於是自命名為"命運之子"的這支初出茅廬的四人樂隊即開始學習唱法，在當地的一些市民活動中演出。 Dubbing themselves Destiny's Child,the fledgling11 quartet began studying voice and performing at civic events in the local area.
馬薩索伊特北美萬帕諾亞格印第人的首領，他幫助朝聖殖民者在普利茅斯簽訂和平協議 Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrim colonists and signed a peace treaty with them at Plymouth.
他靠多做家庭作業，很快在班上名列前茅。 By doing extra homework, he soon got ahead of his class-mates.
茅是高檔酒之一。 Maotai is one of the top rated among them.
怕字當頭，不工作，小病大養，無病呻吟，這樣的領導幹部，索性請他好好休息，不然占着茅坑不拉屎怎麽行？ As for those leading cadres who "put fear first", do not work, take long recuperation leaves for minor illnesses or moan and groan about imaginary illnesses, we may as well ask them to take a good long rest. How can we let them hang on to their posts without doing any work?
中國的茅酒世界聞名，它的名字是根它的産地而起的。 Chinese Maotai liquor is world renowned. It is named after the place where it is made.
亞香茅油從這植物獲得的淡黃色到棕色的芳香油，主要用於香水和一些驅劑及商用調味品 A pale yellow to brownish aromatic oil obtained from this plant, used chiefly in perfumery and also in some insect repellents and commercial flavorings.
如若他們怙惡不悛，繼續胡闹，那時，全國人民忍無可忍，把他們拋到茅厠去，那就悔之無及。 But if they remain impenitent and keep up their wrongdoing, the people of China, having reached the end of their forbearance, will dump them on the muck heap and then it will be too late for repentance.
初出茅廬的報社記者總是內行的老記者學習業務。 On a newspaper a cub reporter learns his job from an older reporter who knows the ropes.
韋茅斯主要來說是個度假地。 Weymouth is principally a holiday resort.
我們的房子是茅草蓋的房頂。 Our house has a thatched roof.
泥滿墻茅屋，小茅屋墨西哥和美國西南部由籬笆和抹物構成的茅草屋頂的小屋 A thatch-roofed hut made of wattle and daub found in Mexico and the southwest United States.
小木屋，茅簡單建造的小房屋；木 A small, roughly built house; a cottage.
在海濱地之中，我仍然認為埃斯茅斯彎是最好的。 Among seaside resorts, I still think Exmouth is tops.
茅草枯一種有機酸，c3h4cl2o2，用作一種除草劑，有選擇地除去草和的單子葉植物 An organic acid, C3H4Cl2O2, used as a herbicide that selectively kills grasses and other monocotyledons.
分佈在美洲紅樹沼澤和河口三角洲一帶的利珀屬植物，半水生，鱗狀樹；樹液用於液劑；葉可用來蓋茅草房；果實的子可食。 any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds.
清教徒殖民於普茅斯。 The Pilgrim Fathers settled Plymouth.
拉德福，威廉1590－1657美洲的英國清教徒殖民者。五月花密約的簽署人和普利茅斯植園的開拓者，被推選為30個一年任期的總督之一，領導殖民地度過艱難的早期歲月 English Puritan colonist in America. A signer of the Mayflower Compact and a settler of Plymouth Plantation, he was elected governor for30 one-year terms and led the colony through its difficult early years.
法爾茅斯美國馬薩諸塞東南部的一座市鎮，在科德角西南。曾經是捕鯨業和造船業中心。現在是夏季避暑地和伍茲霍爾海洋圖片研究所的所在地。人口27，960 A town of southeast Massachusetts on southwest Cape Cod. Once a whaling and shipbuilding center, it is now a popular summer resort and the site of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Population,27, 960.
斯特凌郡的——實際上是格蘭的“新型城市”——格蘭治茅斯的興起沒有實在的必然性。沒有哪個國王或寺院的主持扶持過它的形成。像托普西一樣，沒有人知道它是何時形成和展起來的。 There is no real logic to Grange-mouth, the "boomtown" of Stirlingshire - and indeed, of Scotland. No king or abbot fostered her into being. Like Topsy she "just growed".
格比如說，我需要喝酒的時候我就喝威士忌，地地道道的格蘭威士忌，可是吃飯的時候我習慣喝葡萄酒或者一大杯水，就像大多數西方人那樣；而在中國吃飯的時候卻上像茅(指着他的酒杯)這樣的烈性酒。 Far in stance, I drink whisky - genuine Scotch whisky when I need a drink, but at dinner I would have sine or just a glass of water as most people do in the West; whereas in China strong alcohol such as Maotai (points at his glass) is served at dinner.
羽翼未的企業；初學的滑雪者；初出茅廬的律師。 a fledgling enterprise; a fledgling skier; an unfledged lawyer.
我對這一問題茫然不解，小時後終於頓開茅塞。 I puzzled over it for hours before it finally clicked.
哲瑞米是初出茅廬，所以我們並不指望他在這次比賽中現得很好。 Jeremy's just being blooded, so we don't expect him to be very good at the game.
村民們撐起搖搖欲墜的茅棚。 The villagers shored up sagging huts.
他們把煤油澆在茅草屋上,備放火。 They pour kerosene all over the thatch house, prepare to set it alight.
我們的鄰居charlesalison船長明天將從次茅斯出海。 Our neighbour Captain Charles Alison, will sail from Portsmonth tomorrow.
以最近期數字比較，本港按人口平均計算的本地生産總值在亞洲位列前茅，僅次於日本。 The latest comparison showed that per capita GDP in Hong Kong was amongst the highest in Asia, next only to Japan.
占着茅坑不拉屎 Benefit from one's association
約有30化物已從緑茶的香氣中鑒出來，其中主要的有苯甲醇、苯乙醇、已烯醇、沉香醇、香茅醇和甲基水楊酸酯。 Approximately 30 compounds have been identified in the aroma of green tea, the major ones being benzyl alcohol, phenylethyl alcohol, a hexenol, linalool, geraniol and methyl salicylate.
“伯納德，”達特茅斯夫人說：“這位仁慈的夫人和我正在討論我是否外柔內剛。你的看法呢？” "Bernard," says Lady Darmouth, "this kind lady and I are just discussing whether I have an iron hand in a velvet glove. What do you think?"