
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silver cinnamate
submarine sentry
suscepter
tabbies
taxicatin
tetrafluoroberyllate
the lady of shalott
trade retaliation
transurethral resection
two action line
typologize
vatu
verificate
virtual terminal access method
volge
water equivalent depth
welcome page
well-functioning market