儿中英惯用例句:
  • 市长戴带著象徵她官职的项链儿.
    The mayor wore her chain of office round her neck.
  • 男孩儿们恨不得马上就出发.
    The boys were champing to start.
  • 她是真正的（二十世纪）六十年代的产儿.
    60's.
  • 汽车门现在大都装有预防儿童开启的锁.
    Most car doors are now fitted with child-proof locks.
  • 他跳得比杆儿高出三英寸.
    the bar.
  • 她有个新生婴儿要照看, 活动难免受些限制.
    Having a new baby to look after has clipped her wings a bit.
  • 她哄得婴儿一笑.
    She coaxed a smile from the baby.
  • 我们的女儿秋天就要上大学了.
    in the autumn.
  • 我们的儿子准备回家来过圣诞节.
    Our son is coming home for Christmas.
  • 我可以过一会儿再谈你那件事吗?
    later?
  • 她的婴儿发育良好.
    Her baby is coming on well.
  • 他有点儿疯.
    He's not quite compos mentis, ie He's a little mad.
  • 她跟儿子失去了联系.
    She's lost contact with her son, ie no longer hears from him, knows where he is, etc.
  • 尽管我已尽力哄这婴儿, 可是他还是哭个不停.
    continued crying.
  • 你今天干的活儿跟你上周干的判然不同（如明显地要好[不如]）.
    what you did last week.
  • 让他等一会儿吧, 好教训教训他别那麽没礼貌.
    that'll teach him to be impolite.
  • 屋角儿放著一把旧的大椅子.
    In the corner of the room stood a big old chair.
  • 地址在这封信的右上角儿.
    The address is in the top right-hand corner of the letter.
  • 我拐过街角儿时他已经不见了.
    he had disappeared.
  • 他的膝盖撞在桌子角儿上了.
    He hit his knee on the corner of the table.
  • 婴儿先能（到处）爬, 然後才会走.
    before it can walk.
  • 你要是把面包切成片, 我们就烤点儿面包片.
    we'll make some toast.
  • 罗布总迟到--他要准时到这儿, 我把脑袋给你. the proof of the pudding is in the eating => proof1.
    Rob's always late if he gets here on time I'll eat my hat.
  • 那套衣服太瘦--显得你很胖. More insulting are flabby, which suggests loose flesh, and podgy, used especially of fingers and hands. 贬义更强的词是flabby（指肌肉松弛）和podgy（尤指手指和手）. To be polite we can use plump, suggesting slight or attractive fatness, or stout, indicating overall heaviness of the body. 较礼貌些可用plump（指稍胖或丰满）或stout（指身体胖得匀称）. Tubby is often used in a friendly way of people who are also short, and chubby indicates pleasant roundness in babies and cheeks. *tubby常用以指矮胖的人, 含亲切感, 而chubby则用於婴儿和脸颊, 意为圆胖而可爱. The most neutral term is overweight, while doctors use obese to describe people who are so overweight that they are unhealthy. 最无褒贬含义的词是overweight, 医生则用obese指胖得呈病态的人.
    That suit's too tight -- it makes you look really fat.
  • 她额前有刘海儿, 戴著眼镜. =>illus at hair 见hair插图.
    She has a fringe and glasses.
  • 我压住火儿她在场时没有发作. strain at the leash => strain1.
    I managed to hold my anger in leash until she had gone.
  • 他拿著瓶子对嘴儿大口喝. =>illus at head 见head插图. => Usage at body 用法见body.
    He put the bottle to his lips and drank deeply.
  • 瞧, 母黑猩猩多爱护小仔儿啊. =>App 8 见附录8.
    Look how the mother chimpanzee cares for her young.
  • 只有一个男孩儿缺席, 就是哈里. =>Usage at viz 用法见viz.
    Only one boy was absent, namely Harry.
  • 这桌位已经有主儿了. =>Usage at empty1 用法见empty1.
    This table is already occupied.
  • 我不管钱从哪儿来, 那不是我的事. put/set the cat among the pigeons => cat1.
    that's not `my pigeon.
  • 设若大前提为｀男孩儿爱吃水果＇, 小前提为｀你是男孩儿＇, 则结论为｀所以你爱吃水果＇. Cf 参看 syllogism.
    If the major premise is `Boys like fruit' and the minor premise is `You are a boy', then the conclusion is `Therefore you like fruit'.