她打开门，里面射出的灯光在她的身影四周镶了一圈黄色的边。 She opened the door, and the yellow light from inside rimmed about her.
池塘边长了一圈树。 Trees rimmed the pool.
孩子们围着老师坐成一圈。 The children sat in a ring round the teacher.
半夜的电话铃响使密尔顿博士立刻意识到一定有急诊病人来了。 The ringing of the telephone at midnight made Doctor Milton at once become aware that there must be an urgent case coming.
把衣服涮一涮。 Rinse the clothes.
他吃东西以前很快洗了一下手. He rinsed his hands quickly before eating.
圣诞节我们度过了一个狂欢之夜。 We spent a riotous night at Christmas.
一个钉子挂破了我的袜子。 I ripped my stocking on a nail.
当保罗爬围墙时，他的裤子被一颗钉子划破了。 When Paul was climbing over the fence, he ripped his trousers on a nail.
我一看见这东西就恶心。 My gorge [stomach] rises at it.
自行车和小汽车数量减少会造成一些新的问题。 The decrease in the number of bicycles and cars might give rise to another new set of problems.
(某些民族习俗中的)进年庆祝议式(如成年典礼之类); 一生中值得庆祝的大事 the rite of passage (=[法]Le rite de passage)
这两姐妹间有一场激烈的竞争。 There is great rivalry between the two sisters.
还好你们走了另一条路。 It is just as well that you took another road.
他从一个城镇到另一个城镇。 He roved from town to town.
这只狮子大吼一声。 The lion gave a loud roar.
我们星期天晚上好好吃一顿烤肉吧。 Let's have a nice roast for Sunday dinner.
剧评家将那用心演出的作品评得一文不值。 The critics roasted the elaborately staged work.
想想看，像那样一幢小房子他们竟要价5000英镑，简直是狮子大开口！ Fancy their asking??5000 for a small house like that! It's daylight robbery.
他一早就穿好衣服开车出门了。 In the early morning, he robed and drove abroad.
我们这一带的居民在向空军部队递交一份有环形签名的抗议书，就喷气式飞机飞越我们住宅上空时产生的噪音问题提出抗议。 The people in our neighborhood are sending a round robin to the Air Force to protest the nice the jet planes make flying over our house.
在夏天一棵树的枝叶中可能藏着一窝知更鸟。 A tree may in summer wear a nest of robin in her hair.
她扮演了一个受累不讨好的角色。 She played a thankless role.
他是李尔王这一角色的理想人选. He's a natural for the role of Lear.
她把线卷成一团。 She rolled the string into a ball.
他写了一本关于古罗马人的故事集。 He wrote a storybook about ancient Romans.
他给我们讲了一位王子娶了一个穷人家女孩的传奇故事。 He told us a romance about a prince who married a poor girl.
一个国王和穷女孩之间的浪慢史 a romance between a king and a poor girl
她和我不能住在一起。 She and I can't live under the same roof.